105th & Broadway Sky blue, interspersed with clouds goading easterly, coastal wind. Birds: a pair, fly and swoop; pigeons pecking, scattering. Buildings weathered but not beaten, red bricked ominous amongst the throng, high-rise, windows gaping shadows loom down from existing sun. Gum polluted pavements. Broadway. Flip flops, trainers, sandals walk. Cracks, uneven painted faces, parloured … Continue reading Assignment 1
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Poetry in Motion
Poetry can't be that hard, I thought to myself. How wrong I was. I found this part of the course a struggle. My main problem was trying NOT to make it rhyme. I tried to pay attention to alliteration and assonance, hoping that I would transform my notes into beautifully mellifluous lines, but I'm not … Continue reading Poetry in Motion
Duly Noted
As I slowly progress through these exercises I realise that I should do a bit of reading. I've taken into account Alan Bennett's Writing Home and Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary but truthfully speaking I'm not sure I want to. I've tried writing journals before, indeed I spent three months faithfully doing Julia Cameron's The … Continue reading Duly Noted
I Dreamed A Dream
It's finally happened; I can dream on. After a couple of dreamless nights I've recorded a dream, albeit somewhat strange, in my trusty notebook to be the source of my first exercise. Hallelujah! I admit I was beginning to worry - the last dream I can remember featured Will Smith (??) and his son, Jaden … Continue reading I Dreamed A Dream
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