Mel Wardle
@melwardlepoet.bsky.social
Poet / Publisher / PhD Researcher / Deaf Partner of Sound Support Dog Kirrie
Kirrie was tired after dog training club yesterday! Here she is just waking up after a snooze on the settee at Grandma’s house! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Kirrie was tired after dog training club yesterday! Here she is just waking up after a snooze on the settee at Grandma’s house! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
made a questionable choice in managing to get into the kitchen and steal bread so now there is no dinner at all for Kirrie tonight!
Luckily she seems to have slept off most of the potential discomfort and is having a good play with her yacker chew! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
Luckily she seems to have slept off most of the potential discomfort and is having a good play with her yacker chew! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
made a questionable choice in managing to get into the kitchen and steal bread so now there is no dinner at all for Kirrie tonight!
Luckily she seems to have slept off most of the potential discomfort and is having a good play with her yacker chew! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
Luckily she seems to have slept off most of the potential discomfort and is having a good play with her yacker chew! 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
It was lovely to meet up with our friend Jan Wilkins a few weeks ago for lunch in Stafford! Thanks so much for coming to visit, Jan ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It was lovely to meet up with our friend Jan Wilkins a few weeks ago for lunch in Stafford! Thanks so much for coming to visit, Jan ❤️
I’m so behind with posting photos this autumn but it was lovely to see Molly Causer, Sam Causer, Myles and Margaux a few weeks ago at The Gruffalo Trail! Plus some random pumpkin headed people! ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I’m so behind with posting photos this autumn but it was lovely to see Molly Causer, Sam Causer, Myles and Margaux a few weeks ago at The Gruffalo Trail! Plus some random pumpkin headed people! ❤️
Nurse Kirrie giving me super snuggles after today’s ear injection! She had a lovely morning at Grandma’s house whilst I was at the hospital and now we are cuddled up together 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nurse Kirrie giving me super snuggles after today’s ear injection! She had a lovely morning at Grandma’s house whilst I was at the hospital and now we are cuddled up together 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
When you’re only nine months old and a bit of a messy eater! I think Leonard needs a little bib for when he’s enjoying a cherry tomato!
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
When you’re only nine months old and a bit of a messy eater! I think Leonard needs a little bib for when he’s enjoying a cherry tomato!
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
special thanks to Janine Bradford and Linda Simons for all the love and training you have given Kirrie to make her the wonderful Sound Support Dog that she is and my very best friend 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
special thanks to Janine Bradford and Linda Simons for all the love and training you have given Kirrie to make her the wonderful Sound Support Dog that she is and my very best friend 🐕🦺🐾🐾❤️
work I’m learning from and drawing on in my research, and my fab uni mates for always helping me believe I can do it! 📖
#PhD #DoctoralResearch #AstonUniversity #stylistics #ecostylistics #ecopoetry #pagepoetry #performancepoetry
#PhD #DoctoralResearch #AstonUniversity #stylistics #ecostylistics #ecopoetry #pagepoetry #performancepoetry
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
work I’m learning from and drawing on in my research, and my fab uni mates for always helping me believe I can do it! 📖
#PhD #DoctoralResearch #AstonUniversity #stylistics #ecostylistics #ecopoetry #pagepoetry #performancepoetry
#PhD #DoctoralResearch #AstonUniversity #stylistics #ecostylistics #ecopoetry #pagepoetry #performancepoetry
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
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!