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...
Tales of a City Trail
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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...
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...
Standing at the bus stop can take you off on flights of the imagination. Waiting for a Lakeland bus in Grasmere is more comfortable in the rain if you huddle under the...
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...
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...
Traffic Forecast Keeping to your lane on a cloud superhighway steers you clear of…rain? Having arrived from The Philippines where just being on a road takes bottle, and...
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...
There have been sightings of Bownessie (The Lakeland version of the Loch Ness Monster) and the smaller yet no less bizarre Tizzie Wizzie for decades. The local 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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