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Author Archives: Terry Wassall
Woodland Burial
One late summer evening In the autumn of our lives As we often do these days We talked about death These were our good times The old feuds, bitter arguments Cutting insults, biting sarcasms All lay behind us We agreed, … Continue reading
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Undercliffe Cemetery – a prose poem
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
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
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
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
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
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Poetry and Jazz at Heart (January 2022)
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
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
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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