Poet & Writer on the Isle of Wight
I am a poet, writer and teacher living on the Isle of Wight. I started writing poems when I was eight and continued into my early twenties. Reading other people’s poetry and prose is vital for me, cross currents flowing into my own work, and sparking new pieces.
When I became a teacher in schools, most of my creative energy was channelled into this and poems were thinly dispersed, but always there, simmering but seldom making it to paper. Leaving teaching was a bit like standing on a precipice – would I fly, where would I find work? Soon I had too much: a freelancer working with writing and cross arts groups across the community.
I was awarded an Arts Council Individual Writer’s Award in 2007 and with this impetus, started work towards a first collection: Notes on Sea and Land, (HappenStance Press, 2011).
MY WRITING
My love of the sea and the downs has provided a rich creative resource. My workshops and cross arts projects for Healing Arts and for HMP Isle of Wight have also been a strong influences in my writing. It’s hard to separate these different influences, because they all interact with each other in unexpected ways. I write poetry, hybrid poetry and prose collections as well as creative writing materials, reviews and short stories.
My three collections, Notes on Sea and Land, Estuary and Ampersand (2022) are published by HappenStance, Two Ravens Press and Valley Press. My poem Night Drive was a Bridport prize winner and shortlisted for the Forward Best Single poem in 2010.
WORKSHOPS & PROJECTS
I have worked in schools in Literature Development, (Arts Council), as Writer in Residence for the Healing Arts on the Isle of Wight and for HMP Isle of Wight. I have facilitated many Writing for Well Being workshops and projects often inspired by location.
If your group is interested in a workshop, perhaps linked to a particular location, please get in touch.
AMPERSAND (2022)
“When a poet daughter discovers a set of war diaries in a familiar hand, it sparks a spine-tingling, creative response that forges a new bond with the artist mother she has lost. Fulleylove has created a unique dialogue – in poems, prose, collaged pieces and diary extracts – an experimentally-fascinating, honest, often moving, beautifully-crafted book. A remarkable meeting of artistic minds.”
Robyn Bolam
