“A great way of focusing on words and thoughts that arise and engage the emotions.”
On Sunday I was invited to be a part of The School of Economic Science's Inspiration Day; Words, Words, Words.
“The exchange of thinking was lovely because I felt it.”
I ran three Poetry Games workshops during the day and some interesting, moving and often profound poems were constructed. I offered poems on themes of relationships, emotions, travel, food, nature and creativity that were combined with a selection of pages from sustainability related texts.
“It sort of made me realise that I can somehow write poetry too and give some meaning and voice to disparate thoughts.”
It was a lovely day and the feedback provided an insight into people's relationship with their personal creativity, the ability for poetry to focus our thoughts, often those that come from a subconscious level and the enjoyment gained from participating as a group.
“The playfulness of the session. How creativity was easy to access and concentration wasn’t difficult (very creative and fun)...It was easy to express feeling with a feel of self-control rather than feeling overwhelming feeling.”
Below are a selection of the finished poems...
