Hello...

 

Book Rhyme & Sinker originated in the kitchen, my Suffolk kitchen to be precise.  For many, the kitchen is the beating heart of a busy, modern home.  For those with enviable culinary flair, it is the workshop.  For others, it's the office away from The Office.  For me it is a happy, creative space where my mind is free to roam the vast, colourful and rich meadowland that is the English language.  If words were wildflowers then I like nothing more than to weave a metaphorical path through, stopping occasionally to admire and carefully pick a word thinking, "You'll do nicely!"

 

Anyone looking after very young children will know how isolating and lonely the kitchen can feel from time to time.  A few years ago, for sheer escapism and to engage my then toddler-befuddled brain, I decided, whilst doing the washing up, to create poetry using the mundane and every day as my muse.  I looked around the kitchen for inspiration, pondering that if I could write a poem about a dustbin I could probably write one about anything.

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And so I did......

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I hope you enjoy browsing through this collection of new, original writing.  There'll be more on the way too!

Kathryn Wallace-Baldry