Greetings, Poetry Lovers! Intriguing title eh? Certainly got me looking! This is the title of another beauty, penned by the lovely and talented Trisha Broomfield. Bringing back the memory that we’ve all been to school with someone like this, a classmate who outgrows us very quickly…… Read on The Second Stain She’d missed double maths,Continue reading “The Second Stain”
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October….
Hello PL’s My! Is it October already?! – Well, it’s come up with the goods weather-wise! Cold, grey weather like October’s of yesteryear! Keep up the good work! None of this 20 degree nonsense. I’ve penned a poem about October Harvest Festival set in 1967…. Sit tight…. October Girls carried goods in a box IContinue reading “October….”
Interview!!
Hello, Poetry Lovers, welcome to the show! Today we have the unique, wonderful, innovative Celine Hispiche!! (pandamonium) Now settle down, PL’s. (gives them a stern look, audience sit down meekly) Excellent. Face the front! Because here she is! Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Celine Hispiche! Hello and welcome to the show, Celine! A greeting from DobbyContinue reading “Interview!!”
September II
Welcome to our September sequel, Poetry Lovers….. The lovely poet, Sharron Green has come up with these two beautiful pieces about September. They’re such a treat! And in really exciting styles…. Read on… September – a troilet Orange leaves are all aglow Golden fields yield harvest grain Roses relish one last show Orange leaves areContinue reading “September II”
September
Gosh September, where have you gone?! Has lockdown made you fly away so quickly? And why are you hot now?! I always think of September as the start of the new year. I suppose this was because we always went back to school then. Somehow I expect it to turn colder on the very firstContinue reading “September”
Poetry Basket Review!
Welcome back to the Poetry Basket Reviews. We’re blowing off the dust, and evicting Dobby from there! We’re also rehoming PB to this page. Out of there at once, Dobby! Most honoured today to have Jenny Mitchell’s wonderful debut collection Her Lost Language, in the review basket. A joint winner of the Geoff Stevens MemorialContinue reading “Poetry Basket Review!”
Film III
Hello PL’s Welcome back to the last part in the trilogy of films and fleapits. I have penned something below. Now, don’t faint, but I have actually attempted to rhyme! This is my frustrated tribute to the X Film. Who can tell me, in a certain era, they hadn’t had a shiver of anticipation atContinue reading “Film III”
INTERVIEW!!!
Hello and welcome to another show, Poetry Lovers! (rapturous applause) And today we are going to feature that ultra-talented musician, writer and poet, Lucy Lyrical. (pandemonium. Several members of security write out their resignations) Now settle down, PL’s, we don’t want to put off our lovely guest because here she is………. ( standing ovation asContinue reading “INTERVIEW!!!”
Film II……
Hello again, PL’s. Welome to part II of our cinema homage… Today, we feature the detailed memories from the lovely poet Trisha Broomfield, of a medium that we all grew up with. So many of us have experienced these things and feelings…. Cinematic Experience The large sound of the wide screen, Pearl and Dean, iceContinue reading “Film II……”
The Fleapit
Hello Poetry Lovers, how do you like my new look? Pretty glam, eh? Now don’t faint but I’m actually going to share one of my own poems with you today. About an institution that shaped most of our lives, the cinema, or to some of us, the fleapit. All the magic and wonder of celluloidContinue reading “The Fleapit”