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• Mind The Gap

  

  London's Underground railway system, the oldest in the world, first opened in January 1863, the start of a grand design to link the City of London with the... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• MInd the Gap

  

  Yesterday I had a lovely train ride along the west coast to Ravenglass which is one of those small delights hidden away in the Lake District. (Please don’t go... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kýrie Elé...

  

  Kyrielle: a poetic form (which is why it's getting the treatment on this week's blog), originating in 15th century France out of that country's troubadour... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Salt Margin - Anthology Launch

  

  Blackpool Fylde stanza group celebrates its fifth anniversary with the publication of a new poetry anthology, The Salt Margin, at a launch event on zoom on... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kyrielle

  

  According to Wiki the name kyrielle derives from the Kýrie, which is part of many Christian liturgies. A traditional kyrielle is written in... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kyrielle

  

  From Wikipedia,“The Kyrielle is a poetic form that originated in 15th century French troubadour poetry.” The lines of a kyrielle are octosyllabic, rhyming... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kyrielle

  

  I’d never heard of a Kyrielle. When first trawling online to find out what it was, I discovered not only was it a French form of poetry which I’ll discuss a... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dusting Off

  

  Who here remembers those 'contractual obligation' LPs that some groups used to put out in the 1970s and 1980s when they still owed the record company an album... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dust Jackets

  

  It’s one of those memories from school age that I’m fairly sure happened but not totally. The memory I have is of school books taken home at the beginning of th... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dust - If You Must

  

  Dust if you Must by Rose Milligan Next Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better To paint a picture, or write a letter, Bake a cake, or plant a seed; Ponder... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' May Open Mic Night

  

  Calling all cool cats and kitties, (to steal a line from the late Lord Buckley), get on down with our majestical May Day open mc night on Zoom...... there's no... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bedazzled By Sunflowers

  

  I blame the Calendar Girls myself. In fact I very nearly wrote this blog a couple of Saturdays ago for the Calendars theme, but put it aside in favour of a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bedazzled

  

  My first thought, perhaps bashfully, is of the image of Liz Hurley as the naughty devil in the largely panned, but playful 2000 film Bedazzled, alongside Brenda... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bedazzled

  

  I wasn’t quite sure of the difference between ‘dazzled’ and ‘bedazzled’ so I had a google. I think this shows it:Christophe Dugarry gave a dazzling performance... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Favourite Poet

  

  Of course there are many, but in strict adherence to the brief, I'll make an 'of the moment' choice. The poet I've been reading most often in the last few month... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Favourite Poet (or Two)

  

  The problem in choosing one poet from the legions that have had an influence over a lifetime is the feeling that there are ghosts gathering in the room,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Favourite Poet

  

  Right away, I’m struggling with the brief. Perusing the collections in my bookcase I can possibly narrow it down to five. Robert Lowell, Philip Larkin, Sharon... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Favourite Poet

  

  On the road next to Preston Station and about eight minutes from my house is a blue plaque to the poet who was born there on the 6th January 1874 and was... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Favourite Poet - Too Many to Mention

  

  Poetry books are in abundance on my book shelves and bedside table. I love poetry. I love words, artistically shaped into meaningful phrases. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Calendars

  

  Calendar derives from calends, the Latin name for the first day of the Roman month, signifying the start of a new lunar phase. Logically. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION