It's World Poetry Day, so we asked spoken word poet, Hollie McNish to create a poem using the Channel Mum mantra, You Are Not Alone & she did the most AMAZING job 💖 Motherhood is hard, but you really are not alone! Come & chat to us in our online support group: www.channelmum.com/chat/ | ChannelMum.com
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It's World Poetry Day, so we asked spoken word poet, Hollie McNish to create a poem using the Channel Mum mantra, You Are Not Alone & she did the most AMAZING job 💖 Motherhood is hard, but you really are not alone! Come & chat to us in our online support group: www.channelmum.com/chat/ | ChannelMum.com
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How beautiful is your body? Just look at how much love it gives. For Mother’s Day, Dove teamed up with Hollie McNish to create a poem celebrating how our bodies are used to love. And if that’s not beauty we don’t know what is. The UK slam poetry champion’s spoken-word performances, featured on the BBC and at Glastonbury Festival, encourage women to think critically about body image and find the beauty in themselves. #ChooseBeautiful | Dove
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How beautiful is your body? Just look at how much love it gives. For Mother’s Day, Dove teamed up with Hollie McNish to create a poem celebrating how our bodies are used to love. And if that’s not beauty we don’t know what is. The UK slam poetry champion’s spoken-word performances, featured on the BBC and at Glastonbury Festival, encourage women to think critically about body image and find the beauty in themselves. #ChooseBeautiful | Dove
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Poet Hollie McNish: motherhood
Mar 26, 2017
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Here's Hollie McNish with a gem of poem to start us off. Have a great day with friends and, if you're on your own, remember what Hemingway said: 'There is no friend as loyal as a book' Find Hollie's collection Lobster, here: https://exyu.short.gy/EdY35U | Waterstones
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Here's Hollie McNish with a gem of poem to start us off. Have a great day with friends and, if you're on your own, remember what Hemingway said: 'There is no friend as loyal as a book' Find Hollie's collection Lobster, here: https://exyu.short.gy/EdY35U | Waterstones
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“There’s so much love for men in that book” Award winning poet Holly McNish discusses being called a “man-hater” with Clive Anderson. Loose Ends | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4
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“There’s so much love for men in that book” Award winning poet Holly McNish discusses being called a “man-hater” with Clive Anderson. Loose Ends | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4
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Hollie McNish introduces her new collection, Slug, which features seven sections on topics she's been told in her lifetime to be embarrassed about or to keep silent on. From the beautiful Òran Mór she reads her poem about chatting with strangers, something she's missed during lockdown. Watch her on our Instagram Live at 7.30pm on 13 May. Signed copies of Slug are available here: https://bit.ly/3bi6Mga | Waterstones
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Hollie McNish introduces her new collection, Slug, which features seven sections on topics she's been told in her lifetime to be embarrassed about or to keep silent on. From the beautiful Òran Mór she reads her poem about chatting with strangers, something she's missed during lockdown. Watch her on our Instagram Live at 7.30pm on 13 May. Signed copies of Slug are available here: https://bit.ly/3bi6Mga | Waterstones
1.9K viewsMay 10, 2021
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A powerful poem by Hollie McNish. "Why is titillation accepted and sustenance rejected?" This video was directed by Jake Dypka with Indy 8 for Channel 4 Random Acts with help from hundreds up people via a KickStarter campaign. Video shared with permission. Find out more about Hollie in this week's episode of The Female Lead's podcast. Listen here: https://bit.ly/2PUcNIo Embarrassed - A poem by Hollie McNish I thought it was okay, I could understand the reasons They said, “There might be a man or
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A powerful poem by Hollie McNish. "Why is titillation accepted and sustenance rejected?" This video was directed by Jake Dypka with Indy 8 for Channel 4 Random Acts with help from hundreds up people via a KickStarter campaign. Video shared with permission. Find out more about Hollie in this week's episode of The Female Lead's podcast. Listen here: https://bit.ly/2PUcNIo Embarrassed - A poem by Hollie McNish I thought it was okay, I could understand the reasons They said, “There might be a man or
19.3K viewsMay 7, 2021
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“Your Maths is stuck in Primary” Brilliant poem on immigration by the award winning Hollie McNish. https://youtu.be/bJX5XHnONTI #Remain | Remainy McRemainiac Face at Department for Not Exiting the European Union
12.8K viewsNov 19, 2017
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A treat for fans of performance poetry as the poet and author Hollie McNish premieres a beautifully tender new work on BBC Radio 3: In Loving Memory of The Kissing Tree. Listen to Private Passions on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 3
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a mother's love - hollie mcnish
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Hollie McNish on Instagram: "A poem for all the nurses of the world. ❤️"
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POEM: Touch
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Hollie McNish | It’s 2026. My new poetry collection is unsurprisingly called ‘Virgin’ This is why I wrote it 🍎 | Instagram
24.7K views3 months ago
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Embracing Motherhood: A Poetic Journey with Hollie McNish
40.9K viewsApr 25, 2024
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Like Otters - A Poem By Hollie McNish
Jun 1, 2021
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Poem: Grandmas and Bees 🐝 From my book: Nobody Told Me On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates ❤️ New book out October 2025 ❤️ #NobodyToldMe #poetry #holliemcnish #spokenword #family #motherhood
7.5K views9 months ago
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The Morning After: Reflections on Virginity
9K viewsSep 28, 2023
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Hollie McNish on Instagram: "Poem: The Queen Was Not Your Grandma. Recorded @queens_hall by @leerichardsonfilms whilst my eye was itching a lot ❤️ www.holliemcnish.com"
79.6K viewsMay 2, 2023
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Honest Reflections on Parenthood and Motherhood
105.4K views10 months ago
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Hollie McNish | Poem: The Queen Was Not Your Grandma. Recorded @queens_hall by @leerichardsonfilms whilst my eye was itching a lot ❤️ www.holliemcnish.com | Instagram
77.9K viewsMay 2, 2023
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HOLLIE MCNISH | MATHEMATICS | SPOKEN WORD | The Works | RTÉ ONE
83.7K viewsNov 25, 2013
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Hollie McNish reads from Nobody Told Me
9.9K viewsMar 12, 2020
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Monty Python's Holy Grail - Burn The Witch
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We Belong Here: poetry and spoken word documentary (Full length version)
82.8K viewsMar 27, 2017
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Hollie McNish - Outside Education | Spoken Words
17.5K viewsAug 20, 2014
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Hollie McNish - British National Breakfast
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Hollie McNish - The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
49K viewsFeb 22, 2016
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NC Poetry Out Loud 2010 - "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
90.9K viewsMar 17, 2010
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Big Smacking Kiss: a Dove slam poem by Hollie McNish
190.5K viewsNov 12, 2013
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Hollie McNish on Instagram: "For the woman who asked if this poem was anywhere online - here's a quick recording. I'll do a better subtitled one soon! It’s from #slugthebook Thanks so much to the @vaginafest for having me. And for the people who asked about the black / neon picture in the background, it’s by the brilliant @megan_elizabeth_taylor_hogg and the blue / white one is the excellent @thislakshmi. ❤️"
221.8K viewsMar 13, 2021
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