Last week I went to my first poetry slam. I've never written or read poetry before and always felt it wasn't for me and that I wouldn't get it. But I enjoy new learning experiences and would like to do more writing so I thought why not? Plus a creative friend who I admire had …
A Commitment
In Spring I began to question. I questioned my ideas: Is this a good idea? Is this useful and helpful right now? My decisions: Someone else will come up with a better decision, right? And my instinctive thoughts: Is this the right thing to do in this moment? Is this the best thing to say? I began to reflect …
The Golden Lake
By Brian, Margaret, Shirley, Amy, George, Doris, Kay, Margaret, Joyce, Morah, Kathleen, Rebecca & Lucy I think it’s interesting It’s glowing like the sun It’s smooth, spectacular and shimmering I think it’s sparkly It’s a dress that would suit you twirling around, You in the middle and it swirling round you A …
We Danced – 3 year intergenerational project reflections
Since January 2016 Tuesdays have been a We Danced day. For three years on a Tuesday we have danced, laughed, sung, dressed up, decorated, drawn, written, touched, squeezed, hugged, sparkled, sprinkled, narrated, moved, heard, listened, talked, whispered, exchanged, remembered and imagined. The format for this project has developed over time. We began in the first …
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Lucy Haighton 