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REBLOG: Exploring Poetry— Nigel Byng’s Brilliant Reading of My Poem
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iPad Paintings: a visit to the David Hockney exhibition, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 at the RA
Under an overcast sky, threatening rain, I and my eldest son set off to see the David Hockney exhibition, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020…
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The Joys and Art of Sunbathing
The Joys of Sunbathing Aah! To bathe in the sunCan be relaxing funSensing UV raysOn hot sunlit daysSoaking up vitamin D(seems good to me)ButLying so…
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The Solitary Bee
The Solitary Bee I am a solitary beeon my ownI am not a queen or even a drone I hum a tuneFrom time to timeIt…
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Perhaps it is time to tell TV weather forecasters to wipe the smiles off their faces?
Perhaps it is time to tell TV weather forecasters to wipe the smiles off their faces?
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Wren Watercolour Sketch: Day 4 #30DaysWild
In support of the The WildlifeTrusts 30 Days Wild Challenge to draw something from nature I have done a rapid watercolour sketch of the little…
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‘Come outside, the sun is shining,’ cooed the local wood pigeon
During Lockdown I took to feeding the birds on our balcony. It is fun identifying all the individual characters of the birds that come to…
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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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My blog is included in Best Poetry Blogs to Read in 2026!
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The Young Man and his Brolly: a limerick
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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

