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Jo Kirk

CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

Poem: Birdwatch Hour

29th January 2019 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Jo Kirk, poetry, RSPB

Marking the end of the Big Garden Birdwatch run by the RSPB from 26th-28th January 2019, which asked members of

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CREATIVE BELPER 

Jo Kirk: Narcissi

1st April 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments 2018, Easter, Jo Kirk, Narcissi, poetry, Spring

Narcissi   Trumpets unpleated from a bud, held tight their heads an elegant stretch their stems slender necks, drifting birds

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ENVIRONMENT REVIEWS 

Book Review: The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena

18th November 201721st November 2017 Jo Kirk 2 Comments Book, extinction, Jo Kirk, Kew Gardens, Review, The Plant Messiah

Having spent much of his childhood in the mountains of the Basque country, his mother a florist and a great

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CREATIVE BELPER 

Jo Kirk: On Freedom

27th September 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments #nationalpoetryday, 2017, Jo Kirk, National Poetry Day, poetry

On Freedom   When I think of freedom I think of birds and words for we live in language and

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ENVIRONMENT 

Jo Kirk: Seasons and Moons

9th February 2017 Claire Meese 0 Comments Jo Kirk, Moon, Moons, Nature, Seasons, Snowdrops, Spring

The snowdrops are flowering and the green shoots of bluebells are up and even the odd daffodil is forming buds.

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CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

A Poem For National Poetry Day

6th October 201610th October 2016 Claire Meese 0 Comments Jo Kirk, National Poetry Day, poetry

Errand What message is sent with drills not of seed corn but of nature bent to an unholy toil with

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FEATURED HERITAGE & HISTORY 

Remembering the 21st Anniversary of Belper Mountaineer Alison Hargreaves

11th August 201612th August 2016 Claire Meese 3 Comments Alison Hargreaves, Belper History, Death, Jo Kirk, K2, Mountaineer, Regions of the Heart

Alison Hargreaves (1962-1995) must count as one of the most famous people to have been brought up in Belper, Derbyshire.

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REVIEWS 

Review: “No Map Could Show Them” by Helen Mort

21st July 20163rd June 2019 Admin 1 Comment Helen Mort, Jo Kirk, No Map Could Show Them, Penguin, poetry

There is something quite extraordinary about this collection of poems. Helen Mort’s poems are of landscape and language, the human

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REVIEWS 

Review: “How Did We Get Into This Mess: Politics, Equality, Nature” by George Monbiot

23rd June 20163rd June 2019 Admin 1 Comment Book, George Monbiot, Jo Kirk, Politics, Review

One of the things I like about George Monbiot is how well-researched his articles and essays always seem to be.

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ENVIRONMENT 

Bluebells

15th April 20163rd June 2019 Admin 0 Comments Bluebells, Haiku, Jo Kirk, May

The warmer weather has meant that, like everything else, the bluebells are here early. They are already beginning to flower.

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CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

Poem: Snowdrops Mirror by Jo Kirk

15th February 20163rd June 2019 Admin 0 Comments Jo Kirk, Nature, Poem, poetry

Snowdrops mirror a distant blizzard and flurries remind the early spring that winter’s realm has stretched its wings, the slender

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CREATIVE BELPER 

The Month of The Floods: Jo Kirk

7th January 20163rd June 2019 Admin 0 Comments Creative Writing, Floods, Jo Kirk, Rain, Weather

First it rained a little. Then the sun shone. Then it rained some more; and stopped again. Then, would you

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