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Lesley Scoble

Welcome to my site. I am so happy you are here!

Hey, Iโ€™m delighted to see you here! Thanks for coming. My blog is where I publish my poems and artworks (and reveal anything else that I think might be interesting!). I am so happy youโ€™ve dropped byโ€”please enjoy!

This is a balloon.

Read more: I Want That! A small poem and audio narration about wanting more than we need
A balloon escapes | Digital ink drawingยฉ๏ธLesley Scoble

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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!

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Me drawing Tomรกs Graves portrait as he snaps my portrait! | TENNIS THAT COUNTS | Channel 4 TV | Photo by Tomรกs Graves

โ€œOne memorable time was when the producer called a breakfast meeting at a street cafรฉ in Fulham. At the cusp of a wintry dawn, we found ourselves waiting for the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau to arrive. We cracked it open at 8 am, and I remember it as one of the best collaborative meetings ever!โ€

working as a cartoonist for Channel 4 TV

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โœจ Honoured to illustrate the book cover of Broken Rengay

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Broken Rengay Book cover illustration by Lesley Scoble

The book features a rebellious take on the traditional rengay formโ€”thirty six poems that bend the rules with humour, raw emotion, and poetic synergy.

Published by Prolific Pulse Press

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My blog is included in Best Poetry Blogs to Read in 2026!

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  • Elephant in the Room: pantoum poem and song ๐ŸŽต

    ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ Visit lesleyscoble.com #pantoum #poem #song #humour #audio

  • The Walking Frame: a micro free verse poem

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž. #micropoem #poetry #walkingframe

  • Grown-Up Shoes: micro free-verse poem

    ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐งโ€‘๐”๐ฉ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘จ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’“๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†โ€‘๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’๐’†๐’š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’†.๐’„๐’๐’Ž #micropoem #poetry #digitalart #grownupshoes