poetry

  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s Friday and time for my Guest Writer Spot. If anyone would like their writing to appear on my blog, please get in touch.  I’m looking for stories and articles (up to 2000 words) and poems (up to 40 lines). You can  contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com Here is another thought-provoking poem from

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    My weekly Guest Writer spot  is open for submissions. If anyone would like their writing to appear here, please get in touch.  I’m looking for stories and articles (up to 2000 words) and poems (up to 40 lines). You can  contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com This week, my guest writer is poet ganarma.

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  • My Weekly Writing Challenge

    For this week’s challenge, you have two choices: you can either write a ten-word story using five words from the list given, or you can write a summer (yes, I know it’s autumn in the UK, but we’re all yearning for a bit of summer) themed story/poem from the second list: Option one: Choose five

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I know some of you are working on new pieces for my Guest Writer spot, which is great. I look forward to reading them. If anyone else would like their writing to appear here, please get in touch.  I’m looking for stories and articles (up to 2000 words) and poems (up to 40 lines). You

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    Please let me know if you’d like your writing to appear in my Guest Writer Spot.  I’m looking for stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. If you would like some of your writing to be featured on my blog, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com This week sees another stunning

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  • Monday Motivations

    This week’s Monday Motivations comes courtesy of the wonderful Keith Channing who has given me permission to pinch the last line of one of his stories: “Who put that goddam sign there?” he hollered. So, what happens to lead up to this line is up to you. I hope some ideas are already forming. For

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    My weekly Friday blog post offers writers the opportunity for their work to get out there and be read by others. I’m happy to accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. If you would like some of your writing to be featured on my blog, please contact me here or by e-mail:

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  • Monday Motivations

    Last week a few of you contacted me to say how helpful you found the opening lines in my Monday Motivations slot. So this week, I’ll give you two more – firstly for a short story and secondly, for a poem. Story:  Matty knew he shouldn’t have taken it. Poem: She was always there for

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  • My Weekly Writing Challenge

    Well, some of you certainly enjoyed last week’s writing challenge – Keith Channing! Scroll down to read some simply brilliant limericks. This week’s writing challenge will gradually wean Keith off the limericks – it’s for a rhyming poem. Not every line has to rhyme, but they can if you like. It can be as short

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  • Monday Motivations

    This week, my Monday motivation takes the form of a picture – and a grisly one to make you sit up, get thinking and write! Looking at the photo, here’s what came to mind for me: The Killing The knife plunges in, Blood oozes out, Splashing me, cascading down, Again I stab, deeper this time,

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