It can be scary reading a poem – seriously! Especially when you’re doing it with other people or for course work. (That picture is how I feel when I’m on the spot and thinking about …
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Don’t be scared of poetry…
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What are your raw words telling you today?
One of my tutors used to emphasise the importance of your raw words, written now, in this moment. The words that might arrive unbidden when you sit down at your computer to write, or scribble …
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 7
grass feel my wet feet sunlight touch my warm heartbeat earth taste my tongue This is the last poem in the seven day challenge I set myself on National Poetry Day to write a haiku …
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 6
leaf bursting outwards into light, into colour done with Winter fasts
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 5
fragments of our life strong, tall William who tells me skipping is joyful
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 4
slanting through dark trees tender light, fragile seedling to a bright clearing
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 3
birdcall sweet and sharp untroubled invisible across the garden
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 2
bird on frayed edge blossoms of white snow cloud-fluff shadow made of words
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Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 1
first light finds its way the sky spilling its colours across our counters Why have I chosen haiku? There are so many reasons, here are just a few: I like to write about the natural …
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National Poetry Day: A poem a day keeps the doctor away
Writing and reading poetry can both help us improve our mental and physical health. In William Sieghart’s The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-And-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul (2017, Penguin Books) poetry is prescribed to be …
