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December 01, 2008

Journey In The Pizza Palace

The mind can travel far while waiting in line for a pizza, as Steph Spiers' poem reveals.

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November 24, 2008

Littleton Colliery Epitaph

Steph Spiers published this poem, which mourns the "death'' of a coal mine, in 1997.

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November 17, 2008

Trentham Colliery Epitaph

Steph Spiers' powerful poem reminds us that coal miners still had a price to pay after the pits were closed.

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November 10, 2008

Holly Bank

Do widows grieve the loss of a pit? Steph Spiers' heartfelt poem poses a rhetorical question.

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November 03, 2008

Silverdale

This poem by the wonderful Steph Spiers highlights the sacrifices made by coal miners in building up Britain's industrial might.

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October 27, 2008

Ariel Hierarchy

Steph Spiers' free-spirited poem suggests those lords of the air have their own ranks of nobility.

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October 20, 2008

National Poetry DaY, 2008

Steph Spiers wrote a special poem for this year's National Poetry Day.

Steph and members of the Rising Brook Writers Group stepped up to the challenge of the day by giving a public performance of their work.

To read more of Steph's poems please click on
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October 13, 2008

Midsummer: Garden Sunset

This wonderful award-winning poem by Steph Spiers conjures up the mystery of an English midsummer garden.

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September 29, 2008

The Rising Brook

This wonderful poem by Steph Spiers so vividly traces the course of a local brook that you hear the splash and gurgle of water.

Steph won the United Press award for this poem.

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