Alyson Smith

Joined June 2021

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Working Class Writer & Artist with Level I Autism & a whole lot of Bipolar. Based in Newcastle- upon - Tyne. MA in Creative Writing.

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Pandemonium
Today's Found Poem has been written in response to our latest book purchase 'Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology' by Ed Simon. I picked 12 random pages - then the 12th sentence and then the 12th, 13th, 14, 21st, 22nd and 23rd words reshaped, rejiggled and reorganised into 'Pandemonium'.
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Breeze
Breeze people often felt a presence that stayed with them, comparable to a gentle hug that would let go when a gentle wind
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Ghost
Ghost Before you came there were ghosts that stayed in my house, I kept quiet because
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Slice
Slice Cereal Samosas Bread Mushrooms Oat Drink Bananas
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Packing Slip
Packing Slip Packing Slip Disposable Paper Vomit General Bowl
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Finally...
Maybe the time has finally come to breakup with my admin job as I am writing nonets, composing poetry, instead of doing
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Bees
Bees We have stung each other too often to return to a place of mute anything, humming blindly no longer an option
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
It's Kinder Than Jumping From A Lilypad
It's been a fair bit since I have had the headspace and motivation to write so I have decided to go back to Found Poetry. Something I will try to do daily until the flow returns!
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Untitled - Part One
Today I wrote a poem using book titles that I liked the sound and rhythm of, from the Renard Press Spring 2024 Catalogue and The Folio Society Summer Catalogue 2024. Both these publications are as beautiful as the books they sell so before I popped them in the recycling, I felt I had respectfully given then an alternative life as prompts for poetry.
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Gone Fishing
Anyone who knows me will tell you I will use 337 words instead of the two needed whilst chatting, especially if a bit manic (I have bipolar) so I am challenging myself to write stories that are complete under 50 words. Here is my first attempt.
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Fiction
But Summer is Near
But Summer is Near Part One he opened his pocket and spread out the sun from his big window he moved and pressed
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets
Tyrannosaurus Rextra
Tyrannosaurus Rextra That’s me… That’s me… Look Nan there I am, look … Yes Nan, yes…on the TV!
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Poets

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Pandemonium

Breeze

Ghost

Slice

Packing Slip

Finally...

Bees

It's Kinder Than Jumping From A Lilypad

Untitled - Part One

Gone Fishing

But Summer is Near

Tyrannosaurus Rextra

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