Celia Jenkins

Nihon Nihon (Japan Japan) わたし の こころ は まだ にほん に あります (my heart is still in Japan) Sweet autumn scent on the air, Unfamiliar insects cry,...

I'll be honest, I didn't have a form in mind when I wrote today's poem. I just wrote a few lines while sitting in the garden and, looking...

Day four, and I've cheated. I didn't try a new form of poetry yesterday - having spent so much time learning about the ghazal, I couldn't...

It seems that my #NaPoWriMo2020 is doomed to be a day behind throughout the month, as again I'm posting what I wrote the day before. But...

Wasn't in the poetry groove until later in the evening, so only uploading my 2nd poem now. Yesterday I tried ekphrastic - poetry that is...

The beginning, day one. The letter 'a'. Acrostic? But no, I want to focus on trying something new. So I was interested to discover a...

I did National Poetry Writing Month (#NaPoWriMo) in 2017 and 2018, but last year we were in the manic midsts of buying a house and I was...

It's been ages since I blogged anything. Ages! Probably something to do with being so busy these days... but here I am at last. I was...

Hi everyone! Once again its been a while since I posted, but I've been quite busy! Not only with work, but also with moving house,...

As I'm sure you know, Japan is one of my favourite places to write about. It's one of my favourite places, full-stop. So I was really...

Another exciting thing for me this week. At the start of the year I discovered a magazine that prints stories and articles that have an...

I recently heard about a call for (paid) submissions to a website for teachers and I sent them an article. A few weeks ago, I received an...

So after not having blogged for months, I now have two posts in two days because I've received some more good news. These came through...

Hello! Sorry it's been a while since I blogged - it's been a very busy summer :D But it's worth the wait, because I have some good news!...

Two haiku for you :) 24. sunshine, sunglasses, sakura still blooming but, wow! those summer feels! 25. slam of a car door, early...

Well, I haven't been posting my haiku every day, but I have been writing them! Here is a quick catch-up of what I've written recently,...