Torii Story Beyond the gate lies sacred space. A thousand times. Shinto mountain shrine. Sometimes tourism is more than tourism. You forget the admission charges, the...
Tales of a City Trail
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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...
While skiing in the Catalan Pyrenees I have an unusual opportunity – a date with a piste basher. I am whisked to the top of a mountain in a powerful metal monster...
Lakeland poet William Wordsworth and his contemporaries certainly got about, taking their inspiration from long walks in the central Lakes. If they had lived today...
Peace Symbol Not a pure white dove. But a child’s bright paper crane. Folded bird of hope. One of the enduring symbols of Hiroshima is the coloured paper crane. It is...
My kids are magicians and wizards when it comes to online games like Minecraft and Warcraft. At times I wonder if the eldest was born clutching a mouse and I...
Temple of Consumption Shiny temple burns not incense but city waste. Shrine to consumption. At the end of Hiroshima’s main boulevard there’s a dazzling building that’s...
Lantern Festival Light has never been so heavy, companionship never so weightless. It started with one man, with one lantern, in one fishing town, somewhere in Japanese...
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...
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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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