Author: leona allen

• Flamenca: notes from this morning’s podcast

  

  Organised Abandon left him an open wound ripped pages flailing in a wind, ungraded demarcated, marooned. My first attempt at the Flamenca poetry form. If you want to have a go yourself click here to read an article with the rules of the form. Happy scribing! x

  leona allen

  May 3, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments, poetry

  #creativereflection, #flamenca, #flamencapoem, #flamencapoetry, #morningwriting, #newpoetryform, #organisedabandon, #podcastpoetry, #podcasts, #poem, #poetry

• Procrastinating Cat POV

  

  I watch the clowder stroll Feet dancing round the big people Their marshmallow paws hop-scotching over stones I see them and translucent me from the sill . If Kitnme could see me now Regurgitating bezoars like my human’s excuses Past mistakes and heartbreaks have us Perched on the wrong side of possibility . I have…

  leona allen

  May 1, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments, poetry

  #animalthoughts, #catpoem, #catpoems, #cats, #catsanddogs, #clowder, #dogpoem, #poetry, #procrastination

• Sunday Round-Up 26/03/2023

  

  Hello World and Happy Sunday! This week I have I have been doing a lot of writing by hand. I came across two YouTube videos (linked below) about the benefits of writing by hand. Even though I am pretty consistent when it comes to my daily morning pages, I usually tend to do my creative…

  leona allen

  March 26, 2023

  weekly review

• Back to Basics: Observation

  

  The writing below was inspired by an exercise Anthony Anaxagorou discussed in the following podcast episode: London Writer’s Podcast #012: Anthony Anaxagorou– Push Past Self-Doubt and Think Like a Poet Describe exactly what you see/smell/ hear/etc, right now. Include objects, people, and anything else in your immediate environment. I can taste the remnants of Original…

  leona allen

  March 26, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments

  #cars, #creativewritingprompts, #morning, #observations, #peopleplacesandthings, #poetryprompts, #writing, #writingaboutwriting, #writingprompts

• Sunday Round-Up 19/03/2023

  

  Hello World and Happy Sunday! This week has been all about trying to stay creative amongst major distraction. I started the week determined to do a digital detox (defined really as avoiding leisure YouTube, streaming Netflix, Prime, Disney+, listening to podcasts, checking my phone first thing). TLDR: I FAILED.  Monday was great and I truly…

  leona allen

  March 19, 2023

  weekly review