I've found a fairy in my purse. She is shimmery like a dragonfly, smaller than a tooth. Her hair is as heart-shaped as a leaf. Her wings were a handshake, ringing with the hush of a clock’s soft chime. #poem

My mother is sorting through old photos...so here i am feeling extremely chuffed to be handing in my A Level coursework with my super-supportive brother Adrian Turner in the background. Growing up in Manchester keeps you grounded. Ps I cannot explain the trousers.

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Catherine Little talks about the life of Jane Austen which inspired her new book "Jane and the Blue Willow Princess" at Wychwood Library Thurs Nov 27th 2-3 pm. For adults who love Jane Austen and older children who will enjoy the book. Drop-in.

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In 1994, my sister was brought home, her pram a fun colour blue, with well‑suited squiggles in orange and mauves. Walking over the bridge, I would watch the navy blue wheels, #poem

#poem #poetry Fern was her name, and Medway River was added last. We shared the caring of her, but oh, for her to be a cat in that farm wood sized garden, in the holly acre cottage, with violets and bells.

Thanks The Toy - 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 - Submissions closed for this weeks inspiration! ⛴️ #poetrycommunity #poetrychallenge

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Pentti Saarikoski, tr. Herbert Lomas

#poem#poetrycommunity What if the flower were a bright serviette, with folds and creases of beauty, arranged in a thin green glass on a fairy’s dinner table?

Sally Ann Howes landed the role of Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) without auditioning, but there was one problem. “I don’t dance,” she later admitted. “I’m appalling.” Howes had told producers she could dance and now had to learn fast. The “Doll on a Music

You did not do it for praise or rewards. After long volunteer morning shifts, you treated yourself to a hot sausage roll from Greggs underneath the office, before the walk home, dreaming volunteering would grow your C.V., enough for employment, and it did. #poem

#poetry #poem Do not worry about me. My experience is in lobster quatrains, as Gryphon in Alice in Wonderland, red face paint heavy, glitter waistcoat more shimmery than space, playing before the senior years at school.

#poem #poetry #poem #poetry When a ticket arrived in exam season, on a Sunday when home from school, you knew it was an it’s‑getting‑closer‑to‑your‑dreams kind of day. No one can be disappointed in you who offers a visit‑us‑in‑Toronto invitation.

Whatever happens in the negotiations or to Ukranians in this country, Mariia's home will still have been bombed flat. Good poem though.

When a ticket arrives in exam season, on a Sunday home from school, you know it’s an it’s‑getting‑closer‑to‑your‑dreams kind of day. No one can be disappointed in you, you carry a visit‑us‑in‑Toronto invitation. #poem #poetry

#poetry #poem You have something that made you smile: a conversation with a museumgoer seeking leaflets and his carer, about cars in museums, about exhibitions, about both wearing glasses in the rain.

I have been reading What is Poetry? by Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 again, and I enjoyed writing my poem about singing, inspired by the idea of writing as if you are speaking. #poem #poetry