Tag Archives: Art

The Next Big Thing

Posted on May 28, 2013 by SallyJ

I have spent some time considering what the next big thing is for me. Since I completed Deployed and it was published, I have diverted much of my attention elsewhere. I set up a web based retail site at BehindtheHighStreet.com and … Continue reading →

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A Year of Poetry

Posted on November 3, 2012 by SallyJ

  A Poetry Year I am planning a programme of 12 workshops to be held between 10 am and noon on the last Saturday morning of each month, beginning on Sat 26th January . They will be held in my Writing Room in … Continue reading →

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Poetry Workshop at Watt’s Gallery, Compton

Posted on August 10, 2012 by SallyJ

  I am leading a poetry workshop at the Watt’s Gallery in Compton Surrey. It is a unique setting in the Surrey Hills and if you have never visited you have an amazing treat in store. G F Watts was a … Continue reading →

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Roughly sculpted for Dverse

Posted on February 26, 2012 by SallyJ

This is all edges and unfinished surfaces – a quick and dirty poem in response the the prompt at dVerse set by Victoria C Slotto. Views It begins. The tickle of water, receding. Wave upon wave. As each subsides a … Continue reading →

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Country Marketeer

Posted on November 18, 2011 by SallyJ

Such an early start – we had strict instructions to be at the village hall by 8.30 in order to set up our stall. Well, that was about the only instruction we successfully followed. They were very patient with us, … Continue reading →

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Dverse Poets – Meeting the Bar

Posted on November 11, 2011 by SallyJ

What a great exercise Dverse has come up with this week! Thanks to Claudia and Zsa from the zumpoems site.  The task is to take a passage of prose and, following several steps, ‘translate’ it into poetry. As suggested I went … Continue reading →

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Dverse – form for all

Posted on November 5, 2011 by SallyJ

Still struggling with the problem of whether an ‘ed’ ending to a verb constitutes a syllable, I have attempted a Somon  in tanka form for the Dverse form for all. I suspect it is neither a tanka relying as it … Continue reading →

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Dverse prompt – The art of di Chirico

Posted on August 7, 2011 by SallyJ

Why not log on to http://dversepoets.com/ and join in with these amazing artwork prompts. Melancholia The dark side – veiled from where you run in the sun. Cloistered, by black bile – my choice, berates the external voice. Sanctuary! Black dog … Continue reading →

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The Art of the 2 Kilo Parcel

Posted on July 23, 2011 by SallyJ

The idea for this poem has been lurking for a long time now, but I can’t seem to find a way in. It is a subject I really want to write about to add little light and shade to the … Continue reading →

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Form Monday at One Stop Poetry

Posted on June 13, 2011 by SallyJ

Free verse through form – a great article by Sam Peralta introduces this idea at One Stop Poetry for Form Monday. After reading the article I was tempted to post this, which was going to become a Terza Rima but … Continue reading →

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