Hello Poetry Lovers Now, I’m sure we’re all happy with our homes generally. Or are you like me, and remember furniture you hankered for during a certain era? I recall my drama teacher having a wagon wheel outside her house. The height of chic in ‘71, and I never really stopped wanting one. Or aContinue reading “Rooms I have never had”
Tag Archives: sketches
Girl…
Hello Poetry Lovers Please be advised that these above are not my drawings. Aren’t they beautiful?! Such another era. I don’t understand why Girl Annual had such a dull cover when there was so much beauty inside. It really didn’t advertise that very well for the newcomer. I’ve penned a tongue-in-cheek tribute to this longContinue reading “Girl…”
Happy Easter
Hello Poetry Lovers Happy Easter to you. I expect like Christmas, childhood Easters come back to you. Weren’t the Easter Eggs much better then?! I got some fabulous ones – shaped like a clock and a house. They’re so bland these days, I haven’t even seen one in a mug! We used those for aContinue reading “Happy Easter”
Going Back to my Roots
Hello Poetry Lovers I know hairdressing techniques have changed unrecognisably over the years, and a good thing too. However, there is one thing I can’t get round and that is models flaunting their dark roots! The photos on my own hairdresser’s walls are full of half blonde and half dark roots. What the Hell?! ThatContinue reading “Going Back to my Roots”
What Happened to those Drying Days?
Hello Poetry Lovers Yes indeed. How often do you see clothes on the line now? Our laundry rituals have changed drastically, some for the better, (no more putting shirts through mangles), but on the other hand, we’ve lost something else. Those billowing sheets hanging out and that fresh outdoor smell. Clever poet Trisha Broomfield putsContinue reading “What Happened to those Drying Days?”
Poetry Basket Review
Dobby! Get out of that Poetry Basket! Hello Poetry Lovers Welcome back to the Poetry Basket Review section. Today we have a cracking new collection from prolific poet Tony Josolyne. A regular reader at Poetry Performance in Tedddington, we eagerly awaited this new and varied collection. And Tony did not disappoint. I’ve given Recalcitrant Verse aContinue reading “Poetry Basket Review”
The Broons
Hello Poetry Lovers Nothing’s more heartwarming than sitting down with a Broons book on a cold afternoon. Next to my Beryl the Peril annuals, that is. That charming huge family of 11, located in a flat somewhere in Scotland, with so much detail in their inked drawings, characters and warm humour. There’s a few thingsContinue reading “The Broons”
More from The Poetry Drawer
Hello Poetry Lovers Welcome back to the Poetry Drawer. Dobby and I have done some further digging and came up with this Isn’t it stunning?! Dinky and so beautifully made. Now, once again, I’m cloudy as to how I obtained this unique piece, but I have no regrets about buying such a beautiful pamphlet. ExtraordinarilyContinue reading “More from The Poetry Drawer”
The Poetry Drawer
Hello Poetry Lovers Well, poetry really is all around us. Particularly at the back of a drawer it seems. Aren’t they dinky?! The tiny Battery Pack pamphlet I took at face value and assumed it was a forgotten instruction manual! Nearly meeting its fate in the bin! Thank Goodness I realised. Now Battery Pack volume III’s origins isContinue reading “The Poetry Drawer”
Interview with John Looker
Hello Poetry Lovers Welcome back to the talk show studio. (Rapturous applause) Today we have the honour of welcoming talented poet John Looker (Audience cheer) (Our esteemed guest glides down the lighted stairs to great applause) Welcome to the show, John. I hope Dobby didn’t nip you on the way. Why don’t you fill us inContinue reading “Interview with John Looker”
Heather Moulson 