June 2021 – lucy crispin, poet

news

pleasing news

Jun 29, 2021 #blazon, #canticle: on the beauty of my mother's knees, #conceit, #love, #my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, #Shakespeare, #sonnet, #Sonnet Prize, #Ware Poetry Prize, #william shakespeare by Lucy Crispin

A quick post to let you know that I’ve recently won the Ware Poetry Sonnet Prize, with the poem I wrote for my mother shortly before she died. The competition was judged by the splendid, and local-to-me, Kim Moor. It was interesting reading her judge’s report because…

poetry appreciation

something simply beautiful

Jun 25, 2021 #annie lighthart, #beauty, #constancy, #Eternity, #lighthart, #mindful, #mindfulness, #mortality, #presence, #present, #reassurance, #spirit, #spiritual, #the second music by Lucy Crispin

One of those poems I don’t want to murder to dissect, but simply offer you for your delight. I love the way words, used this skilfully and sparely, can pierce us. Here it is: ‘The Second Music‘ by Annie Lighthart.

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reasons to write part 2

Jun 17, 2021 #Anne Lamott, #function of writing, #grimes, #learning, #nikki grimes, #pain, #reasons to write, #suffering by Lucy Crispin

Particularly when it’s hard to write, as it has been for me for a while, it can be really useful to think about why we do it. I imagine this “reasons to write” series could go on for some time! Today’s instalment comes to us courtesy of Nikki Grimes: ‘Poems’.

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’tis the season

Jun 3, 2021 #age, #ageing, #Barbara Quick, #freedom, #joy, #natural world, #skinny dipping in vathy, #swimming, #wild swimming by Lucy Crispin

For wild swimming, that is (or, as a friend of mine commented acidly the other day, “what we used to call going for a swim in the river“). Whatever we call it, it’s one of the pleasures of summer for me. So I was delighted to find this poem online and thus be able to share with you ‘Skinny-Dipping in Vathy‘ by Barbara Quick.

Month: June 2021

pleasing news

something simply beautiful

reasons to write part 2

’tis the season