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Four Days at Deer Shed: A poem for Deer Shed Festival
Listen to me performing this poem here. Friday is a game of car boot Jenga.It is ‘Don’t forget this’, and ‘Ooh let’s take that’.Friday is a crash course of this year’s playlist on the M60.It is a 6 foot butterfly with a top hat waving you into Baldersby Park.It is ‘Where are the tent poles?’,…
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A poem for Ian Wright (or is it?)
Talking about how you feel about someone or something is not always easy. But is that because we are uncomfortable at being open in general, or is it a misunderstanding that in order to declare our love at a wedding or for someone’s birthday means we have to simply just list our feelings? Here’s an…
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A poem to mark the speed of a child growing
I once heard that, when you are a parent, your days go slow but your weeks go fast. I’d love to know who said it but I’m a parent and my weeks are going too fast. To say life blips by with a kid is an understatement. That’s why it’s important to mark and remember…
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The joy of bespoke poetry: Why personalised poems make the perfect gift
In a world of mass-produced gifts and generic messages, bespoke poetry offers something rare: individuality. A bespoke poem is carefully crafted for a specific person, occasion, or story and captures emotions, memories, and meaning in a way no off-the-shelf product ever could. At iwillwriteyouapoem.com, every poem is tailored to reflect real lives, real relationships, and…
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A poem to give to a positive person in your life
Positivity seems to be in short supply these days. If you squint, though, you can still find it. I’m sure. That’s why I think it’s important to celebrate the glass half full people in your life. Celebrate a happy chappy you know by gifting them this poem I wrote recently. *** Bacon Bacon has reserved…
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A poem for Matthew McCounaghey
At I Will Write You A Poem, we don’t judge why people order their poems. Like the time someone wanted a poem about Matthew McCounaghey, just because… *** I imagine you, Matthew McCounaghey,eating raspberry jam with your fingers,transcribing entire scenesfrom old episodes of Coronation Street,collecting Pogs and Slammers. We all have little quirks no one…
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