I love popping into places. I love pop up cafes. I love pop music. I love popping balloons. I love the word pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. So how delighted was I as part of my...
Tales of a City Trail
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The Romantic Poet William Wordsworth wrote a lot of his poetry while striding out across the fells. And in winter, he often took to the lake; not on a boat, but on...
The Joining In Dance This dance is only for dancing, not for watching. It’s how life should be? For 32 nights a year, the town of Gujo Hajiman in central Japan dances...
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...
Heavenly Cloud Fear of data loss? Seek blessing at I.T. shrine, for Godly back-up. There seems to be a shrine for everything in Japan. Pay your respects, make your...
The Candy Store Inside a hard shell, honeyed welcome, sweet tooth grin. Favours for strangers. Monday afternoon and the kids are tired, hot and grumpy. We spot a candy...
Laundry Day A sun damaged cloud, singed, scorched, burnt dry. Scrubbed, rinsed and hung out on barbed wire sky. Dark, tarnished raindrop our weeping earth’s tear. Buffed...
Toytown Osaka Midnight riverscape. Flyover transformed into night sky scalextrics. We touchdown in Osaka for our first taste of Japan and drive right into the heart of...
For tourists travelling in to Cumbria by train, the service from Oxenholme to Windermere provides the first glimpse of the Lake District. This is a short and scenic ride...
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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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