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Jennifer Pickup is a secondary school English teacher turned primary school teacher turned Nursery Manager and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator with a love of telling stories and weaving rhymes. She lives in Wiltshire with her Chihuahua-cross rescue dog and when she isn't working she can be found dog-walking, horse-riding her beloved dressage horse, dressage judging, or glued to her laptop, writing. A lot of her work can be found on www.abctales.com - this writing community offered her valuable feedback and support over the years and was instrumental in getting her fist novel published through Unbound. Unbelievable is her first novel - http://unbound.co.uk/books/unbelievable - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbelievable-Jennifer-Pickup/dp/1908717068.
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Superstition
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Unsaid (A Villanelle-ish)
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The Mole (A Sonnet)
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New Year's Resolution
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Spider
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Wonderful!
Posted on Fri, 05 Apr 2024
The imagery is so evocative, how beautifully done!
Saw a pair the other day - spectacular!
J x
Read full commentPosted in The Red Kite (bird of prey)
True!
Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024
The poem does admit that at the end, though!
J x
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Forgive me, but...
Posted on Mon, 01 Jan 2024
...I'm finding your maths confusing! If your New Year's Resolution this year is to stop smoking, then by May/June it will only be 5/6 months smoke free, not a year?! Unless it was last year's Resolution, and you're already more than halfway there...
Read full commentPosted in New Year's Resolution
First time...
Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023
...that I've written about this. Hardest poem I've ever written, it took me nearly two weeks on and off, and weirdly I finished it on World Mental Health Day, which I'll be honest I didn't even know existed until it popped up on an NHS campaign...
Read full commentPosted in Anxiety Rules
Wow!
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023
Thank you - what an honour!
It was hugely enjoyable and challenging to write - not just understanding and then following the structure of the poetic form, but addressing the subject matter. Personal and yet also the experience of others,...
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This line,'Counting out an
Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008
This line,
'Counting out an abacus
of small conceits'
is just perfect.
As ever, I am going to ask for punctuation all through - your use of it and capitals is rather sporadic, I feel!
Read full commentPosted in The Mulberry Bush
Great poem, but I feel the
Posted on Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Great poem, but I feel the word 'invigorates' doesn't fit - it makes the line have too many syllables and throws the rhythm, which is otherwise pretty uniform, off. How about finding another word that means the same thing but has fewer syllables? J...Read full commentPosted in Sun's role
Mad, exhausting,
Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2009
Mad, exhausting, intense! You captured such a crazy feeling! Once again, just the 'it's' to point out, Yes, keep writing! J xRead full commentPosted in Lost in New York - Pt II
'the rain battered box gift
Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008
'the rain battered box gift wrapped' such a vivid image of the coffin. This is minimalistic, and yet says it all. And for once, I think the lack of puncatuation adds to that.Read full commentPosted in One Driver Escaped Uninjured