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'The Peace of Wild Things' by Wendell Berry- The Perfect Poetic Balm For Lockdown

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‘The Peace of Wild Things’ by Wendell Berry- The Perfect Poetic Balm for Lockdown Tuesday, June 7th 2020 Hey world! How are you all doing? I hope you are managing to stay sane in these bizarre and stressful times we find ourselves in. A lot (and I mean a lot) has happened since I last posted on this blog. My life, and most of the people’s lives who are reading this has been turned upside down in a matter of months. The world has been brought to it's knees by a pandemic thanks to Coronavirus, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across the world and has forced governments to enforce strict lockdown measures to try to prevent the spread of the virus. This means that people have not been able to go out of the house for any other reason than to get food and medicine. People haven’t been able to go to school, work, shops, meet friends or family, and we are all fed up it. Here in the UK, we have been in lock down since March 23, which is seventy-six days, w...
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Hey world, November is such a beautiful time of year, a time when the landscape is caught in the transition from autumn to winter...
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Celestial Acne

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Hey World! I got some really good news last week, I placed in a global poetry competition which is my first poetry award of that scale! The competition is called the Foyle Young Poet Award which is a global poetry competition for young poets up to the age of 18. I have been entering this competition for several years and on results day have been met with 'Dear entrant, we are sorry to inform you that your poem has not been chosen for this year's award'... But this year, my email came in with my name in the first sentence and I knew that this was finally the year that I would place. Sure enough, my poem, 'Celestial Acne' placed in the top 85! The way this competition works is there are 100 over all winners, 15 winners, and 85 commended poets. The large amount of winners was what drew me to this competition, and I am so happy that I was able to place! If you are a regular reader of my blog you will already know that my poetry is usually nature based, I am very fond...
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September Dreams

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I love September, such a beautiful month where the summer dies in Autumn’s arms with the promise of next year on her lips...
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Hey world, “Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river.” -Virginia Woolf Amen Virginia.
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New York-Concrete Jungle First Impressions

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Hey world! Concrete jungle where dreams are MAAAAADE OF, there's nothing you CAAAANT DO, now your in New York! New York! New YOOOOOOORRRRK! (Alicia Keys, 'Empire State of Mind') Two weeks ago I visited NYC for the first time and I absolutely LOVED IT! Currently I am trying to wrestle with my phone and minimal technical skills to upload pictures of me in NYC, so watch this space for updates. -A xx Central park Lady Liberty and I
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Inspirational quote from Thomas Edison

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Hey world, If you are needing a quote to keep you motivated, or to give you some encouragement and strength, here is a lovely quote from Thomas Edison who obviously had a light-bulb moment when he came up with this: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.” Keep trying, world. -A. Heezen
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