Literature Round-up: Laugh, cry and think in 2013

Happy New Year BritMums, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Welcome to the first Literary Roundup of 2013!

To launch the new year, I decided to start a new Linky. You know that dull midweek feeling? It’s not quite the weekend, but you aren’t feeling as fresh as you were at the beginning of the week? Well I created Wednesday Words, with the intention of us being able to inspire each other out of that midweek boredom. So post a poem, quote, lyric or even a short story and come over to Wednesday Words  each week to link up. It doesn’t even have to be your own, as long as you fully credit the original author. I kicked it off with a poem I wrote myself about my gorgeous little babies – Twin Girls.

Whilst on the subject of new projects, Rebecca of Here Come The Girls, has started a new online story for 9-11 year olds called A Child Like You. If you have a child or grandchild in that age bracket, go check it out – it starts in February and sounds like a lot of fun.

Little E and Bean wrote a gorgeous poem to celebrate Little E turning Two. If you are pregnant or hormonal, you will need tissues for this one. The line “I was heartbroken, desolate and complete”, made my heart thump with love for my own children and gave me goosebumps.

Whilst you’ve got the tissues out, if you fancy a longer read, make a cuppa and pop along to Lost in Blaenavon and read Michelle’s beautiful short story, The Empty Bench.

Okay enough crying! Let’s see if Wally Mummy’s sweary, but brilliant, injection of humour can cheer you back up. My favourite of her most recent poems has to be Thank F@*K for Grandparents, which whilst very funny and very true, reminds us parents that we need some grown-up time too!

Having said that we need grown up time, inevitably when we are wrapped up in housework and the little ones are out, we can sometimes feel there is something missing. The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock ‘n’ Roll Mum cleverly pinpoints this as Hunting for Joy.

Adventures of a Yorkshire Mummy uses prose to reflect back on her own childhood, looking back at the odd things children do. I actually did most of these myself so it gave me quite a chuckle to reminisce over the things I’d long since forgotten!

Ninja Killer Cat writes powerful prose about the questions we ask ourselves when we shouldn’t – Hours not to reason why. Sometimes as a parent, we just need to be there, and nothing more.

Chez Maximka writes a powerful and touching review of the book “poems from planet Autism” by Melinda Smith, which will resonate with all parents who have a child on the autistic spectrum. In addition, it can shed some light to those of us who have lesser understanding of autism.

From raising to educating, Coventry Primary English writes about how to read Haiku with your children and how to teach them to write their own Haiku. I think this is a great idea and am going to try it with my own daughter, who is currently struggling with her phonics.

To our disappointment, in December a great Haiku fan and blogger, Coffee Curls, decided to leave the blogosphere, so whilst they are not so recent, I’d like to give her blog a mention to acknowledge some of her brilliant Haiku.

There’s a poem in the blogosphere we all became tragically familiar with, when #Healing4Kerry went viral on Twitter, trending for many hours. Alice, from My Life My Son My Way, wrote a heartbreaking poem, Dear Kerry, Tonight We Pray.  This poem was inspiring to us all, just as Kerry was inspiring to us all. May Kerry Rest in Peace.

The 112 bloggers who wrote posts for Kerry, and the response to my own recent health announcement, show what a powerful community the blogging world is. There are so many of you showing each other such support and kindness, that The Hart of The Munchkin’s poem “Kindness” really struck a chord with me.

So hopefully, if I’ve done my job well, these posts, like all good literature, will have made you laugh, cry and think. I want to finish this round-up on a positive note, so it is thanks to Twins Tiaras and Tantrums for providing us with a brilliant quote to launch us thoroughly into 2013.

So enjoy Valentines Day and Easter, and don’t forget to tweet me your links for the next round-up and join in with my Wednesday linky!

Much blogging love,

Emma

About Emma Day

Emma is a recent graduate, pub manager, newlywed wife and mummy to 3 amazing little girls. A 5year old singleton nicknamed Bunny, and newborn twins affectionately known as Fluffy and Tiny. Emma started her blog CrazyWithTwins only 6 months ago when she started maternity leave. Whilst still finding her feet in the blogosphere, Emma has ALWAYS used writing as an outlet, be it a diary, short story, or most often, poetry. Having recently blogged about her traumatic birth story (and trying to raise awareness of HELLP Syndrome); Emma knows only too well that writing, in whatever form, IS therapy.

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