29 January 2022
Posted by Beth McKeeman
What is love?
Junior Writers - 9 Young Writers - 10
Baby don’t hurt me…
Perhaps that’s a specific joke that will fly over the heads of our young writers. The answers they gave for what is valentines day were near verbatim the same for each group – where people tell everyone that they love people – with a bit added on from the Young Writers about the martyrdom of Saint Valentine.
Also in a nigh on identical list, what types of love are there? Friendship. Family. Romantic (somewhat reluctantly added in by both). Pets (Much more enthusiastically agreed upon). Love for an object or activity. And finally, after a bit of prompting, love for yourself.
With February 14th fast approaching, what better time to write a love poem for any of these - especially when there’s a competition asking for entries.
The Junior Writers had a lot of love to give their pets. We had poems for cats and for dogs, we also had a lot of love for family and ourselves, including a rap.
We then looked at a bigger kind of love through Odes. We can create a picture of love through a different image, by the connections there - such as cake reminding Neel of his sewing group, which he loves, or Eva’s Dad’s burgers being a picture of her familial love, or a stethoscope bringing about the image of Tess’ grandfather.
The deadline for these love poems is the 7th, and more information can be find here.
The Young Writers, as part of their Explore Arts Award, went on a quick hop across to the John Hansard Gallery to look at Derek Jarman’s work - a prolific diarist who inspired the diary competition we started last week.
Derek Jarman was a gardener, photographer, artist, film maker, and diarist. We had the pleasure of seeing some of his photography and paintings. The repetitive focus on his garden in his pictures was a big talking point for our writers, how he used different angles to create images of the same thing in new ways, and a painting of a spider caused quite the stir.
Another artist on display was Niamh O’Malley, a modern art sculpture artist. We were asked to think about how her art made us feel, and how we thought the pieces would physically feel even though we weren’t allowed to touch them.
Go to the John Hansard Gallery this February to check them out for yourself, I’m sure any of our young writers who are planning to use Derek Jarman for their Explore Arts Award will find their way back there.
Archive
Junior & Young Writers Week 3: Return From The Magical World
Junior & Young Writers Week 2: African Mythology
Problems, Problems, Problems...
Cautionary Tales & Christmassy Opening Lines
You've Gotta Have Pace, Pace, Pace
Junior & Young Writers Week 1: Alien Encounters
Junior & Young Writers: Week 5 - Play on Words Pt. 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 - end of term showcase [build a bard workshop]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 - Greek Theatre - chorus stories
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 - Greek Origin Stories - Spring
Rubber Ducks & Writing Festivals
Junior & Young Writers: Week 7 - Greek Hero Stories [the 12 labours of Hercules]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 12 [Wild Words] - Stuff & Things
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 [Wild Words] - World Building 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 [Wild Words] - World Building
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 [Wild Words] - Mystery & Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior & Young Writers: Week 8 [Wild Words] - Spooky Sequels & Potion Poems
Junior & Young Writers – Week 10 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Final Showcase
Junior & Young Writers – Week 9 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Editing & Performance Tips
Junior & Young Writers – Week 8 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Cuteness
Time goes on by Tavinder Kaur New
Junior & Young Writers – Week 7 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Natural Solutions
Junior & Young Writers – Week 6 (Writers’ Inspiration) – The Language of Fruit and Veg
Junior & Young Writers – Week 5 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Adventures In Space
Tinklebobs and Bedraggled Angles
Junior & Young Writers – Week 4 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Our Environment
Fortune Tellers & Future Letters
Junior & Young Writers – Week 3 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Home
Young Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Junior Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Young Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Young Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Junior Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Young Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Junior Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Young Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers – Week 5 (The Art of Writing) – Poetry
Young Writers - Week 5 (The Art of Writing) - Poetry Potions
Edward The Martyr - A Competition!
Mood Boards and Postcards from Space
Young Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Junior Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Moomin Stories and Hollywood Pitches
Young Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Junior Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Prompts, Dialogues, and Cliché
Story Structure Part One: Exposition and Beyond...
Young Writers - Week 1 (The Art of Writing) - Character
Young Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Junior Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Young Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Junior Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Young Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Junior Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
