Lesley Scoble

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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!

A balloon escapes | Digital ink drawing©️Lesley Scoble

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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!

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Me drawing Tomás Graves portrait as he snaps my portrait! | TENNIS THAT COUNTS | Channel 4 TV | Photo by Tomás Graves

“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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Broken Rengay Book cover illustration by Lesley Scoble

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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  • The piece introduces the 37th rengay, marking the beginning of the seventh series. It features collaborative poetry by Lesley Scoble, Melissa Lemay, and David Bogomolny,…

  • 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…

  • 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…