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DIARY DATE – HAY FESTIVAL 2015

Posted on May 1, 2015 by thehaywriters

Article by Emma van Woerkom *****DIARY DATE – HAY FESTIVAL 2015***** NEW WORK Event 173 • Tuesday 26 May 2015, 10am • Venue: The Summer House • Price – £3.00 A reading of new work by the Hay Writers’ Circle. All the writing will be … Continue reading →

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – Poems by Anne Riviere and Emma van Woerkom

Posted on May 1, 2015 by thehaywriters

SEPTEMBER VOICES by Ann Riviere ©2015 “I hate the Autumn.” “Oh, don’t say that.” “I do say that.” “The senses are so sharpened. the sights, the smells, the sounds.” “Where I live, the senses are blunted by the dread of … Continue reading →

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SHORT STORY FICTION – FIRST PRIZE – An Anticipation of Sunshine by Angela Grunsell

Posted on March 5, 2015 by thehaywriters

Winner of the Hay Writers’ Circle Annual Short Story Fiction Prize 2014 – ‘An Anticipation of Sunshine’, by Angela Grunsell. Many thanks to our esteemed judge, Phil Carradine. An Anticipation of Sunshine. by Angela Grunsell The alarm on Marcia’s mobile rings. … Continue reading →

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St. Valentine’s Muse – A Poem by ECvW

Posted on February 14, 2015 by thehaywriters

A couple of years ago I put a huge red heart in Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye. Attached to the heart was a bucket filled with chocolates and on it’s front, the poem typed below. It went down really really well – … Continue reading →

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – The School Nativity by Jo Jones

Posted on December 17, 2014 by thehaywriters

The School Nativity Miss James, form two, was casting the Nativity play. It was early November yet she was already using the threat of “Father Christmas only brings toys for children who behave themselves” as a ploy to keep her … Continue reading →

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WORDS OF THE WEEKS – A Hunting We Will go? by Jo Jones

Posted on October 24, 2014 by thehaywriters

A Hunting we will go? So there I was, in the horsebox, on my way for another game of chase the bunny. We were not allowed to chase foxes anymore because the dogs kept eating them before we could catch … Continue reading →

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – A Poem dedicated to Dannie Abse – 22/09/1923 – 28/09/2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 by thehaywriters

Remember – Old Parrot Dedicated to the great Dannie Abse (the old parrot) – Poet – died 28/09/2014 aged 91 years old. Here, In black ink My orphic parrot Speaks once more. A voice tremulous – An echo To his … Continue reading →

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HAY-ON-WYE CASTLE – OFFICIAL VIDEO – Amazing!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by thehaywriters

Love Wales? Love Castles?? Love Hay-on-Wye??? No Problem – Please click this HAY CASTLE link to enjoy the first official video of the famous Welsh border Castle! For more information see Hay Castle Trust – http://www.haycastletrust.org.uk/index.php

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – POEM – Twitter, Short but Tweet by ECvW

Posted on July 4, 2014 by thehaywriters

Twitter, Short but Tweet. Twitter The great transmitter The one-forty character emitter For the bitter, or non-quitter The casino spent-up-to-the-limit fritter The political heavy hitter —Going-off-the-rails skitter ——–With a pipe fitter or home knitter To the quiet sitter Recycling word … Continue reading →

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PRIZE WINNING POEM: SUTTON HOO SANDMAN BY Coral Durham

Posted on June 11, 2014 by thehaywriters

Sutton Hoo Sandman So .. scrape softly, slowly, beneath my arms. Lovingly, gently, scoop the sanded hills and dips around my planes and bones. Remember me? This is the face you loved and stroked beneath your warm fingered hunger; oh, … Continue reading →

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