Today we're celebrating how an image can inspire different people to write different things. In our recent workshop, we experimented with using images as the starting point to prompt writing. Below are some responses to this photo - what would you write? When I look at this photo of the tree and sun picture it … Continue reading One picture, many words
Tag: new poetry
Karma Cry-Sis by Nick Smith
An epic poem of social commentary today from Nick Smith, matched by his ambitious use of captured and vintage footage in a powerfully-paced montage. https://videopress.com/v/GvlF5LhN?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Pools of Reflected Light by Joyce Skinn
Please take just a few quiet minutes out of your day to have a 'mindful moment' on the beach with Joyce. This beautiful film makes use of split screen to double up your viewing pleasure! https://videopress.com/v/ee7LStR0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Cycles by Ailsa Falconer
This film by Ailsa makes use of typography on screen instead of a voice-over, and features Ailsa herself creating the theme music on her guitar. We hope you enjoy and share her love of nature. https://videopress.com/v/M1N0YqI5?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
On A day Like This by Fran Edwards
In this digital story, Fran tells us a little about how she came to live in Redcar, and shares beautiful reflections on the circularity and layering of time and familial relationships. https://videopress.com/v/KqFotemA?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Mania from Caoin by Fran Lock
Our final poem chosen by Jane Burn for her 'Surviving Trauma' series is by Fran Lock. Fran Lock is a sometime itinerant dog-whisperer and the author of seven poetry collections, most recently the pamphlet Raptures and Captures (Culture Matters, 2019) in collaboration with collage artist Steev Burgess, and Contains Mild Peril (Out-Spoken Press, 2019). She is an associate … Continue reading Mania from Caoin by Fran Lock
Splendid Isolation 1 by Sandra Falconer
Continuing with our 'incidental' series of poems written by members of our monthly digital storytelling group, here's the first of some lockdown verse by Sandra Falconer! Splendid Isolation When the command finally came it was hardly unexpected. Indeed, our self incarceration was anxiously desired As he found, at last, the means to sound authoritative, We … Continue reading Splendid Isolation 1 by Sandra Falconer
Outrageous Light by Helen Anderson
"Helen Anderson’s poem ‘Outrageous Light’ is a stark reminder that nothing can really take away the utter devastation of losing someone we love. ‘Gone is Gone’ holds such heartbreaking finality, is an unarguable statement with a dark, epitaph-like feel. The last stanza offers a hollow and terrible contrast - one child is gone from this … Continue reading Outrageous Light by Helen Anderson
Honour by Finola Scott
"Finola Scott’s poem ‘Honour’ brings us the shock of a younger person’s mortality. I feel very strongly the sense of the loss of someone else’s son through the conversation with her own child. Death touches every one of us and in many ways, we never expect it in those younger than us. The poem suggests … Continue reading Honour by Finola Scott
Mercy by E.A. Charlton
"E A Charlton’s poem has hints of the biblical within its small, simple, psalm-like form. ‘Spare the rabbit heart inside/That brittle chest of mine’ carried a lot of emotion within it for me, perfectly summed up the idea of fast-beating fear. The poem ends on a note of quiet sadness that I found very affecting." … Continue reading Mercy by E.A. Charlton
Into The Sea by Dominic Berry
"Dominic Berry’s poem is a baptism for our modern age. The poem is snatched and breathless with a sense of the sea’s danger in phrases like ‘slash/sharp waves.’ The poet conjures an atmosphere of breathlessness and screams. He is fighting against the very elements for his freedom. The sea pulls him inexorably." - Jane Burn, … Continue reading Into The Sea by Dominic Berry
It’s In The Air by Marc Brightside
In this, the final selection in our 'Difference & Defiance' series by our guest editor Jess Green, the planet defies us and the end is nigh... It’s In The Air The world decided it was time to take a dive, reset the code. Our high street was a dead land, people drowning in their iPods, … Continue reading It’s In The Air by Marc Brightside
Celebrating Change 