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In Defence of Life and Love
IN DEFENCE OF LIFE
AND LOVE. A CONTEMPLATION
WRITTEN IN HAIKU
Morning I leave and
wildflower meadow grounds me:
cornflower, sainfoin.
This is why I go.
I will march for this beauty;
this wildness roots…

Once a Little Bird Told Me
I have been teaching creative writing to a child called Carina, aged 7, for about a year and a half now. Even writing that sentence gives me pause for thought, because can creative writing actually be taught? Well, I prefer to think of it as…

Write to Travel
In my previous blog, I penned a few thoughts around the curbing of my incessant travel habit. As I was writing it, I considered a poetry competition I entered last year with Trip Fiction (a brilliant online resource pairing books with travel).…

Creative Writing Workshops with a Danish Gymnasium
I recently had the opportunity to teach a series of creative writing workshops to students at Herning Gymnasium in Denmark. I feel so fortunate to have been encouraged creatively as a child at primary school (doubtless helping to shape me into…