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Miss Ledd: a modified Italian sonnet
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A Crow: a tanka poem
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The Steam Cathedral: a free verse poem
The Steam Cathedral: a free verse poem. A poem about the sounds and workings of a Victorian Pumping Engine.
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Transient May: a haibun (mono no aware)
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The Black Cat: a free verse poem
The Black Cat: a free verse poem. “A mesmerising encounter with an enigmatic black cat”
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A Bourgeois Conversation: a free verse poem
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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* I am redesigning my site—please bear with me while I fiddle and change things! Thank you,
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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The 50th rengay titled “Vacuum Packed,” created by Lesley Scoble, David Bogomolny, and Melissa Lemay, celebrates collaborative poetry. The piece features themes related to technology…
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In the poem “Snowdrop” by Lesley Scoble, the imagery evokes a wintry landscape where a delicate snowdrop flower appears amidst the cold. This fragile bloom…
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In a stuck lift, the narrator reflects on their messy appearance, feeling like a mischievous schoolchild, while trapped between two floors and unable to open…

