Najma Heybe: A Conversation With a Bird
Najma Heybe is 26-years old and an aspiring poet. She was born in Somalia and moved to Sheffield with her...
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Susan Hunter Downer: There’s No Easy Way to Say This
Susan Hunter Downer was born in Birmingham to Jamaican parents and has lived in Sheffield for 20 years. She had...
Wemmy Ogunyankin: If Our Eyes Were Closed
Wemmy is a Creative Copywriter passionate about exploring the power of words, images and their stories. She loves telling a...
Trish Chester: Lockdown
I’m not in the UK at the moment so it’s highly likely my experience of lockdown has been somewhat different!...
Joan Ellis: The Practice of Poetry
It was November 2018 when I attended a Nature and Well-being course run by Connected Worlds. I wasn't sure and...
Cerowyn Browne: Cry Baby
There are days when I am sad There is me, and there is sadness We sit side by side, and...
Mary Bottomley: Lockdown poem
Lockdown L stands for lonely even though I am married O stands for feeling like a outcast and not fitting...
Cerowyn: Lockdown Poetry Workshop
I have created this poetry workshop to help get your creative juices flowing and get you writing poems about your...
Group Poem: Unvisited
https://youtu.be/8Vbor1a2rek 'Unvisited' written by Joan Ellis, Rachel Burton, Juliet Mcdonald and Shirin Teifouri. Photo by Juliet Mcdonald. In particular, Connected...
Group Poem: Turning Still
https://youtu.be/W8yG4ueOJcQ Poetry written by Juliet McDonald, Joan Ellis, Rachel Matthews Burton and Shirin Teifouri.Artwork by Joan Ellis.Poem is recited by...