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The Writing of a Story of Words

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

This is a warm-up exercise I found in Wingbeats II, edited by Scott Wiggerman & David Meischen, a book full of exercises in poetry that are great fun to try. This one is called line-building and I recommend it for … Continue reading →

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Varied Journeys

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

It’s our anniversary today. It’ll be a quiet celebration, heart-felt just the same. We’re together and that’s what counts. I wrote this poem for our fortieth and it still holds true … A VARIED JOURNEYS how far did we promise?                          … Continue reading →

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Answering the Challenge

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

I don’t often write rhyming poetry, but when I do I have a lot of fun! Just don’t take this seriously! Words are tools, jester’s cap and bells, wisdom, and adventure … A A ANSWERING THE CHALLENGE       … Continue reading →

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The Prose of my Life

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

I spent time over Christmas detailing my genealogy, digging out dates and places, with one of my sons. Which, of course, set me looking back and remembering. The result is a potted autobiography, great fun to write … A A … Continue reading →

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Told Again

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Joanna M. Weston

We’ve been telling the Christmas story for two thousand years. It’s been added to with tales of Mary and Joseph’s travels, embellished by Father Christmas stories, embroidered by legends of the fourth Wiseman. But it remains the story of a … Continue reading →

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Knitted Family

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Joanna M. Weston

I was visiting an elderly friend a while ago and became fascinated as she knitted without watching her fingers, and talked. Our conversation wandered through family … ordinary everyday things. It was comfortable and curiously comforting … A A KNITTED … Continue reading →

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Joseph and Mary

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Joanna M. Weston

I’ve always wondered about Joseph and Mary. Off they went, Mary heavily pregnant, on a jolting journey. I suppose Mary couldn’t be left at home to have the baby in peace, but imagine how she felt, day after day, hoping … Continue reading →

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The Servant’s Story

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joanna M. Weston

Ordinary people. The people who run errands, who serve with or without complaint. They see things, carry secrets of what they’ve seen; sometimes they tell, sometimes they don’t. But they have stories too. A A A THE SERVANT’S STORY My … Continue reading →

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The Cameleer’s Story

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Joanna M. Weston

Some stories have no satisfactory ending, no ‘happy ever after’, no ‘bad-guy-gets-his-punishment’, no magic wand. We hear about the moment, the event, and then it fades into daily living. I think we’d like every story to have all the ends … Continue reading →

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The Potter’s Story

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Joanna M. Weston

Christmas is for me a time of story … the Santa Claus story, the Christmas story, family stories … So this month I’m going to tell stories, very short stories, of people on the edges who don’t make it into … Continue reading →

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