As it’s so HOT, and there have been lots of fires breaking out, here is a poem read by fire-fighter Paul Cornelius by Mary E Cronin, filmed as part of National Poetry Day 2015’s theme, Light. 15 people whose jobs or ways of life were associated with light read poems that incorporated light.
Filmed at Chew Magna Fire Station by kind permission of Avon Fire and Rescue.
Award-Wining Children's Poet, Author, Wildlife and Climate enthusiast, NPD Ambassador, blogger and owner of Lola the retired alert dog and Paddy the alert dog in training. Books include CLiPPA shortlisted Being Me, Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, Editor of Shaping the World, Author of Be the Change, Apes to Zebras, The Same Inside, Reaching the Stars and Animal Magic. I visit schools, libraries, literary festivals via Zoom and give lessons on writing poetry for children. http://www.poetryroundabout.com http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com @LizBrownlee@zirk.us @Lizpoet
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19 thoughts on “Paul Cornelius, Fire Fighter, Reads Battling Fire by Mary E Cronin”
I’m thinking of starting me own website on my dads fundraising how do you do it. He is trying to save up money to get a football pitch for my dead grandad
Bonnie, can I email you on the email that has been sent to me with this post? (no-one else can see it). It’s quite a hard thing to do. I’m not sure you can if you are under a certain age.
Ok… well, you can email me at, poetliz @ mac.com (without the spaces), if you have your own email, and I’ll have a chat. You can also ask for sponsorship on the Facebook page, Chew Magna Village, and that would reach some people. If you set up a JustGiving page, which is a page where people can go to give money for a charity or an event or special project, then you can advertise that page on posters, in the Gazette, and on the Facebook page for Chew Magna and surrounding villages. Not everyone looks at blogs, it’s not a good way t raise money. I can show you or your dad how to set up a JustGiving page if need be.
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That is my dad
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Hello, Bonnie! He read brilliantly, didn’t he!
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I was 7 when he did that
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🙂
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Yes
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I’m thinking of starting me own website on my dads fundraising how do you do it. He is trying to save up money to get a football pitch for my dead grandad
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Bonnie, can I email you on the email that has been sent to me with this post? (no-one else can see it). It’s quite a hard thing to do. I’m not sure you can if you are under a certain age.
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That is my mums and she wouldn’t like that
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Ok… well, you can email me at, poetliz @ mac.com (without the spaces), if you have your own email, and I’ll have a chat. You can also ask for sponsorship on the Facebook page, Chew Magna Village, and that would reach some people. If you set up a JustGiving page, which is a page where people can go to give money for a charity or an event or special project, then you can advertise that page on posters, in the Gazette, and on the Facebook page for Chew Magna and surrounding villages. Not everyone looks at blogs, it’s not a good way t raise money. I can show you or your dad how to set up a JustGiving page if need be.
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Email my dad at paulcornelius@skyp.com
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Ah, this came in while I was writing below, will do.
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I’m going out write now so I will comment later
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It of for my dad to do he said he would do it
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I don’t have an email
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Say to my dad when you email him that you are from the website that he was on
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Sorry I put Skype instead of sky on my dads email it is paulcornelius@sky.com
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Okeydoke! x
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Tell me when you have emailed him
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It’s done!
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