Niamh Clune

Environment, poetry, comment, children's books,

Butterfly Week: The Butterfly Effect!

All this week, to celebrate reading Bellamy The Butterfly at Wisley Gardens, I will be posting different snippets about how butterflies inspire alliteration, poetry and metaphor. Today, I reflect on … Continue reading

July 29, 2014 · 4 Comments

Wednesday Poetry Corner With Jennifer Cartland

I have great pleasure in introducing a poem by Jennifer Cartland to the plum tree. I love the straightforward simplicity of this poem. And I love its poignant ending. This … Continue reading

July 9, 2014 · 13 Comments

The Wednesday Poetry Corner With Jacinta Caplan

  Introducing Jacinta Caplan to the plum tree. Jacinta  submitted this very powerful poem for the Plum Tree Book’s Poetry anthology on MOTHER! I love her poetry and her ability … Continue reading

June 25, 2014 · 3 Comments

Wednesday Poetry Corner With Aprilia Zank And Cleber Pacheco

Here is another of the wonderful poetry submission for the MOTHER anthology. You still have a few days to send in yours. This poem is by the great Aprilia Zank … Continue reading

May 28, 2014 · 14 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day From Across The Pond!

“If stars were thanks for all you do A universe I’d give to you.” (c) copyright Niamh Clune 2013. I would like to wish all of our friends across the … Continue reading

May 11, 2014 · 5 Comments

Wednesday Poetry Corner: featuring some of the Mother submissions ~ Felicity Harley and Gretchen

I thought I would give you a sample of some of the poems that have been submitted for the Plum Tree Books’ Mother anthology. To illustrate this piece, I have … Continue reading

May 7, 2014 · 2 Comments

Wednesday Poetry Corner: Mother Poetry Fabulous Art Submissions

Are you looking for inspiration for the Mother Anthology (as if your mother isn’t enough inspiration!) Along with poetry submissions, we have received some wonderful art. Just take a look … Continue reading

April 23, 2014 · 7 Comments

Wednesday Poetry Corner: Attention!!! The Internet Detonator sabotaged my call for Mother submissions!

Dear poets, I have caught the bug! Not the bug that drives us to write voraciously from pleasure ~ but the blasted internet detonator that has been going about lately! … Continue reading

April 16, 2014 · 5 Comments

Weekend Give-Away! Valentine Prize Draw

Would you like to win a set of 5 beautiful cards printed on gesso paper to give to the Valentine bunnies in your life? The cards are the art-work of … Continue reading

February 2, 2014 · 1 Comment

The Wednesday Corner With Fycsene Shields

It is a few weeks now since I posted a Wednesday Corner, due to the spectacular crash of the hard drive on my computer. I apologise to all those who … Continue reading

August 28, 2013 · 36 Comments

Dr. Nana Plum’s Rhyme Corner: Plum Tree Books Has Great News…

Dr Nana Plum has news! I wonder if you would excuse, My excitement as I share, The details of the whole affair… The Royal Horticultural ~ Society has sculptural ~ … Continue reading

July 18, 2013 · 18 Comments

The Wednesday Poetry Corner With Linda Ibbotson

I have great pleasure to introduce a newcomer to Plum Tree Books. Linda Ibbotson is a photographer and poet who lives in beautiful County Cork in Ireland. She snaps character … Continue reading

July 17, 2013 · 25 Comments