Sarah de Nordwall blog

So this is my plan – It’s 50 days to National Poetry Day and the theme this year is ‘Change’. I’m fascinated by the question – what do poems change? My poems changed me as I wrote them and sometimes I hear that they’ve alchemised something in someone else. So, in order to celebrate launching…

How I found blogging material in Hyde Park this morning. My friend John Williams has inspired me to start blogging again, as a way to move towards writing another book, so at 6.45am I set out to re-inspire myself with my i phone 4 and my swim suit. I’d always thought that wild water swimming…

‘Once upon a time and light-years away, there were 2 aliens in a travel shop..’ Stand up poetry, song and sci-fi withSarah de NordwallBard and storyteller Via Transylvania and Saskatchewan,the BBC and the House of Lords.. ‘As relaxing as a head massage and as stimulating as a trip to a new planet!’ JP Theatre Director…

It was a very exciting day when the book first arrived in June.. and then the 2nd edition in November! It’s great that people have been really enjoying it – from those who would not normally choose to read poetry to world class poets with amazing reputations such as Mimi Khalvati. ‘It’s brilliant! I read…

In Asia, warriors do calligraphy. They know that beauty Is an act of war. A great assault against the darkness of impenetrability Against the chaos And the tearing of the word. And here in Europe, also When the spiritual warriors Held the quill And with each stroke Marked out the place Where Light could dwell…

Kintsukuroi – “to repair with gold” the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken I look back at the pictures of times taken when we thought that all was well between us. I try to re-enter the moment Like Alice climbing…

There are some people who make mosaics out of lifetimes. It’s not the simple elemental effect Of a magnet Under a page of iron filings Making a pattern like magic out of chaos With the power of the pull. It’s more conscious Careful Decided. They’ve seen the potential in the fragments And they haven’t run….

for all women They came for you at daybreakWhen the war crept out of the darknessTo make the morning into a hell of hatred. They came for you in old ageWhen euthanasia seemed like a merciful optionFor your family.You were always ready to serve. They came for you in middle ageWhen the younger version of…

for Nick and Rachel, who gifted my friend Helen and I, with a weekend in their Artist’s cottage in Rye, which was rainswept, ancient, healing and full of enchantment. A place to enjoy creativity and much thought. Some time later, I attended a contemplative art day with Sr Sheila, who suggested we create some work…