I live in Salford with two bubbly children and a supportive hubby. I was a former tutor at YMCA Training. I now work freelance. Ever since I was 10, I knew I wanted to be a writer.
In 1997 I completed a BA in Creative Writing at Bolton University. It was there I discovered my voice for writing children’s stories and poems. But it wasn’t until I completed my MA in Creative Writing degree at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2003 that I started focusing on writing for children and was fortunate to have a few of my poems accepted for publication. I have also published a picture book called Anansi & The Dutchy Pot.
www.anansiwinks.com
There was a girl called Dreadilocks
Who went for a walk through the wood.
She soon came across a neat house
And the scent from the house smelt good.
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Well, I listened to Benjamin Zephaniah,
And I kept my young turkey alive.
We had a really good blast last Christmas,
With hip-hop and reggae and jive.
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Once lived a little black gal
And in de town dem said
Dat she wore a bright red cloak
So dem call her ‘Pickney Red.'
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‘Jack, Jack, tings don't look good,
We no have no money to buy food
Go to de market, mi don't know how-
But use yu sense and go sell de cow.'
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Black Ice was very beautiful
But her mudder had sadly died.
Black Ice had no choice but to live
wid her father's new ugly bride.
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