Author Archives: Terry Wassall

Undercliffe Cemetery – a prose poem

Posted on 8 March 2023 by Terry Wassall

The monumental gates are broad. The pillared span admits respectable citizens, the high and the low, captains of industry and the foot soldiers; the wealth makers of money and markets, the wealth creators born to necessity and toil. The gradations … Continue reading →

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Heartline Writers – Phenomenal Woman

Posted on 8 March 2023 by Terry Wassall

Poetry, stories and singing for International Women’s Day Richard Wilcocks writes: “In Headingley’s Heart Centre, the Shire Oak Hall was full. A Powerpoint display was beginning on the large screen, ready to inform those present of the names of poets … Continue reading →

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Small Ghosts Collection – October 2022

Posted on 28 October 2022 by Terry Wassall

These poems were written by the Heartlines writers group to commemorate the old Headingley Primary School (1882-2006). After a 5 year project in 2011 the school building became the  Heart Centre, the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre, a community enterprise … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Day Heartlines Collection – The Environment

Posted on 6 October 2022 by Terry Wassall

Today, October the 6th, is National Poetry Day. To support it the Heartlines Writers group wrote a number of poems on the Poetry Day’s 2022 theme, the environment, and distributed them free around various locations in Leeds. We have also … Continue reading →

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Report on Heartlines Poetry and Music event for International Women’s Day 2022

Posted on 10 March 2022 by Terry Wassall

To mark International Women’s Day, 8th March 2022,  the Heartlines Creative Writing Group put on a subtle programme of poetry, prose and research celebrating women in history and modern times. A score of writers shared the lines they had penned … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day at Heart – Tuesday 8th March

Posted on 15 February 2022 by Terry Wassall

Click on this link to view/download/print a pdf version.

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Poetry and Jazz at Heart (January 2022)

Posted on 10 February 2022 by Terry Wassall

An evening of Poetry and Jazz at Heart with Heartlines Creative Writing Group and Jean Watson Quartet – Jean Watson voice, George MacDonald piano, Fergus Quill double bass and Josh Smout drums. Recorded by Rosie Parsons. 00.00 Intro from Myrna … Continue reading →

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Heartlines: National Poetry Day 7th October

Posted on 2 October 2021 by Terry Wassall

Heartlines Writers are running a drop-in event for National Poetry Day at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley, LS6 3HN between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday 7th October. The National Poetry Day theme this year is ‘Choice’. A recording of … Continue reading →

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Unlocked – video performance and download

Posted on 8 July 2021 by Terry Wassall

As we emerge from the physical lockdown we’ve collectively endured in 2020–2021, we are celebrating poetically with the very timely theme of ‘unlocked’. Heartlines Writers is now a well-established group with its own website; www.heartlines.uk. Four of the members run … Continue reading →

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sunglasses at midnight – video performance for the Leeds LitFest 2021

Posted on 2 March 2021 by Terry Wassall

For a pdf of the poems performed by the Heartlines Writers group in the video please click on sunglasses at midnight download. Back at the beginning of 2020, we had no thought of publishing any of our work – we … Continue reading →

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