Ann Carr, Author at The Creative Exiles

All for the Love of a Lady

September 11, 2024September 17, 2024 Ann Carr 1999 Views 3 Comments

Introduction ‘All for the Love of a Lady’ reflects a more traditional time when life had a slower pace.

Playing Cat and Mouse – a Short Story

February 5, 2024February 7, 2024 Ann Carr 2883 Views 3 Comments cats' eyes, playing cat and mouse, witch's cat, www.creativeexiles.com

Playing Cat and Mouse with Slimy Sid Playing Cat and Mouse Slimy Sid thought he was the cat’s whiskers. His

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Ravenscar Raven

January 23, 2024February 20, 2024 Ann Carr 824 Views 2 Comments

Raven – the largest of the species ‘Corvus’ Ravenscar Ravenscar was dubbed ‘The Town that Never Was’, a project

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Hearts and Minds

January 21, 2024May 10, 2024 Ann Carr 941 Views 1 Comment Ann Carr, hearts and minds, war poetry, www.creativeexiles.com

Heart Sculpture made of Metal Cogs and Wheels History of this Poem This poem reflects the anguish and

Poetry

Somerset Scenes

January 21, 2024January 24, 2024 Ann Carr 1091 Views 0 Comments Mendip Hills, Nature Poetry, Somerset England, www.creativeexiles.com

Somerset Scenes This is a poem celebrating Somerset, a county of England steeped in history, where sit The Mendip Hills,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

On the Edge: ‘Ukraine’: Poem, Meaning and the Fight

January 19, 2023January 25, 2024 Ann Carr 1058 Views 6 Comments

On the Edge: ‘Ukraine’ ‘Ukraine’, the country’s name itself, means ‘on the edge’ or ‘outskirts’, ‘borderlands’. ‘The term ‘Ukraina’

Free Verse Poetry

Snowing up a Scene: Form, Impact and Wonder

January 18, 2023January 25, 2024 Ann Carr 993 Views 8 Comments Ann Carr, crystals, phantonm flakes, snowing

Snowing up a Scene Snowing up a scene, phantom flakes floating from heaven’s portal, sparkling, slow, suspended descent of

Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Poetry

The Wind out of Your Sails

January 5, 2023June 6, 2023 Ann Carr 1538 Views 6 Comments Ann Carr, clear horizon, Disappointment, let down, sails, wind

Takes the Wind out of Your Sails No doubt you’ve heard that expression; you’re all fired up, ready to go,

Halloween Rhyming Verse

Hallowe’en; Revenge of the Damned?

October 20, 2022January 26, 2023 Ann Carr 956 Views 7 Comments All Saints, Ann Carr, halloween, haunting time, the damned, vampires

Hallowe’en, Revenge of the Damned? The Damned Hallowe’en, ‘Revenge of the Damned’ is a way for children to have fun,

Halloween Rhyming Verse

Hallowe’en: It’s No Joke

October 20, 2022January 26, 2023 Ann Carr 932 Views 4 Comments Ann Carr, carving pumpkins, ghoulish costumes, halloween, trick-kor-treating

Hallowe’en: It’s No Joke … Decorated Pumpkin I’m not a great fan of Hallowe’en. When I was young, many moons

Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Rhyming Verse

Song Thrush

September 1, 2022September 4, 2022 Ann Carr 1074 Views 9 Comments Ann Carr, bird, melody, song thrush, songs, spring

Song Thrush Inspiration I wrote this after hearing wonderful, soaring birdsong outside my house. I ran out to find

Poetry Rhyming Verse

On the Breeze

June 26, 2022September 1, 2022 Ann Carr 1301 Views 6 Comments Ann Carr, breeze, breezy, clouds, love, something brewing

Lightly Comes the Breeze through the Trees Using the Written Word to make a Difference I wrote this some

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Blackbird

June 7, 2022July 8, 2022 Ann Carr 1298 Views 8 Comments Ann Carr, blackbird, claiming territory, morning song, sings

Blackbird, his morning song … Blackbird atop Telegraph Pole The blackbird is my favourite. He’s bright and breezy, he

Rhyming Verse

Morph

June 2, 2022June 16, 2022 Ann Carr 1219 Views 4 Comments

Which came first? Chicken or Egg? Morph Morph means to change shape. So many things morph – the human

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Puzzled?

June 2, 2022June 10, 2022 Ann Carr 1137 Views 13 Comments Life puzzles, Puzzled, Types of puzzles

Puzzled? … I love crossword puzzles, codeword puzzles and many other types of word games. Words, languages, are my

Fiction Short Story

The Friend

March 13, 2022March 18, 2022 Ann Carr 2848 Views 12 Comments Ann Carr, chaos, city burned, horror, peace, safer place

The Friend … Scene from Ukraine, after a sudden bomb attack (Daily Mail 5/3/22 – article written by Marc Nicol)

Poetry Rhyming Verse

2B or Not to Be

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Ann Carr 1355 Views 11 Comments

2B or Not to Be This was inspired by Ralph’s poem ‘My Words Whisper to the Future‘, discussing books, which

Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Poetry

Changes in Obligation: A ‘Blitz’ Poem

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 Ann Carr 1526 Views 10 Comments

Changes in Obligation… C Each Grandchild has herbs to nurture, grow and use Blitz Poems I found out about Blitz

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Experience of Time and Place

January 19, 2022June 26, 2022 Ann Carr 1104 Views 8 Comments Ann Carr, emotions, experience, fears, place, time

Experience Not only do we need to have varied experiences in our own lives, we need to allow, encourage, provide

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Night and Day; At Dead of Night

January 13, 2022March 24, 2022 Ann Carr 1265 Views 9 Comments Ann Carr, day, dead night, night

On a whim, I wanted to try an acrostic poem on ‘night’ and ‘day’. I’ve added another offering from

Poetry Rhyming Verse

North of the Arctic Circle; ‘Boadicea’ and ‘The Northern Lights’

January 11, 2022January 14, 2022 Ann Carr 1335 Views 7 Comments Ann Carr, Boudicca, Boudicea, cruise, northern lights, Norway

A few years ago, a good friend and I went on a Fred Olsen cruise to Norway, in search of

Acrostic Poetry

Softly Upon Mother Earth: Gaia

January 11, 2022January 14, 2022 Ann Carr 2617 Views 6 Comments Ann Carr, gaia, Mother Earth, spirit, walk softly

This is written specifically for The Creative Exiles, inspired by Phyllis Doyle. I love this line written by Phyllis at

Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Poetry

Experience – 4 Aspects

October 8, 2021October 14, 2021 Ann Carr 1674 Views 13 Comments Ann Carr, life experience, memory's canvas, pain, poems, possibilities

Life Faces, places, emotions flicker on memory’s canvas, one by one, names/credits roll up and off my mind’s screen, gone