Yes, it’s 2022 and we back again with a drop in by Margaret Royall, as she reflects on a poem (or two!) from her Immersed in Blue (Impspired Press, 2021)…

…First of all I would like to express my sincere thanks to Nigel for inviting me to drop in and talk about poetry from my new collection, Immersed in Blue published by Steve Cawte at Impspired Press

I have chosen two interlinked haiku sequences, Late Summer turns to autumn and Land and Seascape from my Iona Journal Haibun of September 2021.

I have been extremely fortunate to visit the Scottish Isle of Iona annually since 2012  (apart from 2020 due to Covid) to attend a writing retreat there run by poet/author Angela Locke MA. For me this has become a special place, a home from home and has inspired much of my poetry over the years. After my return in…