Benedicta Norell

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Poet. Empowering midlife, eco & mother poetry. First collection coming 2027. Out now: Three Poems in Aftershock Issue 3| Debut Terrible Mother @theblackcatpoetrypress and Waterstones.com |Poems Linked Here: https://linktr.ee/benedictanorell

Ancient dictionary
Photo of the cover of Aftershock Issue 3
Art books at flea market
A bookcase at Zennoni in Deptford London with Terrible Mother by Benedicta Norell on display
Cannon in foreground background is the river Thames looking from Greenwich to the lowest sky and water blue
Pink Camellias in flower
Vintage books and comics at Greenwich Market with Agatha Christie books and Spider-Man comics
Picture shows the masts of the Cutty Sark next to period buildings in Greenwich
Details of #NotJustPretty online poetry event
Bronze Statue of Agatha Christie on the green in Wallingford, she is holding a book with her name on the spine
Photo of Autumn reeds in foreground and late autumnal trees along horizon, blue sky and a solitary cloud
Cover of Terrible Mother by B Norell dark green with a drawing of a swan
A round vase with pale pink roses and gypsophila on a flowery table cloth
A close up of red roses
The Memorial Service by Benedicta Norell His father playing saxophone halts for lack of breath. The silence is another death.
A bouquet of purple and yellow irises seen from above
The Body Anthology by Rough Diamond Poetry on a blue background
Cover, with vase of purple tulips, of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
White blossom branches with small ornamental eggs hanging from them
Tracy Emin painting I Followed You to the End showing a dark abstract human figure against a red background and black writing.
Painting of a young woman in a peach coloured dress on a swing by Fragonard. Called The Swing, this is considered a Rococo masterpiece.
A Monet painting of the sea and distant cliffs in an ornate gold frame
A library shelf at Pembroke College Oxford including Terrible Morher by Benedicta Norell
Abstract black and white drawing by Madeleine Pyk
A smiling, mischievous orange cat drawn by Louis Wain
Impressionist painting of a rustic white house
Close up of Monet’s water lilies
A selfie of me in coat, hat and scarf on a beach in Antibes with the Alpes Maritimes and low cloud in the background
A Monet Water Lilies mural
A concept art painting by Mary Blair of Cinderella in her step mother’s mansion
Benedicta Norell reading her poetry with a microphone
Still Life of carafe, silver coffee pot, apples and books
Sophia Argyris and Benedicta Norell with copies of their books Heronless and Terrible Mother
Portrait of the poet Jackie Kay by Clae Eastgate
Painting of a lady in black in a drawing room by Scottish Colourist Cadell
‘woman | folk’ by Karan Chambers and i get lost everywhere, you know this now by Galia Admoni and Wendy Allen
Billboard of Tom Hiddleston and Haley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
A portrait of Christian Dior
Painting of yellow chair by Van Gogh
Impressionist painting of a woman in a yellow dress with a vase of red flowers by
Portrait of Virginia Woolf in an armchair, by Vanessa Bell
Impressionist painting of a young woman reading
Portrait of Alan Cumming at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, by Christian Hook.
A painting of and by Frida Kahlo of her sitting in a chair wearing a suit with hair cut short and lying on the floor
Whistler’s Symphony in Grey and Green
Photo of white roses in a blue bowl on oak table
A copy of Issue 3 of The Anti-Misogyny Club Journal with a lilac torso with hands wrapped around the throat and with a head of a beautiful bouquet of flowers on a mint green background.
Poets Wendy Allen and Benedicta Norell with Dr Niall Munro in a lecture room at Oxford Brookes University.
Cover of the new Anti Misogyny Club Journal showing a lilac torso with a bunch of flowers as a face and the text Out Now Featuring My Work.
Anthology titled Hope, from Rough Diamond Poetry, a duck egg blue cover with title and wispy clouds in white, edited by Charlotte Cosgrove and illustrated by Carolyn Burns
A copy of Issue 3 of The Winged Moon, Hinterland on a background of Monet’s water lilies
Ancient volumes on a shelf in the Bodleian Library, four of which are black and form the first Samuel Johnson English dictionary
A vintage book holder full of books
A copy of Blackbird Singing at Dusk by Wendy Pratt in a background of Monet’s water lilies.
A copy of Orbital by Samantha Harvey on a background of Monet’s water lilies.