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Night Brings Home The Crows
On a winter evening walk through Lincoln Inns Field, I am delighted to see this murder of crows gathering to roost in the twilight. I…
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Twelfth Night, The Holly Man And A Jolly Good Wassail!
Twelfth Night When is twelfth night? This is something we need to know.I am often confused, because some people say that it is the night…
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#World Curlew Day 2022: 1,000 year old curlew poem and my new ones.
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What did you get for Christmas?
My two boys got Covid for Christmas In my sons’ Christmas stockings among the sweets, the champagne and the Christmas pudding lurked something unwanted. A…
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A visit to the RA Summer Exhibition 2021: Reclaiming Magic?
RA Summer Exhibition 2021 Last week I visited the Summer (I know it is winter, but hey! Nothing is normal in these covid times) Exhibition.…
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 Plastic Bottle : a haibun for Earth Day 2024
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Dark is the Night: a than bauk poem
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The Man Behind the Mask: a pantoum poem


