Making poems with a veteran: Creative Conversations project
I’ve been making poems with a veteran soldier of 87 – how he was bombed in the Blitz, and his soldiering in Malaya in the 1950s. ‘When I joined up, I was right./ I was right, even when I wasn’t.’ Continue reading Making poems with a veteran: Creative Conversations project
Primary School Writing Residential
There are children lying writing on the carpets, at the cleared dinner tables, and just in corners. We’re at Edgmond Hall, one of Sandwell Council’s Creative Arts and Outdoor Learning Centres. I’m with Hargate Primary School, a wonderful place I have a special connection with, and these are 9 and 10 year olds from the built-up middle of West Bromwich. The days are packed with … Continue reading Primary School Writing Residential
JEAN ATKIN 