Prompt Sites 2025
Prompts are a valuable way to get you writing – they may not produce the poems or stories that you are looking for but they are a good way of […]
The Last Leg
There is one week left of the WoPo poem a day writing challenge! Do not despair if you are no where near your target of a poem a day – […]
Derek Dohren
You may call me a poet if you want. I prefer the term ‘not a poet’. I believe we are all poets to a degree and only a true poet […]
Broken Things
When you observe objects to write about, often they are new or shiny or whole, but this is not the majority of objects (or people for that matter), so instead […]
Chimney of Gloucester
Images and photographs can sometimes hook into ideas we have not even been aware of. Examine this image and write for 10 minutes, then see if you can find other […]
Voice to Page
If you are struggling with the physical nature of writing if the pen or keyboard hurt you to type or just can’t sit down for that long etc… then you […]
Piercing Ears
Pierced ears – this image is of a freshly pierced ear. Does it look painful? Are your ears pierced? Who does that ear belong too and what sort of earrings […]
Half Way Through
It’s the half way point of the month, this can be where life starts to get in the way and the novelty of the challenge starts to wear off. So […]
The Cities Bones
Look at this image – look at the remnants of a previous time, a time that is ending and decaying and being ripped out of our civilisation, as if it […]
Washing up and The House Work Dirty
Sometimes the best way to come by a poem is to forget about it, to not actively work on – to go and do something else. So instead of sitting […]
Belinda Rimmer
Belinda Rimmer Bio: Work: I first trained as a psychiatric nurse and worked with troubled teenagers both in NHS settings and as a school counsellor. I have also worked as […]