National Poetry Writing Month is almost upon us and we thought you could do with some writing excerises to get you going!

Go to your photo albums, physical or virtual doesn’t really matter – what you don’t do photographs well look at that collection of postcards you have from mad aunts who go on world tours at 70 yrs old! What you don’t have one of them either? Well get some national geographics from a charity shop, or any magazine with large photos in them.

Look through this material – same of the pictures will catch your eye more than others. Take note of these photos – relax into the sensations and memories associated with the photos and do 2 minutes response writing to each of those pictures. This means just write – don’t think about it – just what ever comes into your head weather it is a list or full blown distription or something bizar and abstract.

Having done this – you should have a few pages of notes with vivid imagery and discription in. These can be used to construct poems around or even just used to spark a new idea!