Park living

There are beautiful parks and spaces in Liverpool. Calderstones is one of my favourites. It has a wide variety of trees, plants and flower gardens. When the sun is out, it’s vibrant with lots of people from all walks of life and lots of dog walkers! That includes myself and Summer dog. She loves stalking […]

A Lovely Word

I went along to ‘A Lovely Word’ at the Everyman Theatre bistro this month. It now takes place on the first Thursday night of the month instead of the second Monday. Although it wasn’t as busy, possibly due to the change of night, it was still just as good. The headliner shared her story of […]

Poetry pamphlets

  I have started to think about producing a poetry pamphlet. What a task! There are numerous factors to consider. Firstly, is there a theme to my work? Looking at what I have written over the years it’s quite a melting pot; from observational pieces, to poems inspired by objects, places or people. Do I […]

‘Levi’ a poet, a legend.

My son inspired me this week, which kick-started me into getting the writers equipment back out again after the holiday rest. His school had a visit from the highly talented poet Levi Tafari. When Levi visited the school this week, the children had a workshop with him, this involved writing a poem on equality and […]

Happy New Year!

  It’s back into the swing of things now isn’t it. Work, school, college, diets, exercise and breaking new year resolutions!  I am reflecting on my writing goals at the moment and struggling. My main issue is that I want to focus on writing poetry. However, I feel guilty, as there is a pull towards […]