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Seasons

Yellow and white striped bowl full of blackberries

Seasons of Mists: Autumn

18 September 202518 September 2025

A bowl of blackberries for you to celebrate the arrival of Autumn. What Fall would be complete without Keat’s ‘To …

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Red lit candle surrounded by fir cones and red berries with blurred lights in background

Looking ahead to Advent

15 November 202215 November 2022

Image by Nubia Navarro at Pexels.com As Advent is heaving in sight, I’m working out what I can write: Acrostic …

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Ferns made into letters ABC image by Agnese Lunecka on Pexels.com

NaPoWriMo Day Four: Alphabet Poem

4 April 20224 April 2022

Image by Agnese Lunecka on Pexels.com I’m back to my own prompts today with an Alphabet poem on the changing …

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NaPoWriMo Day Three: Unusual Words

3 April 20223 April 2022

I decided to follow today’s (optional) prompt: to base my poem round one of the many weird and wonderful words …

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Bunch of flowers held in air. Image by Lisa Fatios on Pexels.com

NaPoWriMo Day One: Jump into Spring

1 April 20221 April 2022

Image by Lisa Fatios on Pexels.com …and we’re off. Day One on NaPoWriMo2022. I’m not using today’s optional prompt: The …

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Spring Festival

21 February 202121 February 2021

It’s another cold, grey, damp afternoon. I don’t know about you, but I’m in desperate need of warmth and sunshine. …

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Advent Haiku: Winter

13 December 202013 December 2020

Chill clasp of winter Is there hope in the darkness Light through the tunnel?

Haiku: Summer Days

19 August 202023 April 2020

Books stripped of covers exiled to the borders of our Summer’s kingdom

Haiku: Summer Breeze

6 August 202018 April 2020

Still Summer breeze stirs Below drowsy tourists watch White blobs on the fell

Haiku: Spring Greens

6 August 202017 April 2020

Spring greens served today Nature’s a la carte menu Fresh no left-overs  

Advent ABC: V is for Veni

6 August 202022 December 2019

Veni Emmanuel, sung here by the L’Accorche Choeur, to Kodaly’s setting. This traditional Advent and Christmastime hymn, one of my …

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Advent ABC: Shepherds

6 August 202019 December 2019

Sprawled in dreams on distant hills, shielding flocks from dark dusk chill.   Star-burst sparks sprayed them with light, tearing …

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