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08 June 2024

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Junior & Young Writers – Week 7 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Natural Solutions

Hi Writers,


We began the session with our usual check-in, sharing our current reading, and a quick game of 'Buzzy Bees'

We also played new improv games to warm up and get our creative juices going: 'Going to the Store to buy 3 things', and 'Build a Machine'


Then we dug in to a challenge set by writer, Louisa Adjoa Parker:

  • Write a poem or poems imagining natural solutions to problems caused by the climate crisis

We read a few example poems addressing this subject, and saw very creative and interesting ideas.

Then we drafted some pieces, thinking about Nature, and imagining wonderful, wacky and weird inventions & solutions that could help the World and address some of the environmental issues we face today.

The groups created some amazing work. Bringing ideas to life with excellent imagery.


On the Hill

by Louisa Adjoa Parker


And I climbed to the top of the hill

and stood still, surveying the land

as if it was mine, and the earth

was green velvet dotted with pearls

and the wind nudged at my spine

and nipped at my ears, and a truth

came to me that the world wasn’t ours

but we belong to the earth

and we belong to these hours

and the choices we make now

matter more than before

and my feet grew white roots

that touched the earth’s core

and my shoulders grew wings

and I found I could fly

and the wind carried me higher

till my head brushed the sky

and as my roots trailed beneath me

in a white twisted dance

I looked up at the stars

as though in a trance

and began falling towards

green velvet dotted with pearls

and the wind stroked my cheeks

and the wind, like a hand,

cradled me gently,

before placing me back on the land.



See you next week



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