Poetry A Headington Notebook Originally written as haikus: an almanac about the seasons in Headington, Oxford, where I used to live.
Books William and Dorothy Wordsworth: All In Each Other The story of a brother and sister walking, talking, remembering, grieving and writing together...
Books Earth's Almanac The poems in Newlyn’s book emerged over a fifteen-year period following the untimely death of the poet’s sister. She adapts the form of the ‘Shepherd’s Calendar’ to the phases of grief, condensing a long process of reflection and remembering into the passage of a single year.
Bipolar Diary of a Bipolar Explorer In her fifteen-year diary, Lucy Newlyn discloses recurring episodes of mania, depression, hallucination and paranoid delusion.
Word and Image System Written for a challenge on the Hall Writers' Forum: a response to Blake's Newton
Poetry Dear Coleridge During a bout of flu, the poet is imprisoned in her sick-bed but finds herself in the company of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who as usual has quite a lot to say.
Poetry The Christmas Card Four days before Christmas, a bitter vengeful woman tries to compose a Christmas card to send to her ex, whom she believes to be on his deathbed...
Bipolar Proverbs, aphorisms and home truths Here is a selection of my proverbs, written in the style of Blake's 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.
Bipolar Ballad of a fat woman Medication for bipolar involves weight-gain. This poem Is a celebration of the well-rounded figure, written in defiance of stereotypes.
