Dickens and Quips - Poetry Pod Dee Dickens

Hello everyone. As is said in the announcement, I have been quite unwell over the last few weeks, so am going to take a rest and go on hiatus until the new year.Thank you so much for all your support so far, I am grateful to each and every one of you.Have a great December and I will see you all in January.Make good choices, write great poetry. email: dickensandquips@gmail.comtwitter: @dickensandquipsinsta: @dickensandquipsDee: twitter: @thepontypoetinsta: @thepontypoetfacebook: facebook.com/deedickenswriter

Welcome to the twelfth episode of Dickens and Quips! This week we have a Hannah Edge special on the show and I shall be reading from her upcoming collection Those Days, These Days along with a bit of Anne Sexton. You can preorder Hannah's ebook here and I will update these show notes when the paperback is available for preorder too! Find Hannah at observeandmuse_ehjee on Insta@edge_hannah on twitter  We are atTwitter: @dickensandquipsInstagram: @dickensandquipsEmail: dickensandquips@gmail.com Prompt for this week is "Football" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.   

Welcome to the eleventh episode of Dickens and Quips!It is a bumper episode this week with some juicy language but it is well worth listening to us go down some amazing poetry rabbit holes.  This week we have Whisky and Beards own Connor Sansby on the show and I shall be reading from Chick by Hannah Lowe Find Connor at Connor Sansby Wordstuff on Facebook@whiskybeards on Insta@whiskybeards on TwitterWhisky and Beards Publishing on Facebook Hannah Lowe can be found hereAnd on twitter @hannahlowepoet We are atTwitter: @dickensandquipsInstagram: @dickensandquipsEmail: dickensandquips@gmail.com Prompt for this week is "all bears are gud boisl" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem. Featured collections:Chick by Hannah LoweSo You Want To Be a Writer by Charles Bukowski 

Welcome to the tenth episode of Dickens and Quips! This week we have Seterah Ebrahimi on the show and I shall be reading from Imagined Sons by Carrie EtterYou can buy Seterah's pamphlet In My Arms hereYou can buy Carrie Etter's Imagined Sons here Carrie Etter can be found here twitter.com/carrie_etter  We are atTwitter: @dickensandquipsInstagram: @dickensandquipsEmail: dickensandquips@gmail.com Prompt for this week is "I wait and wonder" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.   Featured collections/poems:Imagined Sons by Carrie EtterSkeleton by Rosemary McLeish  Line that makes you go OOOOOH! Imagined Sons 29: The Friend (Part 4)“I press my lips to each letter of his name”

Welcome to the ninth episode of Dickens and Quips! This week we have Dervla O'Brien on the show and I shall be reading from Cake, Liberty and Other Inexplicable Phenomena by Joe Thomas Find Dervla atDervlaOBrien on InstaDervlaOBrien on TwitterThe festival she was talking about is accepting proposals here Joe Thomas can be found @Joefishthomas on twitter and insta and Joe Thomas Writer on FacebookYou can buy his book Here We are atTwitter: @dickensandquipsInstagram: @dickensandquipsEmail: dickensandquips@gmail.com Prompt for this week is "sticky floors" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.  Thank you to Roger Waldron for your poem this week.Invite inviting me round to talk over   your world beating veggie lasagna you apologise for the kitchen careful   don’t stick to the floor   we talk about being married that B&B in Scarborough  where they asked  if we wanted dessert   which turned out to be Pears in sticky Rice Pudding you asked if we’d ever be a pair again   you asked if I would likepudding  afters  etc I declined all 3    careful not to stick to your floor   wondering  what makes  you think like that  Featured poets:Paige LewisSarah Kay  

Welcome to the eighth episode of Dickens and Quips!This week we have Kate North on the show and I shall be reading from More Than You Were by Christina Thatcher.Find Kate at Kate North, Author on FacebookWebsite www.katenorth.co.ukkatetnorth on TwitterChristina Thatcher can be found @writetoempower.We are atTwitter: @dickensandquipsInstagram: @dickensandquipsEmail: dickensandquips@gmail.comPrompt for this week is "what does thinking mean?" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.Thank you to Camille Brouard for your brilliant poem.Featured collections: