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

To read more of Steph's prize-winning poems please click on http://www.openwriting.com/archives/got_the_tshirt/

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

To read more of Steph's fine poems please click on http://www.openwriting.com/archives/got_the_tshirt/

Continue reading "Littleton Colliery Epitaph" »

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

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Continue reading "Trentham Colliery Epitaph" »

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

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Continue reading "Holly Bank" »

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

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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.

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http://www.openwriting.com/archives/got_the_tshirt/

And here is a link to a Rising Brook Writers web site
http://www.myspace.com/risingbrookwriterslive

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

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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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Continue reading "The Rising Brook" »

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