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About SallyJ

I am a writer and a poet.

Another short list…

Posted on June 11, 2011 by SallyJ

One day I will make the final cut…I really would like it to be this time. I have just heard that I have been short listed to become one of the BT London 2012 storytellers.  ( BTLondon2012.com ) I registered … Continue reading →

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Free Form Pomegranates

Posted on June 6, 2011 by SallyJ

The One Stop poetry.com form today is free – with a great article to introduce it, by Joy Ann Jones (aka hedgewitch). I heartily recommend a visit to the site… I am still working on the collection of poems for … Continue reading →

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Artisan

Posted on June 5, 2011 by SallyJ

One Stop Poetry.com – the One Shot Sunday prompt is this photograph, with it’s great detail and atmosphere taken by Rob Hanson. Artisan Fingers stiff now, joints that burn as they tap, stretch, stitch, turn; back won’t straighten, shoulders bowed; … Continue reading →

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Byfleet Writers scoop award again –

Posted on June 2, 2011 by SallyJ

Byfleet Writers, one of the groups I write with, has amassed an amazing number of awards at this year’s Slough Arts Festival  (http://www.slough-arts-festival.co.uk/writing%20results%202011.html) enough to take the Best Writing Group shield for the second time in a row. The only … Continue reading →

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Remembrance at Brookwood Military Cemetery – improved

Posted on May 30, 2011 by SallyJ

It is improved now – but still not metrically correct…at least it has 8 lines! Beneath an almond-marbled sky, headstones standing to attention, and side by side veterans sigh their pride at every comrades mention – once close friends from … Continue reading →

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One Stop poetry – Form Monday – Ottava Rima

Posted on May 30, 2011 by SallyJ

Gay – you have iambs again – my nemesis! Here is my best effort…and after posting I realise it is not even pentameter…oh dear! Remembrance at Brookwood Military Cemetery Beneath and almond-marbled sky, headstones standing to attention, and side by … Continue reading →

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One Stop Poetry One Shoot Challenge

Posted on May 29, 2011 by SallyJ

Scott  Wyden and his photography are featured today at One Stop Poetry.com – great prompts and interview – well worth a look. I had decided to give today’s challenge a miss because the CFS has tightened its grip in the … Continue reading →

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Reap what is Sown

Posted on May 27, 2011 by SallyJ

This is an experimental sculpture by Gary Rogers, the artist who painted the amazing portrait that became the cover of my recently published poetry collection, ‘Random’. I have used it as a prompt for the following rant – which will … Continue reading →

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A Soldier’s Wealth

Posted on May 26, 2011 by SallyJ

Another Octain, I think. It seems as though this form is addictive. Not sure why I like it so much…possibly the internal rhyme element… A Soldier’s Wealth Soldiers’ wealth is not measured by the size of their salary, but by … Continue reading →

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Now it’s High Octains…

Posted on May 23, 2011 by SallyJ

Having struggled with Octains last week, this week’s task for the One Stop Poetry.com ‘form Monday’ is a High Octain – twice as hard – at least. Jingle poetry’s theme of Sketches, Images, Impressions was a starting point. Goethe’s ‘Behaviour … Continue reading →

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