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About thehaywriters

The Hay Writers : a highly active & forward thinking writing group based in Hay-on-Wye, the world famous 'Town of Books'. ✍️ In 2019 we celebrated our 40th anniversary.

Words of the Week – Haikus and Tankas

Haiku Sequence by Lynn Trowbridge. She sits on a swing                       No use to advise  Idly swaying to and fro             they already know it all from … Continue reading

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FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES THIS TUESDAY IN HAY-ON-WYE!!

FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES THIS TUESDAY IN HAY-ON-WYE!!.

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FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES THIS TUESDAY IN HAY-ON-WYE!!

*DIARY DATE* –  Tuesday 25th February 2014  from 10.00am ‘til 12.30pm. UPSTAIRS @ THE GRANARY – Broad St., Hay-on-Wye.  http://www.granaryathay.co.uk/ The Hay and District Writers’ Circle will be holding an open meeting and reading new work submitted to their Fiction Short Story Competition.  The winning stories will be performed … Continue reading

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HAIKU SEQUENCE BY ANGE GRUNSELL

Haiku sequence………….Winter Tree fellers like wasps Angry, insistent, ceaseless, Hack the dead branches.   The river swirls past me No fish rising to splash back: You are not here now   If the butterfly Moves as I watch it on … Continue reading

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WORDS OF THE WEEK! – THE ELEMENTS BY JULIET FOSTER

  The Elements: Rain, Rain Go Away Oh please, don’t come back another day. As Thady, my dog and I walked up the drive to the field gate for his earlymorning walk, the snowdrops smiled at us as we past. … Continue reading

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Words of the Week – A Winter Night … on Radnor Hills – Poem by Lynn Trowbridge.

  Photograph by Lynn Trowbridge. A WINTER NIGHT On Radnor hills, Snow lying deeply on the ground. Dazzling white purity all around, No vague whisper of a sound, Otherworldly silence, so profound My presence seemed a rude intrusion In this … Continue reading

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THE SAVAGERY OF FROST – WORDS OF THE WEEK!

  THE HOUR OF FROST. Savagely, in the Hour of Frost, Under a wintering Moon’s bite. The Night fissured, cracked clean across, Tearing Stars from their jagged flight And sealed them in the River’s skin All glist’ning-white and frozen in. … Continue reading

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE HAY WRITERS’ CIRCLE!!!!

Image courtesy of Bruce Rosenstein via Twitter. GO AHEAD, SHARE MY POEM AND HAVE THE BEST NEW YEAR EVER!!!  XXXX THIS NEW YEAR … …this new year,it’s going to be the best year yet!There’s still so much out there to getand … Continue reading

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – POEM – ‘DEAF COUPLE’

With all the media attention on the gentleman who was ‘signing’ at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial, I thought I’d share my poem about my own observations of a conversation between a young couple who were deaf.  I have to admit, I … Continue reading

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