HeyJaredThis Wild Feeling
This Wild Feeling is about exploring the things that make us feel alive. Poetry, trees, growing things, travel and connection.
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Shine the sun and rain the rain (opens the original)
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Had you heard of “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” when you were eleven? I had not. I’m not even sure I had heard of Keats. My main poetry experience was Pam Ayres’ “I wish I’d looked after my teeth” (which I still think is wonderful, whatever the poetry overlords say) and a smattering of Patience Strong. My old and very posh art teacher was astonished at my ignorance. The memory of her astonishment pops into my head as autumn tiptoes in. Light recedes day by day, the air I breathe w
Evolution of a poem (opens the original)
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If you want me you will find me in the garden (opens the original)
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I’ve spent most of this year growing plants rather than poems. My garden is the only place I forget everything other than bringing life to the tiny seeds in my palm, and unravelling the mystery of why they won’t do what the seed packet says. I’ve grown Cosmos, Nigella, Calendula and Egrigeron from seed I saved last year. Vegetable wise I’m trying out a new type of tomato Grushovka, which is shocking pink. I’m looking forward to being able to make delicious (and bright) sauces. Padron peppers are
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