The Catalyst – Short Story Winner!

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …