Category: Poetry in the Community

Poetry in the Community

We’ve met a carved Boy/ with a spear &/ under his hand his Dog

I spent a day this week with Julia Walling (of Woods for Wellbeing) and Lol Klein (of Loudwater Studio), away up the woods below the Iron Age hillfort of Bury Ditches in Shropshire. The day was part of a project called ‘Loudwater Studio in the Shropshire Hills’, funded through Shropshire AONB in association with Woods for Wellbeing. Loudwater Studio is part of Vision Homes Association, a charity … Continue reading We’ve met a carved Boy/ with a spear &/ under his hand his Dog

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Poetry in the Community

Godmothers, Emptiness and Adventures before Breakfast

Once a month I work with a great group of young writers in Kidderminster through Writing West Midlands’ Write On! Young Writers’ Groups.  Each is led by a professional Lead Writer working with an Assistant Writer. Write On! Young Writers’ groups give young writers the opportunity to share and develop their writing in small, friendly groups. Members from Young Writers have shared their work at the Birmingham Literature Festival, Ledbury Poetry … Continue reading Godmothers, Emptiness and Adventures before Breakfast

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