My day two book of choice couldn’t be any further from day one – unless of course you count the fact that they’re both written by men. Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens … … really is much funnier than I expected it to be. How’s that for a review? I only read it last yearContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day Two”
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Seven Day Book Challenge – Day One
So, I’ve accepted a challenge from one of my writing group friends, to post seven books that I love – one book per day with no explanation or review. I posted my first choice on Facebook today but it seemed a bit churlish not to explain why I like it so much. So I thoughtContinue reading “Seven Day Book Challenge – Day One”
October – It’s exciting, isn’t it?
Okay, so it’s grey and, in the UK at least, incessantly wet but there are still great things happening – prepping for NaNoWriMo, for instance. For the uninitiated, although it began as a national initiative, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is now an international community that provides friendship and support for writers around the world.Continue reading “October – It’s exciting, isn’t it?”
It’s Been a While
Hello world. I’m back. How have you been? I’ve been good, thanks for asking. In case you’re wondering where I’ve been these past few years, I’ve been right here – just been a bit busy changing my life. You know how it is – so much to do, so little time. So anyway, you mayContinue reading “It’s Been a While”
Cats
NaPoWriMo day thirty. NaPoWriMo 2015 has come to an end and here’s my final poem. As I enjoyed writing my poem about dogs I thought I’d also do one about their nemesis. This one’s called Cats. Bye bye NaPoWriMo. Until next year… Cats Cats are devils in disguise. They draw you in with bigContinue reading “Cats”
Habit Forming Theory
NaPoWriMo day twenty nine. One more day to go. I have recently started a new book on how to form good habits, not exactly a literary classic I know but the subject interests me. Anyway, it prompted me to write today’s poem – well that and the fact that I have wanted to writeContinue reading “Habit Forming Theory”
Gallipoli
NaPoWriMo day twenty eight. After yesterday’s frivolity poem number twenty eight is much more sober and was inspired by Anzac day, the centenary of which took place on 25th April. Gallipoli Sunlight dances on bleached beaches. We remember a time when men were killed in their pursuit. Penned in small coves they fell over fallenContinue reading “Gallipoli”
Going Out
NaPoWriMo day twenty seven. For poem number twenty seven I have gone with today’s NaPoWriMo suggested prompt to write a hay(na)ku. The hay(na)ku is, apparently, a variant on the haiku. To quote NaPoWriMo “A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, andContinue reading “Going Out”
Cracking Up
NaPoWriMo day twenty six. Poem number twenty six is called Cracking Up… Multi tasking’s not working for me. Too much to do too little time to do it. Waking in the night with a thousand things running through my head. Lying there thinking don’t think, don’t think, don’t think. It will come to no goodContinue reading “Cracking Up”
New Babby
NaPoWriMo day twenty five. Poem number twenty five is a Black Country/ Brummie version of poem number 24, it’s called New Babby. For my readers and followers outside of the UK, a Brummie is someone who comes from Birmingham and the Black Country is an area to the North West of Birmingham so calledContinue reading “New Babby”
Hazel Ward 