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

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

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 Hour of Frost – Poem ECvW

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 … Continue reading

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – Ringing The Changes by Juliet Foster

Ringing the Changes by Juliet Foster  It was past my bedtime, it was Christmas Eve. I went across the farmyard with my mother, the ground was hard, the stars were bright. We opened the stable door, and saw the horses … Continue reading

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Richard Booth’s Bookshop Live Event – Photo’s

The Hay Writers’ had a wonderful time performing a selection of seasonal writings, accompanied by beautiful singing from the Monday Choir at a Christmas Gala held at Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cafe. It was great to see so many local faces in the … Continue reading

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WORDS OF THE WEEK – The School Nativity by Jo Jones

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 WEEK – POEM – Autumn: Divorces by ECvW

Autumn: Divorces On our silent lips In darkness, We inhaled this Autumn Under starlight. Watching the past Decaying before us From our different perspectives. Then, holding each breath We dreamed, while Dawn ignited a world And frost caught fire Red … Continue reading

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OUR LIVE EVENT AT RICHARD BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP CAFE, HAY-ON-WYE.

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

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

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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