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  • Day 706 – Bircham Wood (Watts)

    Another November ramble, this time in Gloucestershire, as our poet Anthony Watts follows a snakeskin path into twilight-textured harmonies of Delius, on Day 706 of the Daily Poems … Bircham Wood November floats its colours on the voida hologram                         a basket of light love’s… Continue reading

  • Day 705 – November ramble (Monach)

    It’s one of those days to wrap up warm and get out of doors for a November ramble in some misty moisty fields and woods with our poet Jane Monach, on Day 705 of the Daily Poems. November ramble   a rough sack smells of old smiles and laughtertreads pathways into muslin fogfinds soft wind… Continue reading

  • Day 704 – Memory (Ryzhykh)

    What will Trump’s victory mean for Ukraine?  “It is by no means certain Washington will back any more assistance for Kyiv once Republicans control the White House” –says the Guardian.  Our poet today (Day 704 of the Daily Poems) Mykyta Ryzhykh writes in Ukrainian and then translates.  We have seen Mykyta’s work before in Poetrywivenhoe… Continue reading

  • Day 703 – Auto-da-Fé (Adams)

    Day 703 of the Daily Poems.  06 November 2024.  Perhaps not a day for rejoicing.  This poem from our poet Derek Adams references the Auto-da-fé (‘Act of faith’), the ceremony for pronouncing judgment by the Inquisition, followed by the execution of sentence.  Derek’s poem is part of his collection about Lee Miller, from the period… Continue reading

  • Day 702 – Hot potato (Adams)

    Lions Clubs around the world exist to raise funds to help those in need; Guy Fawkes’  intention was to raise the House of Lords in London up high with the help of gunpowder. Twenty years ago our poet Derek Adams picked up a leaflet for the Castle Point Lions Poetry Competition at the Southend Poetry… Continue reading