Special Interest Groups and Mailing Lists
Response writing is an wonderful way to get yourself writing, and can have an immediacy about it that other types of writing do not. However the most common way to […]
Collecting Colour
Get a cardboard box, decide on a colour – make the box that colour with with paint or glitter or wrapping paper glued onto it or marker pen or gaffer […]
On Writing – Guest Blogger
Bethany W Pope On Writing
 Every writer that I have ever spoken to has had either a bad or an isolated childhood. Some have had childhoods that were both at […]
The Power of Shrooms!
Mushrooms have a place firmly in folk lore, fiction and the kitchen. Love them or hate them, they crop up through out the year but especially in autumn. What do […]
Week One – Done!
One week into the poem a day writing challenge that is WoPoWriMo! For those of you who are streaks ahead – fantastic but don’t slacken off now. Remember the story […]
Money Boxes
Sometimes you might find little snatches or phrases bombling around in your head. On their own they are not a poem but if you don’t do something with them they […]
Lake Scene
This photograph is of a small lake in Essex – what does it say to you? Do like lakes or fear them? What is at the bottom of it? Can […]
Fridge Poetry
It might seem like a cheesy daft idea but get yourself some fridge poetry – the more the better. Then lay it all out on a nice clear fridge or […]
Epic Music
Music and the muse have always been intricately entwined, one thing that some of us here a WoPo find really useful is finding music mixes on youtube. This is also […]
Make a Mood Board
Back at the beginning of the year we created a Pinterest board to help collect images and concepts we thought might help the aspiring poet – why not have a […]