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Ann Perrin

@annperrinwrites

#Poet, #writer, #puppeteer - blog 'finding my feet in #Brighton' - performance poetry, make films, writing memoir.

 Brighton, England
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Joined October 2012
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Here we go Christmas again and a bit lost for words … annperrin.wordpress.com/2022…
Here we go Christmas again and a bit lost for words …

Here we go Christmas again and a bit lost for words …

But sometimes if I start writing something happens so here I go. This week I disiscovered from my stats over 5,000 people read something on this blog this year so seems like a good reason to press …

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My poem ‘Seeing’ is about gradually losing my sight and of course a little general chit chat. annperrin.wordpress.com/2022…
My poem ‘Seeing’ is about problems with my sight and of course a little general chit chat.

My poem ‘Seeing’ is about problems with my sight and of course a little general chit chat.

Seeing   – poem about macular degeneration on the pond orange and white waterlilies balance like ballerinas on green leaves  –                                                           …

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The puppets that went to the Palace and moving to Eastbourne! annperrin.wordpress.com/2022…

The puppets that went to the Palace and moving to Eastbourne!

  Buckingham Palace In the early 50s my parents were invited to entertain the Queen, Prince Charles, Princess Anne and their friends. We had clowns, a puppet circus, a white rabbit from Alice …

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On World Puppetry Day, thinking about the part of my spent treading the boards. annperrin.wordpress.com/2022…
On World Puppetry Day, thinking about the part of my life spent treading the boards.

On World Puppetry Day, thinking about the part of my life spent treading the boards.

Despite the doom and gloom, the dreadful war and its consequences, I managed to put a few things on The British Puppet and Model Theatre facebook page and on my own. There was poignancy in being re…

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Strange times – celebrations – love – loss and poetry annperrin.wordpress.com/2022…

Strange times – celebrations – love – loss and poetry

Thank goodness that the sparkle of light on leaves can still lift my mood. A walk on the beach and sunlight on the sea has the same effect.               &nb…

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More life and times of ageing puppeteer, writer and poet. annperrin.wordpress.com/2021…

More life and times of ageing puppeteer, writer and poet.

Frankly the reality of realising that I am still alive came as a bit of a shock. Only recently have we ventured out after nearly two years of remaining pretty close to home. We were treated to a lo…

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My poem translated into Italian – Bluebells – Garden – Memoir. annperrin.wordpress.com/2021…

My poem translated into Italian – Bluebells – Garden – Memoir.

        An unexpected  email arrived from  journalist and poet Lavinia Collodel, an art historian living in Rome. She was writing about green spaces for an Italian mag…

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March – another month is flying by… annperrin.wordpress.com/2021…

March – another month is flying by…

Strange times but nature has a way of creating its own magic. Dappled sun on pathswhite pussy willow fallenwood pigeons calling   Ashdown Forest – Kings Standing Just for fun – this mus…

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Emerging from the chaos of 2020 inevitably older but wiser? annperrin.wordpress.com/2021…

Emerging from the chaos of 2020 inevitably older but wiser?

During lockdown I think my life has taken even more of an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ quality, with a few chunks of ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ for good measure. The Mad Hat…

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Telegoons – based on The Goon show – their role in my downfall! annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…

Telegoons – based on The Goon show – their role in my downfall!

Invited to give a talk about the Telegoons for The  Goon Show Preservation Society  many moons ago, naturally it developed into a performance! Here is the transcript of the talk I have also transfe…

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Creativity – lockdown – but everything is the garden is lovely! annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…

Creativity – lockdown – but everything is the garden is lovely!

We created a courtyard at the front of the house,  with chairs, a table, a trough full of flowers and a bird feeder. It was partly in an attempt to ensure we could have two or three friends round a…

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Talking to myself – pictures – poems annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…

Talking to myself – pictures – poems

                 Occasionally its been enough effort to get up, let alone write. But I’ve got a garden and lots of unfinished projects like repainting the shed! But I’ve managed to re-d…

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Early summer in the garden. Pictures -puppet – poems annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…

Early summer in the garden. Pictures -puppet – poems

       – – The frog pond  – translucent wings hover newts wiggle under waterlilies nearby bees fills socks with pollen midges dance in fading light. –            – …

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Memories – VE day in Balmore Street London N.19 and poetry. annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…

Memories – VE day in Balmore Street London N.19 and poetry.

I guess we must have been a patriotic lot in London in 1945. I was only 4 and a half but I think I had picked up on my mother’s terror, the bombs, the constant need of escape and the lack of …

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The way the brain may cope with self isolation – annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…
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A magical mother – pictures – poems – stories. annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…
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Best just to keep on going… annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…
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Hands upon hands and so expressive. annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…
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Signs of spring in Saltdean despite wild weather… annperrin.wordpress.com/2020…
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