Imago

My fourth published poem was Imago, published by Yaffle Press in the anthology, An Insubstantial Universe, eds Amina Alyal and Edwin Stockwell. This book is a celebration of George Eliot to mark the bicentennial anniversary of her birth and was published in March 2020. I was so excited to have my first poem in a

Bananas

My fourth published poem was a light-hearted one based on an incident that happened whilst in Italy. It was published in Dempsey and Windle’s Newsletter: Innocent in smooth yellow jackets hidden malevolence lurks. Perfectly wrapped fast food, it rolls, lingers unnoticed, bruised: powerful ripening mode activated. Sun beats the metal tin box: car door opened,

To a Distant Lover

My third published poem was a sonnet that I had written in the early 90’s when my boyfriend, then living in Italy, and I agreed that we should each write a sonnet. At the time I was working full-time as a social services Team Manager, Children and Families, and doing an evening class on poetry

Tuscan Sea Scenes

My second published poem was accepted not long after I came back from the Arvon poetry tutored retreat at Totleigh Barton. The wonderful tutors, Katrina Naomi and Fiona Benson, and the 14 poets, (most of whom were more experience and established than me), were supportive and inspiring; it was a life changing experience, before this

About Me

I’m a 63 year old poet from Liverpool. I’m pretty new to poetry, or at least to trying to get poems published. I tweet as @jirobb and have just set up a Facebook page Jenny Robb Poems, but bear with me as the first thing I tried to share on there was blocked for some

Suffrage

This was my first published poem in the Morning Star for International Women’s Day, February 2016. My lovely Twitter friend Ruth Hunt encouraged me to submit and it was accepted. I thought I was on the road to success – it was four years until I had another poem published – more on that in

Poetry Reflection

I am a poet from Liverpool, what John McCullough would call a “New Phase” poet in that I only started writing poetry seriously, and for publication, after retirement. I would like, on this site, to share my published poems and recommendations for poems that I personally find inspiring. Trying to set up this site though

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