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Rag Tag Saturday

Posted on April 2, 2011 by SallyJ

Just finished the portrait Masterclass run by Caroline Bays at the Chertsey Gallery and boy was that intense! She is a great teacher, patient and extremely knowledgeable as well as having a grand sense of fun There were six ‘pupils’ … Continue reading →

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Untitled poem

Posted on April 1, 2011 by SallyJ

We lurch from paucity to plenty; from ahimsa to inhumane; great charity to brutality; our world – so full of strife and pain swings, in wide and outspread arc and yet its balance can maintain and not stumble in time … Continue reading →

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Take a repetitive task…

Posted on March 31, 2011 by SallyJ

This week’s exercise for one of the writing groups I attend is to take a repetitive but rhythmic task and make it into poetry…my list of repetitive tasks so far is less than inspiring: hoovering the floor mowing the lawn, … Continue reading →

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Things I noticed before lunch time today!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by SallyJ

  When it’s raining, the dogs all walk in different directions when they come in with wet paws, the better to spread as much mud around the floor as possible. A little wren was having a wonderful shower as she … Continue reading →

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A Room

Posted on March 28, 2011 by SallyJ

I just need a small room, maybe a shed A bare space, plain painted, lilac and white; fitted with shelves where my books will be spread; large windows, uncurtained to usher in light; A deep squashy chair to curl in, at … Continue reading →

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The Sea – a villanelle – the first I wrote

Posted on March 25, 2011 by SallyJ

I was looking back at some of my earlier poems, and decided the time has come to rewrite, edit and improve. The was the first villanelle I ever wrote so I have a fondness for it, despite some clunky lines. … Continue reading →

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Posters and deliveries

Posted on March 25, 2011 by SallyJ

I have just delivered a pile of my anthology, ‘Random’, to the Runnymede Art Gallery and been paid for them all up front. This was such a great feeling. It won’t make me rich, nor will it make shed-loads of … Continue reading →

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I place my heart

Posted on March 24, 2011 by SallyJ

Finish the Poem.com provided the first line for this poem, and while I was considering it I was hearing of increased bombing in Libya and the death of two more soldiers in Afghanistan. I place my heart in the hands … Continue reading →

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Christmas trees out of the house at last!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by SallyJ

The saga of the Christmas trees is over at last. I didn’t want to spend inordinate amounts of money on a tree last Christmas, even one with roots. I did however want to decorate a tree of some sort. I … Continue reading →

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Waterstones here I come…

Posted on March 21, 2011 by SallyJ

I really don’t know what came over me today, but I found the courage to sell my book to Waterstones, in the face of a little hesitance on their part because it has no ISBN number. Buying a parcel of … Continue reading →

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