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Poem Published
Head on over to the following , to read my poem ” The Return of the Flying Circus” published today by the Tiny Seed Literary Journal.
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Life Update
Just a quick update to say things may go a bit quiet on here for a couple weeks due to unforeseen circumstances. I may still post some content however my health, well-being and family is my top priority right now, so please don’t expect too much. I Imagine it will be until November where I
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A Very Brief Few Words on: Langston Hughes
Born on 1st February 1901, in Joplin Missouri, Hughes had mixed ancestry, he was a descendant of black slaves and of white slave owners in Kentucky. Langston after school attended Columbia and Lincoln University and spent a lot of his early adulthood travelling. As Hughes’ poetry suggests, he identified with his African ancestry more than
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The Library
In Honour of my Husband’s 31st Birthday, here’s a poem I wrote about how we first met. Happy Birthday my darling, this is for you. Thinking of where I found you, Sitting in a silent land, Where every whisper would stand, And fun was frowned upon. It was by pure coincidence, That I ended up
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Two sided Mirror
There’s a name for that kind of behaviour, It’s called two faced. On appearance, one would think you care. When really your laced, In hypocrisy and false pretences, To fit your own agenda. Megan Layley ©
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Why I Write Free Verse
Despite having knowledge of techniques in poetry ( yes surprisingly poetry does have theory behind it) , I’m not someone who really experiments much with form and metre myself. If I’m honest I actually prefer writing in free verse. No boundaries to confine the words and let my creative juices flow naturally. That’s not to
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Alternative Anthem by John Agard
I am currently undertaking an online short poetry course with the Oxford University and to aid us in thinking about the question of what is poetry? We were asked to look up poetry from a couple sources of online Poetry websites. This is where I cam across this gem of a poem. Alternative Anthem by
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A Familiar View
Looking back through my creative writing books, I came across this piece which was one of my early pieces. I was at work when the inspiration came to me and wrote it all later that same day with the scene of the lake in my mind like a captured photograph. There was a moment where
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Poem Stellium
Poem Stellium is a superb blog which encourages people to express their mental health experiences ( or as an observer of others experiences), in creative forms such as poetry, short stories and blogging. So in August I reached out to Poem Stellium with my piece I had written about my experience of OCD. Very shortly
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Welcome
Welcome to my Blog, it’s about time I set up one for my creative mind to be let loose. Most of my poetry will likely be published still via the traditional route of finding a magazine/journal to publish my work. Whilst some of my other writing such as reviews, interviews commentary or updates will be
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Megan Layley 