Posted by Jenny on Jan 16, 2017 in
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Snippets It’s January again … the start of a new year and time for month of poetry again. In Month of Poetry, I – with a bunch of wild, talented, inspiring poets – challenge ourselves to writing a poem each day of the month.
Over the last couple of months, I’ve felt like my poems have needed [...]
Tags: Acrostic, Ballad, Cinquain, Diamante or Diamond poem, Different Poetry Forms, Echo poem, Found Poems, Free verse, Ghazal, Haibun, Imayo, Joybell, Kyrielle, List poem, Mirror or Palindrome poem, Month of Poetry 2017, Nonet, Novel Cake by Jeanette O'Hagan, Ode, Pantoum, Qasida, Rispetto, sevenling, Shardorma, Sijo, Single Sense Poem, Tyburn, Utendi, Vietnamese Sonnet, Wordsworth Sestet, Xiasmic, Ya Du, ZamiLa Rhyme
Posted by Jenny on Jan 3, 2016 in
News and Events,
Snippets Wishing you all a Happy New Year for 2016. Praying that you find God’s blessings on your life and dreams.
2015 has been full of a number of exciting developments, particularly with respect to writing.
I attended a number of workshops, festivals, conferences and retreats in 2015 – including giving my first workshop on Writing Description, Giving [...]
Tags: 2015 in review, Another Time Another Place anthology, Glimpses of Light anthology, Goodreads Giveaway Glimpses of Light, graduation MA(Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology, happy new year 2016, Jeanette O'Hagan, Let the Sea Roar anthology, Lighthouse by Jeanette O'Hagan, Like a Girl anthology, Madeleine Calcutt, Nola Passmore, Poetica Christi Inner Child anthology, runner up of 2015 FAWQ poetry prize, Tied in Pink anthology
Posted by Jenny on May 17, 2015 in
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View Point I wrote this poem about a month ago – when some politicians in Europe were calling for a ’stop the boats’ policy like Australia’s of huge numbers refugees dying at sea after fleeing among other things the ravages of ISIS. Thankfully, Europe rejected the idea of turning refugees back to the killing fields. Now, it [...]
Tags: Australia's failed asylum seeker policies, Europe's refugee crisis, refugee deaths at sea, Rohingya Refugees, Stop the Boats
Posted by Jenny on Jun 24, 2014 in
Snippets Wheels of Fire: A poem by Jeanette O’Hagan
Tags: Jeanette O'Hagan, poem, the splendour of the cosmos, Wheels of Fire
Posted by Jenny on Apr 10, 2014 in
Snippets The Bunny or the Lamb – what does Easter mean to you? Do you love the Easter Eggs, the Hot Cross Buns, the chance of a long week-end to go camping, visit family and friends, or just chill out? Or does it have some other – perhaps deeper – meaning? And what does a lamb [...]
Tags: Easter, Easter poem, what does easter mean
Posted by Jenny on Apr 7, 2014 in
Book Reviews,
Snippets Author Interview with Paula Vince by Jeanette O’Hagan. Paula is releasing her latest novel Imogen’s Chance in April.
Tags: author interview Paula Vince, Imogen's Chance, Jeanette O'Hagan, Paula Vince, Paula Vince's Blog Tour
Posted by Jenny on Mar 6, 2014 in
Snippets Last month I shared my first dabbling with the trimeric poetic form – as a way of exploring Scripture. Here are two more examples “A Dark Glass” (based on 1 Corinthians 13:12) and “Don’t Compare” (based on Galatians 6:4) – though “A Dark Glass” is not quite true to form as I could not resist [...]
Tags: 1 Cor 13:12, a dark glass, doing your best, don't compare, Galatians 6:4, Jeanette O'Hagan, partial knowledge, poem, Scriptural Trimeric, seeing in a glass darkly, trimerics
Posted by Jenny on Feb 8, 2014 in
Snippets Some time ago I confessed to you that I’m not really a poet. Poetry is something that has in the past surprised me usually at times of great emotion. Since then, I’ve found myself writing more and enjoying the form. Yes, I guess I’m a bit like a blindfolded child trying to pin the tail [...]
Tags: God's love, Jeanette O'Hagan, Kat Apel, Month of Poetry, MoP, Poetry, Scriptural Trimeric, The Good Shepherd, Trimeric
Posted by Jenny on Aug 6, 2013 in
Snippets Steady light in the dark, stormy maw of the night
obscured by driving rains or, perhaps, my own tear blurred sight -
Jesus, my Lord and God, you are the lighthouse of my life.
Tags: a poem by Jeanette O'Hagan, finding hope in life's storms, Jesus my rock my light, Lighthouse, Lighthouse by Jeanette O'Hagan
Posted by Jenny on Mar 30, 2013 in
Snippets Fine Lines emerged out of reflecting on memory loss, family and faith – spurred on by the devotional verse I read this morning:
Fine Lines
By Jeanette O’Hagan
30 March 2013
Fine lines crisscross the map
In a tangled grid;
Pathways through the city’s maze
Lines in time and space
That situate the temporal place.
Fine lines adorn the beloved face
Marking passing years;
Deeper lines [...]
Tags: Alzheimer's, Fine Lines a poem by Jeanette O'Hagan, memory loss