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 […]
Love it or Hate it
Love it or hate it, it is that time of year again when all the hearts and flowers and chocolates come out. But what does this date mean to you? […]
Modernise The Myth
Story telling and poetry have been intrinsically linked since the beginning, the oldest European literature are epic poems that were handed down in an oral tradition for centuries. They told […]
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 […]