Category: Poetry in the Community

Poet in School, Poetry in the Community

A project revisited: ‘Viewpoint Voices’ gets published

Just over a year ago I completed a long project in Dumfries and Galloway called ‘Viewpoint Voices’, in association with the National Scenic Areas (NSAs) of the Solway Firth.  I worked with NSA officer Anna Johnson to locate many different groups of people, of all ages and backgrounds.  Then we took them out to the six NSA viewpoints along this gloriously beautiful coast. The youngest … Continue reading A project revisited: ‘Viewpoint Voices’ gets published

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Poet in School, Poetry & Wellbeing, Poetry in the Community

Poetry Partners

I’ve just finished working on Poetry Partners, alongside Cree Valley Woodland Heritage Trust.  What Poetry Partners aimed to do was to bring together two different generations of local people to celebrate the woods.  There’s a Bigger and Better Blog about this project here. I was brought on board by Cree Valley Woodland Heritage Trust to work with P6 of Penninghame Primary School, and with the regular visitors to … Continue reading Poetry Partners

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