Cherry Doyle

Name: Cherry Doyle
Address: US

Poet - Writer - Performer - Facilitator
Cannock Chase - Staffordshire

Welcome to my website! I'm a Shropshire-bred and now Staffordshire-based poet, living on Cannock Chase National Landscape. My debut pamphlet September was published by Offa's Press in 2019, followed by my first full collection The Taste of Rain in 2023. I hold a BA in Humanities (Creative Writing) from the Open University, and an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Manchester Writing School (Manchester Metropolitan University). Here you'll find details of all this and more. Please come in and have a look around!

Portra of Cherry, a white female with curly red hair. She is wearing turquoise thick rimmed glasses and a black lace top with a moon shaped pendant necklace.

My blog

Reading poetry - where do I start?

I was discussing hobbies with someone recently and when poetry inevitably came up in conversation, they said "I know what it is, but I...

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May 2, 20215 min read

Standard New Year Post

So, just like Frank Cross by the end of Scrooged, I'm going into this year with resolve. I really want to add more to my body of work this y

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Jan 7, 20213 min read

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 3 - Mini Reviews

The four newest pamphlets from Offa’s Press are the latest in a long line of sumptuously-produced books

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Oct 1, 20206 min read

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 2 - The Meteoric Rise of Kuli Kohli

This time I'm looking in more detail at a friendship which has helped me flourish as a poet and person.

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Oct 1, 20204 min read

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 1 - A Year of September

As we’ve just rounded off September, it’s the perfect time to reflect on my pamphlet, September, from Offa’s Press

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Oct 1, 20204 min read

Creative Lockdown - A New Project Emerges

Having kept in contact with many other writers through the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown via Social Media, I can see that creati

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Jul 3, 20204 min read

Interruption Of An Era - in celebration of writing groups

I was going to title this ‘The End Of An Era’ – but actually I don’t know if it’s true at this point! I recently accepted the offer to act a

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Feb 10, 20206 min read

Stimulating Creativity Through Workshops

I absolutely love attending poetry workshops. When I looked back through September ahead of this post, I counted up that one third of the po

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Jan 12, 20203 min read

Embracing Rhyme & Rhythm - Writing for Slams

After my resounding success(!) in my first ever poetry slam, I decided to sign up for another one – the Shrewsbury Festival of Literature sl

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Dec 3, 20196 min read

The joy of being 'longlisted'

If you are in the habit of regularly sending your work out to magazines, journals, and competitions, the chances are, you'll regularly recei

cherrymaydoyle

Nov 2, 20192 min read

What good is a Master's anyway?

Not only have I started a new job (in a wonderful academic setting with lots of cultural and entertainment settings and events), but I’ve al

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Oct 19, 20195 min read

From Rowan Ridge to the Mid Wales Arts Centre

I was really lucky that esteemed nature poet Chris Kinsey agreed to endorse my pamphlet, September, with some very kind words on the back co

cherrymaydoyle

Sep 12, 20194 min read

Haiku Slam (Ham?) - Stoke Feast

A few weeks ago I heard a call out for slammers in Stoke's first ever Haiku Slam, taking place as part of The Big Feast festival.

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Aug 26, 20194 min read

Launch 3: Writing about family

I had absent-mindedly written a few poems about my family in the couple of years prior to bringing together September.

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Aug 6, 20194 min read

Launch 1: Dealing with self-doubt

Have you ever felt like you're just not good enough? That you don't deserve success?

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Jul 18, 20197 min read

Offa's Press Picnic

I have known Offa's Press and its poets for many years - almost as long as I've been attending Blakenhall Writers. I remember the first Offa

cherrymaydoyle

Jul 8, 20194 min read

National Writers' Conference 2019 #NWC19

On Saturday 22nd June 2019, I headed off to the beautiful Edgbaston campus of the University of Birmingham to attend the Writing West Midlan

cherrymaydoyle

Jun 25, 20194 min read

Journey to September - my first pamphlet

I'm absolutely over the moon that Offa's Press have chosen to publish my debut poetry pamphlet, September.

cherrymaydoyle

Jun 16, 20194 min read

Cherry Doyle

Poet - Writer - Performer - Facilitator Cannock Chase - Staffordshire

My blog

Reading poetry - where do I start?

Standard New Year Post

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 3 - Mini Reviews

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 2 - The Meteoric Rise of Kuli Kohli

National Poetry Day 2020 Bumper Blog 1 - A Year of September

Creative Lockdown - A New Project Emerges

Interruption Of An Era - in celebration of writing groups

Stimulating Creativity Through Workshops

Embracing Rhyme & Rhythm - Writing for Slams

The joy of being 'longlisted'

What good is a Master's anyway?

From Rowan Ridge to the Mid Wales Arts Centre

Haiku Slam (Ham?) - Stoke Feast

Launch 3: Writing about family

Launch 1: Dealing with self-doubt

Offa's Press Picnic

National Writers' Conference 2019 #NWC19

Journey to September - my first pamphlet

Poet - Writer - Performer - Facilitator
Cannock Chase - Staffordshire