(or at least it was when I started typing this post.) So, competition update. We’re nine hours in, and I have the first two entries already. That’s seriously impressive. All the more so because the form manager I was using for people to upload their entries to has decided that now is a good time …
It begins …
The 24-Hour Poem competition is now underway. Some good challenges, but nothing insurmountable, I think. Although I had to reassure a few people that one of the words was in fact the word written and not a much more common word that differs by one letter. (Note to self: don’t put the tricksy words first …
You took the words right out of my … um, book
Here we are, a mere twenty-four hours away from the competition kicking off for the second time. I’ve had the list of words ready to go for a wee while now, but have had all sorts of weird dreams about people trying various nefarious methods of sneaking an advance look – remember how last year …
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Coming soon – the CPC Spring 2019 Poetry in Performance readings!
I know winter feels as though it will never depart, but it will. There are buds just starting to colour on my plum trees, the blackbirds are fighting for territory, and every time I turn around there seems to be another flourish of jonquils. But even more certainly a harbinger of spring-to-come, it is now …
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National Poetry Day 2019 – the 24-Hour Poem Competition is on again!
Yes indeedy, I have once again taken a/ the plunge and b/ leave of my senses and am officially announcing that the 24-Hour Poem competition is on again. Ten words, twenty-four hours, one poem. How hard could it be? Once again there will be a Winner, a Runner-up, an Organiser’s Husband’s Choice, and the chance …
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A Dark Feathered Art 