AS it says in the title, due to unemployment and the lack of money and social isolation, I find myself writing minimalist poetry and living a minimalist lifestyle here in Doncaster. I'm only online at home because a I'm the recipient of a £500 bursary to pay my internet bills and bus fares to attend the Yorkshire Arts Circus Writer development Programme.

Just been posted the first copy of their inhouse magazine YACYAC and it's okay I suppose.

Anyhow, who am I? Well, I'm male, aged 43, live in Doncaster and have been writing for 18 years now; published all over the web as well as in dozens of smallpress magazines. Sorry it's only a brief summary, but but details will emerge in subsequent blog entries.

It's lonely writing poetry without feedback (most of the writers at YAC at Castleford are novelists or playwrights) so I'd certainly appreciate comments and suggestions.

A. LEE FIRTH

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AND NOW SOME POEMS

GREEN POEM
This morning,
I bought a dozen light bulbs
To plant in the garden.

DIARY ENTRY
The shop that sells calendars
Only opens six days a week.

The owner of the shop that sells clocks
Has no plans to open twenty four hours a day.

Can't I copy and paste into this blog?