 Please click on the link below to hear the podcast of this poem The Oleander We found it in Albi, no gentle sketch but boldly painted bright and blowzy heady … Continue reading →

Poetry by Ann Perrin - Poems read by the Author.

The Oleander

I wrote the ‘The hole in the wall’ at an Arvon creative writing course at Totleigh Barton many years ago. A film I made earlier –  I have always been … Continue reading →

An old dry stone wall

My Garden – to listen to the podcast please click on link below I could sit here in my garden all my waking hours simply entranced by the profusion of … Continue reading →

An English Cottage Garden

 To hear the introduction and Ann’s poem Picasso’s Model – please click on the arrow on the podcast below. Picasso’s Model He watches me intently as though drawing a vase. … Continue reading →

Picasso’s Model

Listen to Ann’s poem Moving on  now – simply press the arrow on this latest post – This poem was written on the last day of a course at Arvon. … Continue reading →

Moving on

 A poem about a neighbour in South London. He lived in a house beyond a high fence at the end of the garden and I never got to know him. … Continue reading →

The Passing Season

Listen to Ann’s poem Reconciliation  now – simply press the arrow on this latest post  page – Reconciliation Seeds take flight with the softest blow, on dandelion clocks you know. Forever? … Continue reading →

Reconciliation

Listen to – Beachcombing – Ann’s latest podcast on her poetry site by pressing the link – Beachcombing Where a solitary seagull flew hopeful of an unexpected catch an old man … Continue reading →

Beachcombing

   Ann’s poetry podcast  – Listen to the poem ‘Don’t Throw the Daisies‘ on Ann’s blog now  – by clicking on link below –   Don’t Throw Away the Daisies … Continue reading →

Don’t Throw Away the Daisies

Listen to Blackpool Illuminations now by pressing the link below – Our parents performed on The North Pier Blackpool with their elaborate Marionette Musical. We stayed in a a holiday … Continue reading →

Blackpool Illuminations

Listen to The Salt Sea Winds now – by pressing on the link below. Where salt sea winds make their eerie sounds and grey-green waves come crashing to the shore … Continue reading →

The Salt Sea Winds

Listen to A Widow’s Weeds now – just  press on the link below. A Widow’s Weeds  Mrs. Howell had always lived in the attic in her widows’ weeds. We children swore she wore … Continue reading →

A Widow’s Weeds

Listen to Ann’s poem The House in Highgate now – just press on the link below. The House in Highgate Peter Pan had a lot to answer for! We were … Continue reading →

The House in Highgate

Listen to Ann’s poem Granny’s Corset now – just press on the link below. Granny’s Corset Push open the door and enter her room with heavy beige wallpaper and brown … Continue reading →

My Granny’s Corset

Listen to On The Fiddle now – just press on the link below. Playing the fiddle he walks the tight rope strung between two lamp posts. With over painted mouth and … Continue reading →

On The Fiddle

My poems are inspired by people, places, life, death, ageing and sometimes by my life as a puppeteer’s daughter. I write in a variety of styles but mainly free verse.

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Poetry by Ann Perrin - Poems read by the Author.

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