Thank you so much to Clevedon’s Writers Meet group, for awarding me first place in their 2022 adult short story competition – all made possible by a grant from Clevedon Community Bookshop. I write poems and lifestyle blogs day to day, so it’s lovely to feel encouraged in my flash-fiction endeavours!… The Catalyst It’s time. …
Author archives: deblisa
Personalised Poem Writing: Best Part of the Job?
Deborah talks about the loveliest aspect of writing personalised poems…
Enjoying the View
So I’m writing this post from bed. It’s a cold, grey day here in North Somerset but our new home is elevated from the street and from here, I can see the pretty stone church opposite and beyond the rooftops of the Victorian houses…a glimpse of the sea! We moved here from Colchester, Essex over …
Five Random Things I Love
Well over here in the UK, (as in much of the world), the c-word continues to all-consume our daily lives in so many different ways and things now look set to get worse, before they get better. I’m sure by now, it’s obvious we each have different opinions on how the situation should be handled, …
What’s trending @ Poem Bespoke?
What’s trending @ Poem Bespoke? Personalised wedding ceremony poems, special birthday poems and family gifts…
Lockdown Poem Aired on BBC Essex
Hello. I hope you are going as well as can be in these tricky times. Who would’ve believed all this would happen, even a few months ago? Well, I’ve been pretty busy (ahem) home-schooling the boys and remembering how bad I am at maths and how much I dislike it. Luckily for me, the boys …
Poem Bespoke on ‘An Essex Wedding Magazine’
Hello! It’s been a little while (yes, ages) since my last post, though I’ve been pretty busy doing such very important CEO stuff behind the scenes here at Essex’s Poem Bespoke HQ. Yes, I’ve penned some fabulous poems (obvs) but still a lot of my time is spent trying to get the word out there …
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What’s New This Year? Making Things Happen.
Hope everyone has the new year off to a positive and productive start. So, aside from my usual goal renewal – namely lose a few pounds, cut out the mid-week wine and work on becoming more spiritual on a practical level- eg do a mediation every day, take up reiki etc, I’ve been having a …
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Remembering to look up!
Recently I’ve been noticing a running theme in my life. When I’ve been feeling low, negative or starting to get caught up in my own little world of worry (frequent)…the universe sends me a little sign from Mother Nature to pull me up out of myself. And though I’ve no doubt such flags have been …
Autumn Vibes
With yesterday’s Autumn Equinox and the sudden-farewell of Summer, here at Poem Bespoke HQ, I do try to embrace all of the seasons (though even I shudder at the impending doom of those miserable months aka January and February). But when it comes to writing personalised poems and even article writing, I do find the …