The Maker The Charles Causley Literary Blog

March Musings by Sue Wallace-Shaddad

In my Musings last month I talked about attending the Charles Causley Trust’s Winter Warmer Poetry Retreat. The Trust plans...

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March 15, 2023

Poet in Residence Rachel Piercey gives us an insight into her first week in Launceston

I have no precedent for the feeling of walking through the door of Cyprus Well. To feel that you (partly)...

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March 13, 2023

Then there were two by Mark Fiddes

The blotchy neck belongs to Father O’xxxxx.  I slip the amice over his snow raked pate.  Through the vestry windows ...

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March 2, 2023

Arcadia by Partridge Boswell

In the milk-eye of a dying ewe, unfathomable sky. Crouched in mudshit straw you cradle her neck while the young...

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March 2, 2023

Without God Everything is Permitted by Jeffrey Skinner

I remember staring at a painting above   My crib: two swans on green water.  But, to me  Shifting forms only. ...

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March 2, 2023

Chinese Diacritics of War & Peace by Vera Kate Yuen

My grandmother learnt the best way to muzzle tragedy was to speak only in her mother tongue.   Rěn nài...

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March 2, 2023

Martial Artist by Lesley Saunders

She knows how to draw blood,  though that is not her vocation.  In ju-jitsu one can break a brick  with...

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March 2, 2023

korean bleach by Elisha Gabb

  google says that if you have brown skin and you want to turn it white then you can buy...

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March 2, 2023

February Diary by Sue Wallace-Shaddad

On my way back from Cornwall at the beginning of the month, I stopped off in Bath to visit that...

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February 27, 2023

A Love Letter to My Favourite Childhood Book

As this is the month of love, I have been inspired to write a sweet love letter to my favourite...

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February 20, 2023

February Musings by Sue Wallace-Shaddad

At the very end of last month, I attended a workshop on poem titles run by Sue Burge. This gave...

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February 15, 2023

February is the month of love – What books are you treasuring this month?

The love of An enjoyable book can have a lasting effect on our lives. These may stem from childhood memories...

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February 6, 2023
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