Fourth Poem and Photograph of the New SeriesThe new poem “Stepping Stones” is now online as well as the black and white photo: I hope to have the other six poems and photographs online as soon as possible. In the meantime you can enjoy all four poems and photographs from the new series here. Thanks [...]

New Poem and Photograph Fourth in the New SeriesFourth Poem and Photograph! I have just added the fourth poem and photograph to the “Then I Passed” series last night. The new photo is amazing and has a great poem to accompany it. There will be ten in total so that means another six to come. [...]

The Personal and the ImpersonalAs a special treat for my hungry blog I decided to discuss ‘who’ is speaking within a poem or piece of art work. The danger for artists and writers is that people usually assume that the author is the one speaking. While this may be true in some cases, mediums like [...]

The Photography of the New Series“Then I Passed” Series As you may have seen the new poetry series “Then I Passed” has been available on the website. This series (unlike some of the others) has had a set of photographs as its base. The solemn black and white photography has been the focus for the [...]

New Poetry and Photography Series SuccessJust a quick post to say thank you to all of you for supporting the new poetry and photography series by KJ Halliday. It has been a slow process but I think the results have been great with the first poem jumping straight into the top ten on the site. [...]

“Then I Passed” Series: Using Photography with PoetryTraveling with Pictures and Words As you would have noticed with the new series on kjwriteleft.com is that it has incorporated photography with the writing. Usually I would have finished the writing first and then found or taken additional photographs for the series. In this series I wanted [...]

Thank You For the Great Responses to the New Poetry!Thanks for Viewing the new Photography and Poetry Series! Just wanted to add a quick post to say thank you for the great responses to the new photography series. I have been plugging away at photography for quite a while now and seemingly losing time to [...]

New Photograph and Poem “Barriers” Online NowI have added the third in the “Then I Passed” series to the site (finally!). So thank you for being patient with me as this series gets released. I wanted to build up the series by releasing them one by one which fits in with a lot of themes [...]

Third Poem and Photograph for “Then I Passed Series” Coming SoonAs I have said in some previous posts I have been very busy at the moment doing site maintenance, getting the photography print orders done as well as study, work AND writing the new poetry series. I can say the photography is finished (and has [...]

Looking Back on the Old kjwriteleft.comI was putting together all of my series “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” earlier this year while at the same time putting the final touches on the blog and site you see here today. It made me think of the old site that is still buried underneath this site as [...]

Get kjwriteleft.com Updates on FacebookAs you may have noticed on the blog kjwriteleft.com has been working on a facebook fan page. This has been since facebook changed the pages to “like” instead of “become a fan” which I find much more appropriate. I am working on integrating a little more with facebook as the support [...]

45% Off Vouchers Extended For Poetry BookSave 45%! I have decided to extend the current offer for the new poetry book “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” by KJ Halliday. The voucher code is 2848NUPZ and can be purchased here: “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” Here is an excerpt from the book, the poem “Carry On” [...]

The Importance of ‘Shape’ in PoetryPoet on the Page or Off? As a ‘poet on the page’ I differ a little from spoken word and other types of performing poets. My concentration is not just on words but also the look and feel of the poem when it is written out and published. This is [...]

What’s New on kjwriteleft.comNew Photography, Poetry and Articles As you my have noticed the site has added a few new articles, art and poetry. Among the new additions is the new series “Then I Passed” with the first in the series “Dried” coming online last week. Next week I will have a bit more time [...]

Discussion on Poetry Book: SimplicitySimplicity of a Poetry Series I completed my first book of poetry early this year and thought it would be nice to discuss it here with all of you. The original series “Scents, Sand, Censor Billy Tea” was a playful experimental piece that concentrated on the contrast between the serious and [...]