poetry
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It’s the start of a new week and time for this week’s limerick challenge. Your word is: FEAR Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word COOK in it somewhere. You came up with some cracking limericks: Keith Channing: I learned how to cook from TV, It’s the way most appealing to me.…
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Welcome to my Guest Writer Spot. It’s the first time this week’s guest has appeared on my blog (aside from a couple of brilliant story challenge entries). It’s my pleasure to introduce Lynn Chapman. If you’d like to be included in my guest writer slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to…
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I hope you had a good weekend. Here is this week’s fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word is: THROAT Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word THIGH in it somewhere. You came up with some brilliant limericks: Trent’s World: I turned red and thought I’d die When I dropped my hand…
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This week’s guest writer is a former student of mine. It’s lovely to read her work again. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Belinda Davidson. Here’s a little bit about her: My name is Belinda Davidson. I’m an English teacher living in France away from my family. I completed a writing course a long…
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Happy new week. Here is a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: STYLE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word OLDER in it somewhere. You came up with some entertaining limericks: Keith Channing: One day I may be a stakeholder. Landowner, lessee or smallholder. Don’t mind that I’m poor, Even…
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I hope you’ve all had a good week. It’s now time to introduce this week’s guest writer. It’s the very talented Nancy Blodgett Klein. This is the first time she’s been a guest on my blog and I’m sure you’ll join me in giving her a warm welcome. Nancy has lots of writing experience and…
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Happy Friday! It’s time for my guest writer slot. This week, it gives me great pleasure to welcome back Kevin Morris, who has appeared in this slot a few times with his stunning poems. Here’s a poem from his new poetry collection entitled ‘The Churchyard Yew and Other Poems’. A Hyacinth’s Scent Last Night By…
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Happy Friday! It’s time for my guest writer slot. This week, it gives me great pleasure to welcome back Kim Smyth. She appeared in this slot a few weeks ago. If you missed it, you can read it here. Now for another of her super poems: A Shorkie’s Story Come and listen to a story…
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It’s Friday and so it’s time for my guest writer slot. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Lance Greenfield this week. If you’d like to be a guest on my blog, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short…
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