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Bubble Gum Trouble and Other Giggle Poems
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10 Yellow Bananas
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A Christmas Tail co-authored by Donna Smith & Helen Ross
A Cup of Christmas anthology – Kindle $1.77
Features one of my Christmas stories. All proceeds go to First Book, a children’s literacy charity.
Tag Archives: Poetry
Launch of Australian Children’s Poetry website
Australian Children’s Poetry is a new site that has just been launched. Founded by author Dianne (Di) Bates, this site is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children’s poets and their work. Di’s aim is to put Australian children’s poetry on every map … Continue reading
Children’s poetry competitions
If you a children’s poet/writer you might be interested in these competitions. This site that I am directing you is not yet officially launched (but soon will be) but as two of the competition deadlines fall on Friday 28 February 2014, thought I’d … Continue reading
Start of another blogging year.
Happy New Year everyone. Yes, I know some of you have already started the new year blogging but I needed a wee spell. More about that later. Firstly, hello and welcome to the new followers to my blogging corner. So … Continue reading
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Halloween poems
In Australia, there are many parents and individuals who won’t participate or acknowledge Halloween celebrations believing that it is an American only celebration. Not wanting to become ‘Americanised’ they avoid it like the plague. However, I thought I’d cite some … Continue reading
A giggle poem – ‘Shopping’
Today I am feeling a little overwhelmed with everything I am trying to get done. What’s new! So what do I do? Instead of knuckling down, karate chopping items from my ‘TO DO’ list, I have just rifled wasted time … Continue reading
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A Summer Renga – completed
In February this year I posted that I joined eight poets at Karawatha State Forest (Brisbane) for a summer ginko (haiku walk) with the talented poet Graham Nunn. Then from that time till mid April we worked on a renga … Continue reading
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April Fool poem
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Well, it is the start of a new month. But beware of the jokers as today is April Fool’s Day. So thought I’d post my April Fool poem from my giggle poetry book, … Continue reading
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More haiku from Summer ginko
Here are some more poems from February’s Summer ginko – haiku walk – in Karawatha State Forest. The backdrop of the forest provided an inspirational few hours of haiku hosted by poet, Graham Nunn. Please check out the wonderful haiku … Continue reading
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A Summer gingko
Last Sunday, 10 February, I joined nine other poets in a wonderful ginko (haiku walk), hosted by the talented poet, Graham Nunn. Having spent a week or two in Melbourne dealing with legal stuff, it was a lovely way to … Continue reading
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Book competitions at ‘Books for Little Hands’ blog
Children’s author, Renee Taprell, is currently holding book competitions on her blog ‘Books for Little Hands’ at: http://booksforlittlehands.blogspot.com.au/ To be in the running to win a copy of my giggle poetry book, Bubble Gum Trouble and other Giggle Poetry and/or … Continue reading
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