Here is the cupboard book we used to store our special things. You can open its doors and stash away special places, people and things. The good thing about this paper cupboard is that it will take anything from the smallest to the largest thing. It will even accommodate imagined and remembered things. I put … Continue reading Cupboard Book
Month: June 2021
Write Outside
We have recently been able to start writing club meetings again. We meet outside on the field during lunchtime and there is always a good-sized group. It is lovely to write outside in the sunshine, though it is good to remember to bring clipboards! We lay out rugs and groundsheets and bring a small box … Continue reading Write Outside
Zoom
No, not an on-line meeting with a long agenda, but a great, wordless picture book by Istvan Banyai. The idea is simple and intriguing. I mention it because it builds on some of the ideas that may have arisen from the last post based on ‘Inside the Egg’. The book presents us with a series … Continue reading Zoom
Inside the Egg
Inside the Eggis a poem by Carol Ann Duffy. It is one of those poems like a Russian doll, one thing is inside another and inside that another and another. It can go on for ever if you are not careful – or just of you enjoy it. Ted Hughes’ poem Amuletworks in a similar way … Continue reading Inside the Egg
Writing Box 