Poem from the Credit crunch series

Compensation

Glinting, in the glass cabinet,

a silversmith's ring -

well crafted, clever

like a frou frou skirt

the  silver slices 

remind of waves,

 or the petals of a rose 

It catches the light, transforms -

wants a hot dress date 

wants to join up with jeans

It's my leaving present.

The vouchers sat in a draw for nearly a year

redundant, like me

but I found the ring without trying

as if it was meant to be.

Idly tried it  like Cinderella

amazed by the fit as if

only made for my finger

Now the ring wears me,

Reminds, with its weight

leaving has

beautiful compensations

I've moved on.

Stunning, not stunned. 

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   Grace ‏@wordpoppy25 Apr

   Train tweet 6: Bath Ales gaze over honeyed stone, a woman pushes a bicycle garlanded with flowers on the platform

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2. Grace ‏@wordpoppy24 Apr

   Train tweet 5: A sleeping tomb zooms on; pockets of poetry, a lambing shed, a flick of mobiles, dampened voices.

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3. Grace ‏@wordpoppy24 Apr

   Train tweet4: "When I lived in Malawi I got malaria and I couldn't give blood for years" Overheard

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Writers - self-editing, writing prompts and tweets

Whilst surfing around the web indulging my passion for writing I've been collecting examples of things I've found interesting: There's an blog I've found about self-editing. It seems full of useful advice, including this about interior monologue - using Lord of The Flies as an example see http://www.writeintoprint.com/.

22nd June is National Flash Fiction Day and on the official website are examples of short stories that have won this year's competition, as well as some writing prompts for story ideas. 

Then I found the service of people willing to review your book, so an opportunity for readers and writers - http://www.booktweetingservice.com/p/like-free-review.html

Using writing and social media for charities seems a fabulous idea - I came across this project which created a graphic novel with collaborative tweeting every day for a year,  for the Teenage Cancer Trust at http://www.3hundredand65.co.uk/blog/  - they raised a huge amount of money. Seems like an inspired use of social media for a really good cause. 

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I've been developing a twitter project - writing daily train tweets on twitter of interesting lines, or overheard dialogue, inspired by my daily commute. You can connect with me on twitter @wordpoppy. I intend to weave these tweets into a longer story at the end of 30 days, or 30 tweets, depending on what comes first. 

Departing from Platform 15