Claire’s Blog

I hereby interupt A Poem a Day for an announcement. Dingo is in the house. And she's gorgeous. Thank you so much to Walker Books, Sue Whiting, Donna...

In the weather He stood on the corner shivered, cool in the growing city shadows. He relented, covered his Tshirt with a tailored jacket, pulled up...

Bodleian Library The Bodleian library first opened to scholars in 1602 librarians were not permitted to marry lest it distract from their vocation...

Story the first libraries had no books storytellers were our libraries our librarians

  The Chair Farmer (Gavin Munro) Gavin used to make chairs in the city: big chairs medium chairs and teeny-tiny chairs He crafted them in a shed...

Look Here I see owls, eyes closed to the sun I see fuzz, whether prickly or furry I see buttons clustered to count I see green stars, neither...

Tree I am a frame, outstretched, reaching high In my year, in turn I’ll carry spring buds full-blown flowers transparent green leaves autumn colour...

End of Day look this way with your camera I mean the light is fading the sun is oranging and the rocks and trees are silhouettes   Turn the...

Two at the Dog Beach At the evening beach (formerly known as the dog beach) two black-suited snorkelers thrash about in the dog pool before finning...

Photography something happens between the click and the look of every snap   what’s seen in the viewfinder is only part of the picture only...

Patched The Band-Aid was invented by a man for his whirlwind wife and her frequent minor injuries.   His invention was adopted, adapted and...

Oliver Cromwell’s Head Fact After Restoration Charles II dug up Cromwell’s body from the Resting Place of Kings in Westminster Abbey. Cromwell was...

Tell Me a Story Tell me a story of early mornings of yawns and stretches and cuddles in bed   Tell me a story of breakfasts of porridge and...

History Freycinet smuggled his wife aboard ship disguised as his cabin boy until they were far enough for shore that she could not be offloaded....

Stumped The ancient tree butt shouts angry sprouts nothing can replace all the felled years but it’s not dead yet

Pomegranate Tight, tight in red then white pomegranate seeds cling, resist release. They fingerstain and juice puff, in fragrant protest leaving...