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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Cherry Doyle
Staffordshire-based poet
Welcome to my website! I'm a Shropshire-bred and now Staffordshire-based poet, living on the edge of Cannock Chase AONB. My debut pamphlet September came out from Offa's Press in 2019. I've recently completed an MFA at Manchester Writing School (Manchester Metropolitan University). Here you'll find details of all this and more. Please come in and have a look around!
My blog
cherrymaydoyle
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Oct 1, 2020
- 6 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Feb 10, 2020
- 6 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Jan 12, 2020
- 3 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Dec 3, 2019
- 6 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
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
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cherrymaydoyle
- Oct 19, 2019
- 5 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
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
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cherrymaydoyle
- Aug 26, 2019
- 4 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Aug 6, 2019
- 4 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Jul 18, 2019
- 7 min
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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cherrymaydoyle
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
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
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cherrymaydoyle
- Jun 25, 2019
- 4 min
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
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cherrymaydoyle
- Jun 16, 2019
- 4 min
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.
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