I’m in (huge) marketing trouble and for the first time I really don’t know what to do! Or maybe that’s the problem, maybe this is the first time I’ve realised that I don’t really know what to do. Anyhow here are some of the problems that have brought me to this point. Lastly firstly I … Continue reading (Huge) Marketing Trouble [Hard Truths for Writers]
Made By Dyslexia hash tags
This is from Made by Dyslexia and the hashtags are brilliant! Add a line to your email signature: I’m #MadeByDyslexia I’m #MadeByDyslexia – expect creative thinking & creative spelling. I’m #MadeByDyslexia – expect big thinking & small typos. I’m #MadeByDyslexia – expect curious ideas & curious spelling.
“No one” (Poem)
No one to listen, No one to hear, No one to witness, No one to cheer, Unseen, unknown, Concealed from view, And all this done in public view, Acclamation took away, Stolen on your finest day…
Poetry Day Ireland 2023
Poems by contemporary Irish writers Angela Graham, Al Millar, Steve Dornan, Anne McMaster and myself in the medium of Ulster Scots, to mark Poetry Day Ireland 2023. https://thehamelypen.wordpress.com/2023/04/26/poetry-day-ireland-2023/
The Forest (poem)
https://youtu.be/JuUOXuz34X0 The ancient Forrest, All are gone, all but a few, to mind they’re gone. The spreading leaf, the red tail bob, the hills and glens, in silence throb. Veins and valleys, streams and paths, each and ever contours craft Beyond our sight, horizon grasped: oaks and elms, chestnut and Yew. Mighty stock, a hundred … Continue reading The Forest (poem)
Inspired by Narnia ‘Midst the Tombs’
https://youtu.be/4f9x-vbclag A poetic journey into the magical world of Narnia, as it is revealed in the Horse and His Boy. This poem taps into the feelings of Shasta as he waits alone in the tombs outside the City of Tashbaan as the horns blow for evening and the shutting of the gates. Sitting here,Midst awful … Continue reading Inspired by Narnia ‘Midst the Tombs’
Words are Precious
“Words are Precious” is a new poem / piece of poetic prose by Robert Campbell (me!). ‘Words are Precious” ponders to power of language for good and then for ill. I’ve added both the video and text! https://youtu.be/PE46irPPk-8 Words are precious Words are precious: they build kingdoms; they establish empires; they crown monarchs they elect … Continue reading Words are Precious
Yes – I can say no.
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Yes I can say no, because I’ve learnt to say no, bitter experience has been my teacher. I’m happy to say yes to the time limited, the specific, the clearly defined. I used to believe saying no, or placing limits, was … Continue reading Yes – I can say no.
The Wreck (poem)
https://youtu.be/A3RdLPChl-w "The Wreck" The story of an abandoned ship. March challenge - finish and record 4 poems l write ages ago. #poem #poetry #poet #newpoem #spokenwordpoetry #spokenword #spokenwordartist
Joe Wicks (fortitude)
Joe Wicks - the UK’s most famous fitness coach! The live PE sessions during the lock down for kids; the books; the YouTube channel; the public events; the TV appearances; the MBE! Joe Wicks is good at what he does, he has energy and passion, he has fame and success. But for me the main thing is fortitude in the face of rejection and failure. I remember him telling a story about standing outside a railway station in London handing out fliers for fitness boot camps in local parks; and no one turned up, not a single person! He was young, enthusiastic, hopeful, proactive, and pretty much trying to do what he does now! So how did Joe Wicks become so successful? And here I have to look in from the outside, and as Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase, “say what you see.”
‘Negative Energy’ – Blog snippet
“We all encounter negative energy, though its source and out working will be different for each of us. For me the worst kind is flux. This is when something has ended or finished. Or when your waiting on something, and I mean your specifically waiting on something, normally a decision or a response that is … Continue reading ‘Negative Energy’ – Blog snippet
The Art of Comedy
…the refinement process for public performance is remarkable! The comedian comes up with an idea that might work as a joke, so they think it through and write it down, they tell it to the four walls, they note the changes and do it again, repeatedly, then and only then is it performed to a tiny audience at an obscure venue, and in the full knowledge this must be repeated over and over again, constantly refining, constantly changing, constantly adapting, constantly cutting and dissecting, and constantly being prepared to drop it altogether!
Learning from losing
In January I managed to achieve a big win! But February had other ideas, it reminded me of life’s realities, by kindly handing me a huge loss! In January I set a lowish bar, and straddled it easily. So in February I assumed, that with equal ease, I would stroke the next hard thing to … Continue reading Learning from losing
14 days and 6746 words.
I love numbers, connections and patterns. So today after two weeks I am where I should be in one month. I’d better explain that last sentence. As my New Year’s resolution I decided to write 200 words each day through January. This was towards a story I promised to write for my children in the … Continue reading 14 days and 6746 words.
Facile Caverns – Peep Frae Your Mind
Peep Frae Your Mind "Apprehensive trepidations go hand in hand with thy privations." Facile Cavern, Peep Frae Your Mind. https://amazon.co.uk/Peep-Frae-Your-Robert-Campbell/dp/B0BN62H8P3… #Poety #Quote #Quotes #PeepFraeYourMind #FacileCaverns #Graphic
If you quit, falter or stop…
“if you quit, if you falter, if you stop, all the pain will be for nothing.”
Starting the year well
New Year New Opportunities! The 1st of January is just another day, a turn of the calendars page, and in this electronic age it’s not even that! But none the less it does give us the opportunity to re-set or re-focus. It is more mental than actual, but in this case a mental change is … Continue reading Starting the year well
F Fae – A Commentary on Educational underachievement (video)
https://youtu.be/03VLRr1UoNQ Here’s a short video on my poem F Fae. The poem deals with the reality and consequences of educational underachievement. I also mixed the music. Over the last while I’ve been trying to add spoken work to EDM. The original poems was 14 verses long, but through the advice of legendary record producer Rick … Continue reading F Fae – A Commentary on Educational underachievement (video)
Climbing Mountains (is the easy bit) – Hard Truths For Writers
Mountaineer - image from WordPress It’s like climbing a mountain; all alone and totally untrained. You learn as you go; you work out what to do; you learn how to use the equipment. Then you wing it; you get lucky; you take hard routes, easy routes, bizarre routes. Eventually you traverse the final assent, you … Continue reading Climbing Mountains (is the easy bit) – Hard Truths For Writers
Peep Frae Your Mind (& Lock Doon Poyams) Audio Book
Peep Frae Your Mind & Lock Doon Poyams This isn’t going to turn the world upside down, but today I’m very proud, I’ve accomplished something I’ve always wanted to achieve - an audiobook! This has been neither easy nor straightforward. Like everything during this writing and publishing carry on, I’ve had to do it myself, … Continue reading Peep Frae Your Mind (& Lock Doon Poyams) Audio Book
Four New Poems – a work in progress (video)
George and the Elephant (promo video)
https://youtu.be/l5OiUDPtntE Here’s a short video about George and the Elephant, you can read more about the book here or you can buy it here
George and the Elephant – a proud moment.
George and the Elephant I think I’ve hit one of my proudest moments as a writer. This week has seen the publication of George and the Elephant. Along with that Lock Doon Poyams (as part of Peep Frae Your Mind) has been placed into the hands of the great AI bit rate checker in the … Continue reading George and the Elephant – a proud moment.
Captain Timmy has set sale!
Okay, sorry about the dreadful pun in the title, I thought it was good, I’m excited, it’s early in the morning! But whatever the title of the post, finally Captain Timmy and the Bobbing Barrel is live and for sale.
Spring Is Now
Spring is far more than the arbitrary turn of a calendar’s page. It is mindset. It is flow. It is process. It is seasonality. It is ceasing to think of then, as if now has no bearing upon it.
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