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Gloves! A Corgi’s Tale: a free verse poem
Gloves! A Corgi’s Tale: a free verse poem
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We Danced on the Ceiling: a san-san poem
We Danced on the Ceiling: a san-san poem
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Free Your Mind: a free verse poem
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I Lost My Make-up Mirror: a poem
I Lost My Make-up Mirror: a poem
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Closing Time: a puente poem
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Breathless: a haibun
breathless: a haibun
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
★★★★★
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 haibun, inspired by The Village of the Damned, revisits the aftermath of an alien children incident. Set in the late 1960s, protagonist David returns…
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Lesley Scoble’s tanka poem, composed in November 2024 for W3 Prompt #133, captures the tumultuous sea at Normans Bay, E. Sussex, reflecting nature’s strength through…
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A quadrille poem consists of 44 words, focusing on the theme of “what,” led by host Whimsygizmo at the d’Verse Poets Pub. The author reflects…

