Mel Wardle
@melwardlepoet.bsky.social
Poet / Publisher / PhD Researcher / Deaf Partner of Sound Support Dog Kirrie
Back in March I rescued a half dead anemone plant from a garden centre. The assistant said it would flower for a couple of weeks more then would die off until next year. It has flowered consistently all through the spring and summer. This morning it is loving the autumn sunshine
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Back in March I rescued a half dead anemone plant from a garden centre. The assistant said it would flower for a couple of weeks more then would die off until next year. It has flowered consistently all through the spring and summer. This morning it is loving the autumn sunshine
We will be skipping ASP for November, and Naomi and I will be hosting an early December Christmas / festive special on 8th December on Zoom! Please get in touch if you’d like to take part or for the Zoom link to listen!
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We will be skipping ASP for November, and Naomi and I will be hosting an early December Christmas / festive special on 8th December on Zoom! Please get in touch if you’d like to take part or for the Zoom link to listen!
Kirrie says thank you Ian Ridgway and Shirley Tench from Stafford & District Dog Training Club for a lovely session this afternoon! We both love attending Dog Training Club! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Kirrie says thank you Ian Ridgway and Shirley Tench from Stafford & District Dog Training Club for a lovely session this afternoon! We both love attending Dog Training Club! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
Throwback to WORD - Stafford Poetry and Spoken Word Events Jonathon Watkiss and me making some poetry and noise along with Steve Sutton in Hanley November 2023!
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Throwback to WORD - Stafford Poetry and Spoken Word Events Jonathon Watkiss and me making some poetry and noise along with Steve Sutton in Hanley November 2023!
‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them’ (Binyon 1914).
Kirrie wears her remembrance poppy bandana
Kirrie wears her remembrance poppy bandana
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them’ (Binyon 1914).
Kirrie wears her remembrance poppy bandana
Kirrie wears her remembrance poppy bandana
My gorgeous girl enjoying a game in the garden this morning 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My gorgeous girl enjoying a game in the garden this morning 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
We had a wonderful time at the dog field this morning! Although I’m still having to be really careful not to tweak it my back is so much improved I could throw and catch a ball! Kirrie is so proud of herself for finding this tennis ball at the field 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We had a wonderful time at the dog field this morning! Although I’m still having to be really careful not to tweak it my back is so much improved I could throw and catch a ball! Kirrie is so proud of herself for finding this tennis ball at the field 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
Kirrie is the best travelling companion! Such a super girl loving our adventures
Pershore Daytrip Part 3
Pershore Daytrip Part 3
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Kirrie is the best travelling companion! Such a super girl loving our adventures
Pershore Daytrip Part 3
Pershore Daytrip Part 3
It was wonderful to see Jilly Oxlade-Arnott and her beautiful art gallery - full of fabulous works!
Pershore Daytrip Part 2
Pershore Daytrip Part 2
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It was wonderful to see Jilly Oxlade-Arnott and her beautiful art gallery - full of fabulous works!
Pershore Daytrip Part 2
Pershore Daytrip Part 2
We have had a lovely day in Pershore with a walk around the Abbey grounds and delicious Greek Food……..
Pershore Daytrip Part 1
Pershore Daytrip Part 1
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We have had a lovely day in Pershore with a walk around the Abbey grounds and delicious Greek Food……..
Pershore Daytrip Part 1
Pershore Daytrip Part 1
Sound Support Dog Kirrie and I are celebrating our two year partnership anniversary today!
She is the best ‘thing’ that has ever happened to me, she completes me, makes me smile and laugh, keeps me safe, and brightens every day!
She is the best ‘thing’ that has ever happened to me, she completes me, makes me smile and laugh, keeps me safe, and brightens every day!
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Sound Support Dog Kirrie and I are celebrating our two year partnership anniversary today!
She is the best ‘thing’ that has ever happened to me, she completes me, makes me smile and laugh, keeps me safe, and brightens every day!
She is the best ‘thing’ that has ever happened to me, she completes me, makes me smile and laugh, keeps me safe, and brightens every day!
It was a fantastic experience to deliver a lecture to students in Khmelnytsky on Monday. For my PhD I’m developing a model of analysis of performance poetry and it was wonderful to see the students engage with my work and try out the model in their lecture! A big thank you to
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It was a fantastic experience to deliver a lecture to students in Khmelnytsky on Monday. For my PhD I’m developing a model of analysis of performance poetry and it was wonderful to see the students engage with my work and try out the model in their lecture! A big thank you to
Kirrie has had a very exciting afternoon at dog training club with Ian Ridgway and Shirley Tench
Here she is telling Grandma Patricia Wardle all about it!
#shessuchapoodle
Here she is telling Grandma Patricia Wardle all about it!
#shessuchapoodle
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kirrie has had a very exciting afternoon at dog training club with Ian Ridgway and Shirley Tench
Here she is telling Grandma Patricia Wardle all about it!
#shessuchapoodle
Here she is telling Grandma Patricia Wardle all about it!
#shessuchapoodle
Congratulations Jayne Stanton on a wonderful new poetry pamphlet ‘Have they marked you with arrows?’ I really enjoyed the Zoom launch last week.
Copies available here
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/07/arro...
#poetry
Copies available here
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/07/arro...
#poetry
Have they marked you with arrows? by Jayne Stanton
Jayne Stanton's pamphlet collection was a joint winner of Poetry Space Prize 2025 (Category B) ISBN 978-1-909404-57-1
www.poetryspace.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Congratulations Jayne Stanton on a wonderful new poetry pamphlet ‘Have they marked you with arrows?’ I really enjoyed the Zoom launch last week.
Copies available here
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/07/arro...
#poetry
Copies available here
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/07/arro...
#poetry
I’m looking forward to zooming into Khmelnytsky this afternoon to deliver a lecture about my research on The Stylistics of Page and Stage Ecopoetry. Thank you Tetyana Lunyova for inviting me!
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m looking forward to zooming into Khmelnytsky this afternoon to deliver a lecture about my research on The Stylistics of Page and Stage Ecopoetry. Thank you Tetyana Lunyova for inviting me!
We found the pumpkin trail at Trentham Gardens!
Kirrie says ‘Happy Howloween!’ She is wearing her special orange tie with black cats on in honour of her best friend Bubbles the cat 🐕🦺❤️🐈⬛🎃
Kirrie says ‘Happy Howloween!’ She is wearing her special orange tie with black cats on in honour of her best friend Bubbles the cat 🐕🦺❤️🐈⬛🎃
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We found the pumpkin trail at Trentham Gardens!
Kirrie says ‘Happy Howloween!’ She is wearing her special orange tie with black cats on in honour of her best friend Bubbles the cat 🐕🦺❤️🐈⬛🎃
Kirrie says ‘Happy Howloween!’ She is wearing her special orange tie with black cats on in honour of her best friend Bubbles the cat 🐕🦺❤️🐈⬛🎃
Aston Society of Poetry welcomed special guest Harry Fletcher to speak about his year as Staffordshire Young Poet Laureate followed by a wonderful open mic session. Thank you all who took part and Naomi Adam for co-hosting!
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Aston Society of Poetry welcomed special guest Harry Fletcher to speak about his year as Staffordshire Young Poet Laureate followed by a wonderful open mic session. Thank you all who took part and Naomi Adam for co-hosting!
It was fantastic to be part of the National Poetry Day celebrations at Stafford Library again this year with other featured poets hosted by Staffordshire Poet Laureate Scarlett Ward and outgoing Young Laureate Harry Fletcher who welcomed in new Young Laureate Pearl Knight-Dutton!
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It was fantastic to be part of the National Poetry Day celebrations at Stafford Library again this year with other featured poets hosted by Staffordshire Poet Laureate Scarlett Ward and outgoing Young Laureate Harry Fletcher who welcomed in new Young Laureate Pearl Knight-Dutton!
on National Poetry Day Louise Jutton and I donated a copy of One Hundred Poems for Hearing Dogs to Stafford Library! Thank you again to everyone who helped us raise £1200 for this amazing charity! Kirrie was having a quiet night at home hence not in photograph!
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
on National Poetry Day Louise Jutton and I donated a copy of One Hundred Poems for Hearing Dogs to Stafford Library! Thank you again to everyone who helped us raise £1200 for this amazing charity! Kirrie was having a quiet night at home hence not in photograph!
I enjoyed delivering an ecopoetry workshop at the start of October to Writer Types Stafford. We talked about ecopoetry, stylistics and ecostylistics and worked on writing activities that led into creating ecopoems. Thank you everyone who attended and Ingrid Wagner for inviting me
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I enjoyed delivering an ecopoetry workshop at the start of October to Writer Types Stafford. We talked about ecopoetry, stylistics and ecostylistics and worked on writing activities that led into creating ecopoems. Thank you everyone who attended and Ingrid Wagner for inviting me
Black Cat Appreciation Day
Bubbles 🐈⬛❤️
Bubbles 🐈⬛❤️
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Black Cat Appreciation Day
Bubbles 🐈⬛❤️
Bubbles 🐈⬛❤️
It’s not too late to sign up for a reading spot - or for the zoom link to listen - to Aston Society of Poetry on Monday! A safe space to share and enjoy poetry. This could be something you’ve written, a favourite famous (or non-famous poem), or one you’ve discovered recently and
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s not too late to sign up for a reading spot - or for the zoom link to listen - to Aston Society of Poetry on Monday! A safe space to share and enjoy poetry. This could be something you’ve written, a favourite famous (or non-famous poem), or one you’ve discovered recently and
Kirrie is a very serious poodle! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kirrie is a very serious poodle! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️