Creative workshops where participants can relax, listen, and respond.
Poetry encourgages freedom of expression. It gives us a creative way to think about how we see ourselves and the world around us. It gives us time and space to explore our thoughts, feelings and memories and set down our words.
If you’re looking for a poet who can bring poetic positivity to your setting then please get in touch. Bespoke workshops can be created to meet the needs of your organisation or to celebrate a specific theme or event.
Here’s the National Poetry Day 2026 poem on the theme of Wonder, written and recorded by residents at a Retirement Village:
GOD’S MOVING THE FURNITURE AROUND
and the clouds are banging together
and there’s no rain in The Grand Canyon
and mum’s covering all the knives and forks
while we’re looking out at all the lightning.
Siblings are top and tailing
safe under the covers where it’s dark.
And the lady that was struck by lightning
still sits in the doorway every time it storms
to see if it will strike her again.
And we know not to shelter
under the trees on the golf course.
And we’re counting the seconds
until the lightning comes
and we’re finding the direction of the rain.
We’re putting on our macs
and dancing away the blackness.
We’re loud, we’re noisy, we’re right here.
Click below to listen to the audio recording:
Testimonials
Thank you, Sue, for spending your time with the residents of Hollymere on National Poetry Day.
Tracey & Maria
The residents enjoyed listening to your original pieces of poetry.
The writing activity you so kindly brought helped the residents create their own poems; which we are typing up ready to display.
The afternoon also encouraged residents to talk more about their experiences and created a lovely buzz around the building.
All of the residents would love for you to come back and do it all again – as would we!
Your love of the written word is truly inspirational.
The Dining Room @ Hollymere
