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Thank you for visiting my poetry and painting blog. I hope that you will enjoy reading my poems and viewing my art. Please come back soon!

Contact: leslyfrancesfinn@outlook.com

a sad old boy March 29, 2022
Just A Musing March 29, 2022
More recent drawings white on dark October 20, 2021
Night Watch April 9, 2021
From my easel this week April 7, 2021
Free as air June 1, 2020
A Perfect Love May 22, 2020
Finished – ‘Mr and Mrs Fox’ January 22, 2020
A creek’s tale January 14, 2020
le encanta bailar (soft pastel, 2020) January 2, 2020
‘Shearers’ Series (2009) January 2, 2020
Mr and Mrs Fox (soft pastel, 2019) December 30, 2019
‘Just Marilyn’ (soft pastel, 2019) December 20, 2019
The Guardians (acrylic on canvas, 2019) December 12, 2019
Look Who’s Talking (acrylic) December 12, 2019
Hello to poetry! December 1, 2019
Blind Loyalty December 1, 2019
bad manners December 1, 2019
Cone flower (pastel, 2001) December 1, 2019
Ode to a fickle spring December 1, 2019
Barnyard Bulletin December 1, 2019
Potted Silk (Pastel, 2004) November 20, 2019
Singing the Blues (Pastel, 2004) November 20, 2019
Poppies (1914 – 2019) November 12, 2019
Voyage Revisited November 10, 2019

MAGAZINES –

POETRY – VOL. 4 NO. 24 https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/424/#44

POETRY – VOL. 4 NO. 26 p.46 https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/426/#2

POETRY – VOL. 5 NO. 1 p.50 https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/501/#50

POETRY – VOL.5 NO.7 P.43 https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/507/#43

POETRY – VOL. 5 NO.8 P.60 https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/508/#60

BOOKS –

CIRCULAR WHISPERS – Poetry Anthology (2017), Kevin Watts (Editor), Social Design Publishing. ISBN 9781544725291

GREY DAWN – Poetry Anthology (2017), Kevin Watts (Editor), Social Design Publishing. ISBN 9781548226664

REWRITE SUNLIGHT – Poetry Anthology (2017), Kevin Watts (Editor), Social Design Publishing. ISBN 9781978017214

FURTHER WITHIN DARKNESS & LIGHT – A Collection of Poetry, Paul B Morris (Editor), nOthing BOOKS Publishing.
IBSN-13; 978-1086671675

Born in England I spent the greater part of my life there before emigrating to New Zealand with my husband in 1999, taking early retirement from a career in nursing. Once we settled I was able to re-acquaint myself with painting and, more recently, try my hand at writing.

Unless otherwise stated all poetry, stories and paintings appearing on this website are the intellectual property of the artist. None may be reproduced, either whole or in part, without proper attribution.