(For Preserving Peace) Peace. (Deep breath) It’s something we all strive for and yet it can be somewhat illusive. Our days are filled with Things to Do, keeping busy and constant distractions, not to mention getting caught up in all the challenges the world faces today. However, it’s never very far away. A pocketful of […]
A FREE personalised Christmas poem to download! It’s VERY busy for Santa at this time of the year, so we thought that your child might like to give him a bit of a helping hand, with a very special, magic spell…. A Special Spell for Santa This enchanting, personalised Christmas poem – written especially by […]
(For Pondering Passwords) Yes, here we are again, with a fresh batch of my very own brand of Peachy Poetry – a quirky collection of my short poems – this time celebrating the art of Pondering and the joy of Passwords. Ok I admit it, there is no joy in pondering passwords. In fact they […]
(For perpetuating positivity) Since my last batch of Peachy Poetry (PP2 back in Feb) rather a lot has changed in the world. That blog cheerfully started with an optimistic ode – “Dear 2020” – which hoped for the year to be “joyful and free”…. Well of course, 2020 has turned out to be a very […]
…And the Perils of Pandemic Parenting What a bizarre and unsettled world we’re living in right now. Lockdown life has been thrown upon us, ensuring that we’ve all had to become rapid experts at things like Zoom, washing hands and sourcing toilet paper. And of course, pandemic parenting. Having to spend 24/7 with your children, […]
(For Perfecting Playfulness) Yes it’s back! By popular demand (thanks mum…), MORE Peachy Poetry, this time for Perfecting Playfulness! (And if you’re thinking What Is Peachy Poetry? – then check out Part One for a full explanation of the genre and numerous early examples.) But first, how do you define playfulness? And perfect it?? People […]
(For Pointless Procrastinating…) Peachy Poetry? A little known form of the genre, invented circa 2019 by the poet (ahem) Alison Reddihough and dedicated to short, mostly rhyming musings about totally random things. Poetry that is… well, Peachy. And Pointless Procrastinating? Hey, don’t knock it! Pointless Procrastinating is underrated (as is Peachy Poetry). Both are a […]