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Love Calls Us

Love Calls Us to the Things of This World
by Richard Wilbur

The eyes open to a cry of pulleys,
And spirited from sleep, the astounded soul
Hangs for a moment bodiless and simple
As false dawn.
Outside the open window
The morning air is all awash with angels.

Some are in bed-sheets, some are [...]

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Tell Me The Truth About Love

Joanna Young over at Confident Writing has invited her readers to join in a project sharing some of our favourite questions found in poetry. Needless to say, I couldn’t resist and so I’ve recorded one of my favourite poems which features many questions all focusing on the subject of love. It’s [...]

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Meme: Passion Quilt – Kaleidoscopic

I was tagged recently by one of my Twitter friends, Drew Buddie, to share with you what I’m passionate about teaching my students. I haven’t responded to the tag right away, as I’ve been mulling it over, trying to decide the best way to articulate what exactly my passion in my teaching is. [...]

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What I Learned From Being A Pregnant Usherette

Around 10 years ago I was pregnant with my first child, and my husband and I were extremely skint.  We had no money whatsoever.  I knew that I needed to find a job, so when I saw the local cinema advertising for an usherette, I fired in my application and after a brief perfunctory interview, [...]

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8 Random Things About Me

Joanna, over at Confident Writing has tagged me in the ‘8 Random Things About Me’ meme. In her own response to the meme, she included Jeanne Dininni’s non-rules on memes and tagging, which I just have to share with you here, as they really appeal to me and they resonate with my own [...]

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