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Broken Rengay Anthology: my book cover illustration
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Like a Dream: a ghazal
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Car Snacks: a giant cat limerick
A whimsical limerick describes a giant cat in an alpine pass that has a taste for fast cars, particularly favouring red, blue, and white ones.
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Hallway Standoff: a poem about how to encourage your stubborn child to go to school
A mother describes her son’s stubbornness about going to school, portraying his displeasure with a pout. Despite her attempts to motivate him, he resists until…
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In the Shadow of the Baobab Tree: A Rhino’s Last Refuge
In the haunting imagery of nature and loss, the poem explores the tension between the hunter and the hunted under the moon and stormy sky.…
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A Quadrille Poem with a Hint of a Smile
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Top Model Dogs: a free verse poem
Scruffy, a discontented dog, expresses frustration about his modelling career, wishing to run wild instead. He and his friend are currently posing as doctors and…
Hey, I’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 you’ve dropped by—please enjoy!
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Lesley
news and events
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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!
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“One memorable time was when the producer called a breakfast meeting at a street café 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!”
working as a cartoonist for Channel 4 TV
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✨ Honoured to illustrate the book cover of Broken Rengay
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The book features a rebellious take on the traditional rengay form—thirty six poems that bend the rules with humour, raw emotion, and poetic synergy.
Published by Prolific Pulse Press
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Something’s coming! Wait and see!
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In “Last Page Before Midnight” (written & narrated by Lesley Scoble) the eerie atmosphere of a haunted manor is depicted. Shadows conceal spectres and chilling…
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A sky full of rubber ducks. A crowd frozen in awe. A bath-time hallucination gone gloriously rogue. Squeaky chaos meets orchestral wonder in this surreal…
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A whimsical quatern with a marching beat—Gnomadic Gnomes Are on the Move rallies tiny voices in protest. Sung by The Metro-Gnomes, this lyrical chant blends…
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