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Edited by Jim McCrory, Saturday, 29 June 2024, 14:19

A Good Piece of writing is like a beautiful image; it invites you in.



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Come now, stop stroking your phone and sign out of Instagram and Facebook and get something eternal down in writing.

Do you need an inspiring prompt? What's happening in this pretty Japanese town?

How about ‘The Light Streams In’ By Tomas Tranströmer, the Swedish poet/psychologist?

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/light-streams/

Do you ever walk through a graveyard and form a story in your head regarding a few details on the burial stone? Come on, we’ve all did it, right? Well what's the story her with these “Hanging coffins” ?

Mysterious Ancient Tradition Of 'Hanging Coffins' - MessageToEagle.com

 Too hard? What about captured nature in a Haiku? The West Wind Whispered by R.M.Hansard.

10 Incredible Haiku Poems You Have To Read - Poem Analysis

Okay, not inspired. What about a children’s story? What do you imagine here?

How Gyo Fujikawa Drew Freedom in Children’s Books | The New Yorker

So, get something down. I would love to read what you came up with: 

Happy writing

 

 

 

 

 

 


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