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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 […]

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Exercises

Stationary

Pens, paper, rubbers in novelty shapes! A multitude of colours or a cupboard jelously guarded but the BOSS, be that in business or education. Stationary is a complex little world […]

Exercises

Elephants

Elephants – large creatures, tusks, big flappy ears, rumoured never to forget and to be scared of mice. But what do they mean to you? Do you have an eccentric […]

Exercises

Song Titles

Write down your very own top ten of music – look at the song titles – these are often poetic in themselves. Can you rearrange them to create the base […]

Exercises

These Things

The word things can mean many… well… erm…. things: Objects, feelings, events. Take the tittle These Things think about it for five minutes then write for ten minutes from the […]

Exercises

Grass

Just about everywhere you go on the planet there is grass! Some is brown and wiry, some soft and springy, it maybe lush green and cool on hot feet, or […]

Exercises

Dream Diary

Dreams, if remembered, can be a rich source of material for writing, especially poetry. The imagery, ideas and concepts that can be thrown up by the sleeping sub-conscious are a […]

Exercises

Icy Colour

Image copy right belongs to Sarah Snell-Pym To see a larger version click on the image. Ice can make the world monochrome but in this image colour is stark but […]

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I can’t do this – Yes! You! Can!

So why do a poem a day challenge? Most of what you’ll write will be drivel and need to be thrown away, won’t it? There are many reasons to take […]

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Poems

If you want you can put your poems on our poem site, make sure you put them in the 2011 category! If you have your own blog you can either […]

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The Pledge!

This years Pledge is now up and running and you can sign it pledging that for the month of February you will write a poem a day. Good Luck everyone! […]