Monthly Archives: November 2009
Poems for the Day on babycentre…
I’ve started a thread for my babycentre.com December 2007 birth group to gather their responses to reading, with some lovely replies… see their responses on the comments thread
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I must go down to the sea again…
Today me and Mr Pip booked our 2010 holiday and already I am tooooooo excited at the thought of being back there. This is where we’ll be staying… http://www.lymebayholidays.co.uk/propertydetails.aspx?pageId=13&propId=B4633&Week=2009-11-27
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Poems for today – Prayer and Happiness
Carol Anne Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate was asked if she thinks poetry ‘to some extent takes the place of religion’ in a secular society. She replied, ‘It does for me: I don’t believe in God.’ Prayer Some days, although we … Continue reading
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Training Week 4
We began today by each choosing a poem from the Bloodaxe collection Staying Alive, and after discussing my choice, Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy and Suravi’s choice of And they were both right by Kapka Kassabova we moved on to … Continue reading
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Ann Sexton’s Last Letter to God by Tracey Herd
Anne Sexton’s Last Letter to God This is the last letter I will write sitting at my kitchen table with the blue coffee mug at my elbow and the pot roasting each bean to perfection: faraway continents in my cluttered … Continue reading
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Bibliotherapy Training Wk 3
Today we’d been asked by the Book Doctor to bring along a book to talk about – arrrrggggghhhhh! I decided on picking some out of the shelf and making Poppy choose – she chose Eva Luna and I took To … Continue reading
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Hello!
Mrs Pip’s world has become a better place to be lately. It hasn’t been a bad place for a good while now, but lately there seems to be much more sunshine, even on these blustery days of Winter. And so … Continue reading
