The Writers' Block: Sea Poetry Workshop with Mor Poets Ella Walsworth-Bell & Kate Barden
This workshop takes the sea as our starting point and will draw on our own joyful memories and experiences in and around the coastline.
A series of exercises will strengthen our creative muscles and get us putting pen to paper together. We will add sensory elements to our poems by using natural objects and visual prompts. Anyone – anyone! – can create poetry and gift it to themselves in their own unique voice. Whether you’ve written poetry before or are simply interested in trying something new, this workshop is open to all. Let’s drift away on an ocean of words…
Mor Poets is a collective of women poets living in Cornwall who are inspired to write about the sea. Described as a ‘shoal of mer-poets’, they’ve created a successful anthology- Morvoren- exploring women sea swimming through poems and photographic imagery. They are currently supported by Arts Council England on Mordardh- a surf poetry collection. Mor Poets include: Ella Walsworth-Bell, Kate Barden, Fi Read, Kerry Vincent, Ruth Eggins, Abigail Ottley, Morag Smith, Megan Chapman, Hannah Temme, Ulrike Duran, Polly Roberts. When they’re not writing, they’re usually found out beyond the buoys, in the briny deep.
Date: 21st November 2023, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: The Writers’ Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2QE
Tickets: £15
Book your place here.