Blog of Susannah Quinsee about life, work, parenthood and play
I haven’t blogged a poem for ages. At first I was a bit stressed that I had failed to blog one every week, then I just thought “lighten up”! Stuff happens and no-one cares so it is fine! Part of Continue reading Dunt: a poem for a dried up river, Alice Oswald
I could probably end up posting a John O’Donohue poem every week as the are often so beautifully apt. This weekend in Easter and a lovely long bank holiday weekend, with also an additional week off work for me. The Continue reading For Celebration - John O’Donohue
Today is the Spring Equinox where night and day are equal length. I’ve just done a yoga workshop (online of course!) run by East of Eden and Hermione Armitage which was wonderful and made me feel full of Spring energy. Continue reading Grey by Edwin Morgan
It is International Women’s Day on Monday (8th March) and so in celebration of that I wanted a poem about strong women. This one pretty much fits that criteria and it was one that I wanted to include in my Continue reading A Woman Speaks by Audre Lorde
It’s Valentines’ Day tomorrow so a love poem for the poem of the week seems appropriate. And given that I seem to have a few love poetry books, I have quite a choice! I’m normally pretty low-key about Valentine’s Day Continue reading Love Tells Us Who We Are, Donald T. Saunders
So a bit of a silly poem for Saturday, we all need a bit of light relief. When I told a friend at work that I was putting a poem on my blog each day during Lockdown: The Return, she Continue reading Saturday silly