Shrine Etiquette (Newly Acquired) Wash, bow, clap twice, wish. Ring the bell and offer thanks watch your worries float. We come across our first shrine en route to the...
Tales of a City Trail
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Heard the one about The Queen’s Speech being delayed as the goat skin parchment won’t dry in time? I did. Is it the ultimate example of a Political Scape...
Spirit of Obon Tonight you glow bright. Secure in our thoughts, you drift downstream, to your world. Across many parts of Japan for three days each year families come...
A cloud has always been many things to many people. A fluffy child’s drawing, the stuff of wedding nightmares, a sofa for the angels, a thing to dress up as. But...
Instagram can be addictive. Processing apps can lighten, sharpen and dramatise everyday objects and activities and make them see that little bit more aspirational, while...
When Granny Fell Out of the Overhead Locker When Granny fell out of the locker on the flight to Tenerife the steward said she’d be safer securely stored under my seat...
Beautiful Technology Booths dispense good looks. Print yourself a smooth new face. Cheat time..while you wait. We venture out into Osaka and end up in a giant mall where...
The following poem is inspired by a crew member at Windermere Lake Cruises – a local company that runs pleasure cruises on England’s largest natural lake. I spend...
I love cities. I love the challenge of trying to capture something of them in poetry. This series of poems was produced as part of my 2016 #LPKidsPoetry residency with...
An Audience with Fuji San Fuji San chooses. Not you. Oft hidden idol. You must watch, wait, pray. Mount Fuji is more than a mountain. It is a sacred mountain and must be...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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