Prompt of the Week

Lady Jabberwocky’s challenge this week is to write a response to the word ‘monster’ see link below: Here is my poem:

Weekend Prompt

This weekend’s challenge from Sammi is to write a poem or prose using the word ‘ Brush’ or a variation of it in 87 words. See link below: Here is my poem 87 including the title:

National Poetry Day

Today 7th October is National Poetry Day, a British campaign to promote poetry, it was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart, it takes place annually in the UK on the first Thursday in October. Since its inception, it has engaged millions of people across the country with live events, classroom activities and broadcasts. National Poetry

Weekly Challenge

Lady Jabberwocky’s challenge this week is to write a response to ‘what does fear feel like?’ see link below: So here is my poem:

Jackie Collins

Jacqueline Jill Collins, OBE. 1937-2015, was born in Hampstead, London on this day in 1937, she was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. With over half a billion copies of her books sold in more than forty countries, and with thirty

Weekend Writing Prompt

This weekend challenge from Sammi is to write a poem or prose in 78 words using the word ‘caboodle’ see link below

Graham Green

English writer and journalist, Henry Graham Green (1904-1991), was born in Herefordshire on this day 2 October 1904, regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers and was shortlisted,

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020), was born on this day in 1935 in Azamgarh, present-day Uttar Pradeshhe. He was an Indian Urdu language poet, author and theorist. He is known for bringing modernism to Urdu literature. He developed new models of literary appreciation combining western principles of literary criticism and applied them to Urdu literature. Some

Prompt for the Week

This weeks prompt from Lady Jabberwocky is ‘Let’s Go to the Pumpkin Patch’ see the link below: I have written a Haiku for the occasion:

T S Eliot

T S Eliot, (1888-1965) was born on this day, 26 September in 1888, he was famous as a poet and playwright and considered to be one of the 20th century’s major poets. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, however he spent time at Oxford University during the First World War. He moved to England