New Writing SouthCreative Learning Team member Evlynn Sharp worked with patients and staff at The Marlets Hospice in Brighton. The group, who met once a week for four weeks, worked together to create poetry. New Writing South was invited to work with The Martlets through Patcham High School, who had received funding from the Brighton & Hove Spring Forward Adult Learning Festival.
The group created a range of poems over the four weeks, some of them are now to be read at the WatchWords event on 24 March at Jubilee Library Brighton. The event is organised by Robyn Steer, Community Media and Visual Arts Coordinator Patcham High School.
Evlynn said of the project: ‘The staff seemed to gain an appreciation of their own ability to write creatively and to share their work.’
To read some of the poems the group created, please click on the links below.
The Martlets Poems WEEK 1
The Martlets Poems WEEK 2
The Martlets Poems WEEK 3
Helga's Poems
