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Doorway Writing Group March 2017
Doorway Writing group March 2017A good session – as ever!• We talked about rabbits and fish – well, why ever not?• T and I had an interesting conversation about writers’ […]
Poetry
Doorway Writing Group February 2017
Writing Group February 2017 We had another great writing group session this time. This month’s crossword worked well: guests on all tables contributed by answering clues; R and friend were […]
Doorway Writing Group January 2017
Happy New Year and happy writing/reading! A lovely session! Not a cross word was exchanged although the exchanging of crossword clues did play a major role; sorry for the feeble […]
Doorway Writing Group December 2016
Writing group December 2016 We had another great session. We discussed poems: the importance of rhyme and meter as a driving force; the pros and cons of a freer form […]
Doorway Writing Group November 2016
Another session of our Doorway writing group and lovely it was too! We had some great conversations about language and writing including the (relative) importance of grammar/rules, and the (absolute) […]
A Poem by a Stranger
Doorway Don’t remember me as you last saw me. I was feeling down, rough; useful life past and the present cold, hard, edgy. You see you gave me food, clean […]
Writing Group October 2016
National Poetry Day – 6th October: the perfect day to restart our Doorway writing group! We had a quiet but sincere and productive session. Using a few visual prompts, we […]
Adieu, adieu, adieu.
To you, and you and you. When I started writing this, my last official Doorway Writing Group blog, I was in the throes of moving and was surrounded by removal […]
New Poems by J
Why do dogs bark? Perhaps they know something we humans don’t. Minnie Outside the supermarket shoppers getting into their stride and I’m left with their legs outside and a whirl of […]
The Dogs Need to be Looked After As Well As the Owners
It has become apparent over the years that, during Doorway drop-in sessions, our dogs need to be looked after as well as our guests. Leaving them outside in the cold and […]
It Will Come When It Comes
It will come when it comes Winter is approaching and unless we can escape to the southern hemisphere for a few months we can’t avoid it; the colder weather, the […]
A Poem to K
So Nearly There Painted man, upon your skin Danced pictures of your coloured past Hard on the outside, sweet within Through storm and sunshine you held fast To love of […]
The Corporate Scrouge
Corporate control It’s devouring us Money over love Let’s fight this scourge Governments work for them Business interests Come before the state Let’s fight this scourge Most of humanity’s unaware […]
Doorway, Social Exclusion & the Berlin Wall – Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – Jan 2015
Way way back, 25 years ago, in November 1989 the Berlin wall was brought down by the people of Berlin. Not by the authorities but by the people on both […]
More or Less?
Last blog we featured J’s poem/lyric about the Arlingham Ferry, and, as suggested, J didn’t know if he had finished it. This (I find) is an eternal question regarding any […]
From The Writing Group (yes, the Writing Group)
It has been a quiet but not unproductive season for the writing group. J’s a man of Gloucestershire and the history and topography of the county often occur in his […]
A Farewell to Simon, Chair of the Doorway Board of Trustees
It is with great sadness that we said a fond farewell to Doorway’s Chair of the Board, Canon Simon Tatton-Brown, when he retired from his position at this year’s AGM. […]
The Writing Group: Big Re-Launch
The writing group: big re-launch at Doorway It feels about time although some people may be saying, ‘but why??’ After many months of deep silence surely it would be kinder […]