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Jean Atkin's poetry

Twelve Poems about Chickens – Candlestick Press

                            I’m so delighted to have a poem from my pamphlet, ‘The Henkeeper’s Almanac’ picked up by Candlestick Press, for their beautiful new book ‘Twelve Poems about Chickens’.   Here are poems which celebrate the quirks and curiosities of chickens.  Sentiments range from Sir Charles Sedley’s 17th century complaint at an early … Continue reading Twelve Poems about Chickens – Candlestick Press

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Jean Atkin's poetry

In which I have a poem on Radio 4

I’m on Radio 4!  This is truly thrilling for me! I was very lucky, alongside excellent poet Elisabeth Charis, to be part of a Writing West Midlands-brokered commission to write a poem for Radio 4’s ethical and religious discussion programme Something Understood. The programme’s theme was ‘Bread’, and it went out on Sunday 23 August, and if you’re so minded you can listen to it … Continue reading In which I have a poem on Radio 4

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