Blogs about: Naomi Woddis
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Listening to Billie - a Poetry Mosaic commission for Trespass Magazine
I’m driving through Nevada at sun break in an open top Cadillac listening to Elvis, a thin-tooth comb in the back pocket of my faded jeans; James Dean couldn’t be from anywhere else. I’m praying in a … more →
Poetry Mosaic
Eve Walks at Midnight
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 week ago: Photograph – Copyright Dan Wesker 2009 Eve Walks at Midnight There is a crunch your jaw aches … more →
Morning Rain
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Naomi Woddis wrote 3 weeks ago: Photograph – Copyright Dan Wesker Morning Rain Two hundred bicycles locked up on a far platfor … more →
Wall/Flower - a group poem for National Poetry Day
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 month ago: I thought it would be a great idea if we could celebrate UK’s National Poetry Day together so … more →
Catching Up
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miriamnash wrote 1 month ago: throwing leaves in Victoria Park I’ve been offline for a while with flu, but I’m now bac … more →
Listening to Billie - a Poetry Mosaic commission for Trespass Magazine
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Naomi Woddis wrote 3 months ago: I’m driving through Nevada at sun break in an open top Cadillac listening to Elvis, a thin-tooth com … more →
The Truth about Killing
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Naomi Woddis wrote 9 months ago: I laughed when I got punched in the face. What else could I do ? I fought with my words instead of g … more →
Not Always, but Enough
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: I let my adolescence go for a twenty pound note. We were skint and needed to feed the meter. Can I f … more →
A Thicket of Fists
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: Accept everything: this extraordinary turbulence, the sadness and the pain caused, the people at thi … more →
Fight Face - a review
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: A re-cycled set emblazoned with graffiti, slide projections and animation is the setting for the tal … more →
The Turner Plays - a review
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: Red on Black’s Turner Plays takes five Turner paintings and makes short and memorable theatre. … more →
Never Too Scared
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: On this long train ride I watch the world pass by. The gorges, thunderstorms and flatlands. Others t … more →
August Poetry Mosaic questions
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: It’s time for some new Poetry Mosaic questions and this month each has a website that may help … more →
To be Human
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: First I was a submarine commander I launched a drainpipe torpedo at my four year old brother, direct … more →
The Sign for Infinity
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: There are times when I look at men in their twenties; young, beautiful and full of eternity. I was l … more →
Dark Matter
Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: It’s Saturday morning, the rain is streaming down. I’m watching the telly I just want to go out and … more →
How Still a Body
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: I grew up in Nigeria with my grandmother. One dawn two armed robbers were caught in the act. Local p … more →
Lost Cargo
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: The first time I saw someone else’s blood was an old drunk with his head cracked open on the b … more →
What Does it Take?
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: I grew up in the violence of apartheid. Do I want to go back? Even now, my significant objects here … more →
On Time
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Naomi Woddis wrote 1 year ago: The oldest knew the mountain. As children they had all the time in the world, watched the hourglass … more →
