After a long, grey, wet winter, we have just had a run of beautiful sunny spring days. What a difference it has made to my mood.
Rachel McCoubrie's blog
A selection of poems which I write for the sheer fun of it and to make sense of things. The Great Alien Cake Off, my debut children's book won an Independent Publishers Book Award 2020 in the category picture books for Under 7's. Also see: // Twitter: @McCoubrieRachel // Instagram: @rachelmccoubrieauthor // Website: www.rachelmccoubrie.co.uk
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COVID #6: The morning after winter solstice
I wrote this at the end of December 2020. It had been an incredibly difficult year for everyone. The pandemic had taken its toll in so many ...
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Today was World Poetry Day. I cobbled this together on the lead up to midnight. 🖋 A play... on words. My word, I like to play w ...
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My husband suggested I write a poem on cheese and cited the quote below. I thought I'd give it a go 😊 GK Chesterton once s...
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National Dying Matters week comes around every May. It is a time for us all to stop and think about our futures. Death will come to us al...
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I wrote this at the end of December 2020. It had been an incredibly difficult year for everyone. The pandemic had taken its toll in so many ...
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming - New Little Poem ðŸ’💬 I recently certified as a NLP Practitioner and I am still feeling inspired and e...
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On Valentine' weekend, my husband challenged me to write a poem to accompany this MR image of a prostate with an heart shaped enlarged m...
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National Backward Day 31.1.19 All manner of trouble is to be found When Backwards Day turns things around. A shaggy DOG is now a ...
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In keeping with Mental Health Awareness Week, here's a poem I wrote many years ago when I was in a less happy place... 😱 Anxiety s...
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So back in mid November, I had a little panic that Christmas was looking far too quiet... and with the knowledge that next Christmas I wil...
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At University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, our hospital charity Above and Beyond sponsor a poet in residence, Beth Calverley to work with s...