Launch Announcement — “Wibbletoes and the Dragon Kite”🌤 COMING SOON!Meet Wibbletoes — a young dragon with a tubby tummy, tiny wings, and enormous dreams.With his friends Bloomble and Flapjack cheering him on, he learns that flying isn’t just about wings — it’s about courage, friendship, and the magic of almost flying.Wibbletoes and the Dragon Kite… Continue reading Children’s Book Launch Announcement
Category: Writing
The Function of a Poem’s Title
In many poetic traditions, especially micro‑forms such as Haiku and Tanka — poems often appear without titles. But in most other forms, the title is a crucial part of the poem’s design. It is the reader’s first introduction, the opening gesture, and often the first clue to meaning.A title is not simply a label. It… Continue reading The Function of a Poem’s Title
Poetry deserves precision: Hunting for the Right Words
How do you choose the words that go into your poetry? What are the right words? As the poet, you must ultimately be the judge. But the “right words” shouldn’t just be the first ones you toss onto the paper when you feel the sudden rush to write. The critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously noted… Continue reading Poetry deserves precision: Hunting for the Right Words
Painting poetry with colour
Using colour to paint your poetry The psychology of colour is a fascinating area that explores how colours are linked to emotions, perceptions, and cultural expressions.Colours have a way of evoking emotions, memories, and associations. Metaphors and similes that involve colours add depth and vividness to our language.So adding colour to poetic comparison devices and… Continue reading Painting poetry with colour
Choosing words for poetry
Poetry Tips Choosing words for poetry Poets need to understand words, letters and sounds in ways more intimate than the reader or the writer of prose. I want to take you on a journey and show you had you should think of words when writing your poetry. I was given the words PEACH, PAISLEY, PACHABEL,… Continue reading Choosing words for poetry
Sense writing. 1.
Learning to Be
Ticking Clock
Late nights turn quickly to early morning As I recognise the spark of an idea Whilst the ticking clock issues no warning Space between the second hand is falling Recognising potential could be the reason Late nights turn quickly to early morning I will have recognised a new dawning of ideas, to be… Continue reading Ticking Clock
Anthology Askew Communications
Tomorrow sees the launch of the fourth anthology published by Rheteroric Askew. Its full of short stories, flash fiction and poetry. I have some pieces of flssh fiction in the book. It is available on kindle or amazon print.
The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry
The best way to read poetry is aloud. The choice of words the amount of syllables and the arrangement of lines will dictate the rhythm The time taken to say the word will depend on the amount of syllables and where the stress lies. Punctuation affects rhythmn . Line stops or the running of two… Continue reading The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 