Janice Fixter http://janicefixter.com Tall Lighthouse Poet and writer Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:42:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Welcome http://janicefixter.com/hello-world http://janicefixter.com/hello-world#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Janice Fixter was born in Kent and has lived in South East London ever since. She has a BA in psychology from London University (Goldsmiths College) and a MA in Creative Writing, the Arts and Education and a D.Phil. in Creative Writing (poetry) from Sussex University.

Janice has been writing poetry and non-fiction since 1994 and has been widely published. Her poems have been broadcast on Premier Radio, LBC and Radio 4 as well as various local radio stations. She has read her poetry at a number of venues including the Troubadour and the Poetry Cafe as well as taking part in the Oxfam 7 Poets for 2007 series.

Janice has also written numerous non-fiction articles and two books on parenting – The Parentalk Guide to being a Mum Hodder and Stoughton 2000, and How to Succeed as a Single Parent Hodder and Stoughton 2003 with Diane Louise Jordan. From 2001 to 2007 Janice was a trustee of Parentalk – a charity which aims to inspire parents. During this time she contributed regularly to radio and television programmes

In 1997 Poets Anonymous published her chapbook Walking Away From The Shadows and in 2005 her pamphlet Walking the Hawk was published by tall-lighthouse. Her first full collection a kind of slow motion was published by tall-lighthouse in July 2007. Janice is training to be become a spiritual director. She is passionate about birds, bats and orchids.

]]> http://janicefixter.com/hello-world/feed 0 Events http://janicefixter.com/events http://janicefixter.com/events#comments Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:34:07 +0000 http://janicefixter.com/events Janice’s poetry collection
a kind of slow motion
is available from tall-lighthouse
www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk price £7
ISBN 978-1-904551-30-0

Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku
published by Snapshot Press price £15.99
Hardback: 320 pages
ISBN 978-1-903543-24-5

]]> http://janicefixter.com/events/feed 0 September http://janicefixter.com/may http://janicefixter.com/may#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:55:58 +0000 http://janicefixter.com/prognosis Archery class fugue

Vertebrae fuse as I slip out
my spinal cord, attach it to the bow,

feel the flex and tension
as the fletches sit snug.

Something medieval,
dark age, winds its way

through my arms,
elbows, fingers.

I am yew tree.
Holding fast and poised

over the interstice between centuries.
After the third arrow flies

straight as a wish
I check the bow string for elf-locks

before feeding it back,
shiver by shiver

through my skull,
through nub of bone

until warmth returns to my skin
and I remember who I am.

first published by The London Magazine

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