New for 2020 – Podcasts!
From January 2020 I’m recording each post as a podcast, in addition to the written version which you can continue to read as usual. I’m also gradually adding selected posts from the archive (going back to 2009) as podcasts. Click here or on the Podcasts tab in the navigation bar.
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This blog is called A Few Kind Words because the word kindness originally meant being kin, or kindred, or of the same kind. And since we are all humankind, we should remember to be kinder to one another when we communicate. The alternative is to be unkind, to use language which fails to connect or even alienates. The choice isn't hard.Twitter Updates
- RT @Fendweller: @JamieJauncey @DarkAngelsWrite Lovely piece Jamie, if I may say so. 14 minutes ago
- Celebrating a great moment for @DarkAngelsWrite as @SusannahJHart wins the National Poetry Competition afewkindwords.me/2020/04/03/goo… 5 hours ago
- RT @ThereseKieran: @JamieJauncey speaks well of @SusannahJHart's spectacular #NationalPoetryPrize win & the importance of poetry right now… 1 day ago
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- ‘We crave poems like secular prayers, a source of comfort in these days of crisis.’ Today’s post at afewkindwords.me 1 day ago
Tag Archives: Don Watson
Death sentences
Nailing his colours to David Miliband’s mast last week in the Labour leadership election, former Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: ‘his greatest talent is the ability to put really complex ideas into very simple language.’ Personally, I don’t know about … Continue reading
