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How much can be imagination?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by SallyJ

As I posted my poem on One Shot Wednesday on One Stop Poetry.com  I wondered yet again how much it is allowable to embellish what started out as ‘life writing’. My poem (https://sallyjblackmore.co.uk/other-poems/the-heather-tweed-cable-knit-jumper/) started out as an exercise to write ‘in … 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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Lullaby

Posted on March 27, 2011 by SallyJ

This lullaby is my effort for One Shot Sunday Spirit of water wash over me and with each returning sigh lift me, drift me further from my fears; balance me deftly in your salty arms; spin me, spin me round … 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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What helpful people!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by SallyJ

After the Waterstones adventure yesterday I rang Help for Heroes to see if I could organise some collecting pots and maybe a banner for the signing morning. I know there are many forces charities to support, and I will be … 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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Sunday picture prompt

Posted on March 20, 2011 by SallyJ

Photo by James Rainsford The poem does not do it justice in any way, but I enjoyed playing! Stone Heart and the Gull Well worth the wait my friend, though often I gave up on you and feared the worst. … Continue reading →

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