#ecological writing

[theenglishnook]

What happens when a landscape disappears—and the words used to describe it begin disappearing too? Discover how John Clare preserved rural England through poetry, dialect, and extraordinary attention to nature.

Birth of John Clare (1793–1864) — Giving Voice to Nature and Rural English

[musingsfromastonehead]

Cut-Run-Break

Cut-Run-BreakHeat lies flat on grit.Stone to stone, light glints.I move in cuts:short, angled,stop-start lines.Belly takes warmth.Legs place, lift, place.Tail flickers after.Tongue-flick—dust, resin,ant-trace, dry.Between stones:gap, edge, gap.I fit the small breaks.Bug home sits:scaled shadow,no threat.Run.Cut.Run——stop.Ground shifts, shudder-shakes.Tall-shadow crosses light,does not belong to…

Cut-Run-Break

[wonderfrancis]

Six ways to engage local communities through creative writing at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow

From left to right: Elizabeth, Priyanka, Sophie, Tim Hewitt, and a volunteer in front of St Mary’s A few years ago St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow, in north east London was carefully and beautifully restored. Today it is an extraordinary community hub, with a welcoming cafe, an active programme of events, and award winning gardens, named Best London Churchyard in Bloom 2023. It is full of creative…

Six ways to engage local communities through creative writing at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow