Naoshima Pumpkin Pier end pumpkin. Nature, art and midnight gold. But no coach ride home. Naoshima is Japan’s famous art island. A place where contemporary art, nature...
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Cog in the Car Factory You travel all night. Where do you go in your mind? Further than we drive? A popular Japanese tourist attraction is the car factory. Toyota has...
Can a computer produce a blog? This poem imagines the moment where the machine replaces the human in the world of blogging and social media. It was inspired by parent...
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...
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...
Have you ever seen a night rainbow? The Lake District recently created one, or in fact seven. Seven Nocturnal Rainbows for the English Lakes, a temporary light...
My family loves biking in the Lake District. Imagine our delight when we discover some new technology that allows us to show our love; a smartphone app from Strava that...
A Dome Annihilated. City reminds us of peace. At epicentre. It’s an eerie feeling, our first night in Hiroshima, under a darkened sky ripped open by lightning in a...
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...
It is no coincidence that people living in Scandinavian countries like Iceland believe in elves and magic. The limited daylight, the shapes in the rock, the silence and...
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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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