This is why.. I sometimes question the value of connection. The value of employment. The value of love. But today I met a good new friend, we spoke about the […]
The third year of poetic community
Existing and loving the poetic ether of another year of a community, forming and disbanding like a flower that blooms for just a day. We have had the third year […]
The poetic buddy bench
This week has been spent thinking, reflecting, and preparing for the next poetry symposium. I have looked all the way back to the opening blogs available on the blog space
Words with Wings
I feel it is vital to keep engaging with the students learning story. Recently, within a module of the nursing degree pathway, we had the chance to open the learning […]
What is it like to always be catching your breath?
This blog is aimed to challenge our thinking about creative curriculum design. Alternative learning experiences at university.
The Door
I have always loved poetry. Some of my earliest and most treasured memories are of my Granddad reading poetry to me before bed. Poetry isn’t age-appropriate, it doesn’t have a sticker […]
Dancing amongst the stars asking ‘who will come dance with me and forget who is watching’
‘When you open yourself to the view of others it’s a risk. Much like the poem at the end of this post suggests ‘at times we will not open our […]
The Poetic Nursing Heart challenged me emotionally
The challenges I have taken on, endured and enjoyed in my life have generally been physical ones. If there is a medal, I will run it! But when it comes […]
Awaken, woke and internationally focused
I studied some of the poetry written by soldiers in World War 1 for “A” level English. I can still remember some of the lines; “Dulce et decorum est pro […]
The connection across the Atlantic through prose
Dawn an educator in America was particularly struck by the ‘student’s voice – blog’ which was an insight into Cathi Leah’s Inpression of value of prose in care. Linking to […]