This morning's session can only be described as deeply nourishing. There is no shortage of poetry about spring but we settled on Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins
to start with. We used the line
weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush
for our first prompt and went in many directions from there.
After a relaxing few minutes of mindfulness from the skilled Tara Dakini (thank you Tara) we visited the lesser known poem by Rabbie Burns:
O were my Love yon Lilac fair by Robert Burns
From just two minutes of writing our Angie comes up with not one but TWO pieces like this:
selected line from poem - "And I a bird to shelter there"
Breath moves
with breast
to ear pressed
we rest
like lovebirds
sheltered in a nest
Angie Strachan ©
LAPIDUS
If any of you are not members of Lapidus International yet
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There is an annual fee but please be aware this membership is not prerequisite for Water Story. However it does give you a warm sense of belonging to an international creative writing body along with regular newsletters and resources - click the logo there to sample them.
It is Lapidus Scotland that makes all our Words Work Well for All projects possible; there are loads of free resources on this website (which is currently being revamped) and you can subscribe here to receive their newsletter.
LAPIDUS AGM (Zoom) - Thursday 25th June from 5:30pm
to start with. We used the line
weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush
for our first prompt and went in many directions from there.
After a relaxing few minutes of mindfulness from the skilled Tara Dakini (thank you Tara) we visited the lesser known poem by Rabbie Burns:
O were my Love yon Lilac fair by Robert Burns
From just two minutes of writing our Angie comes up with not one but TWO pieces like this:
selected line from poem - "And I a bird to shelter there"
Breath moves
with breast
to ear pressed
we rest
like lovebirds
sheltered in a nest
Angie Strachan ©
LAPIDUS
If any of you are not members of Lapidus International yet
this is the page where you can join.
There is an annual fee but please be aware this membership is not prerequisite for Water Story. However it does give you a warm sense of belonging to an international creative writing body along with regular newsletters and resources - click the logo there to sample them.
It is Lapidus Scotland that makes all our Words Work Well for All projects possible; there are loads of free resources on this website (which is currently being revamped) and you can subscribe here to receive their newsletter.
LAPIDUS AGM (Zoom) - Thursday 25th June from 5:30pm
LAPIDUS Webinar with Kim Stafford - Thursday 25th June from 7:00pm
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