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Sunday Round-Up 14/05/2023

Hello World and Happy Sunday! It has been seven weeks since the last update. Yikes! And I have been very distracted with life-stuff. But I’m back. An update on the 75-day challenge: I did well for the first 8 days but on day 9 things went off track. Sometimes, these things happen. Sometimes, you have…

leona allen

May 14, 2023

weekly review

#weeklyreview
Summer Ruminations (a catena rondo)

That was the summer sand got caught in his throat Between 18-mile cycles to the beach Dilated pupils, hands out of reach That was the summer sand got caught in his throat . Between 18-mile cycles to the beach He replayed the silences of last night’s call Berating a heart if it dared to once…

leona allen

May 13, 2023

#100tinyexperiments, poetry

#bikepoetry, #catena, #catenarondo, #overthinking, #poetry, #rondo, #ruminate, #summer, #summerpoem, #summerpoetry, #writing
What to write in a notebook? (6 ideas for writers)

Too many empty books and don’t know where to begin? Want ideas to help with your creativity, professional development, and artistic self-care? Here are some ideas for that blank page. . . There you have it: 6 ways to infuse your notebooks with creativity! Let us know down in the comments if you’ve tried out…

leona allen

May 12, 2023

#100tinyexperiments, article

#artinspiration, #artinspo, #artistcareer, #artistdates, #artisticcareer, #careerjournal, #characterjournal, #creativity, #emptynotebook, #lifeasanartist, #lifeasawriter, #moodboard, #notebookideas, #notebooks, #toomanynotebooks, #writerhowto, #writerinspo, #writersblock, #writerslife, #writertips, #writinginspo
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 14/05/2023

Summer Ruminations (a catena rondo)

What to write in a notebook? (6 ideas for writers)

Flamenca: notes from this morning’s podcast

Procrastinating Cat POV