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Poetry for the half asleep

I’m writing poetry again. Until recently, I hadn’t written poetry since my late teens. Twenty years has passed me by and my love of reading and writing poetry seemed to dwindle into a distant memory. It was only after writing the poem for my Christmas newsletter that I started again. I’m very much a night owl. My brain doesn’t fully engage in a morning – that’s always been the case for me – and so …

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I Hate Sleeping

I don’t actually hate sleeping once I am asleep, but I do find the act of having to sleep a real pain. I have an over-active, creative brain that never switches off. In the dead of night when the world is quiet and I can hear myself think, I come up with my best ideas and find this the perfect time to write. The problem is, to get anything practical accomplished and to interact with …

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