Random words - tumble, behold, accident, squares, neslte, embed, lavish

I tumble through the days, not stopping to ask for directions. Moving through rooms, bumping gently into walls, careening absently. My arms encasing my precious cargo.

When she cries, the people of the world stop and turn, eyes wide, shocked at the sound. I am amoung them. The noise prickles my ears and back. She is an angry sight to behold. Red faced and furious at the confines of her tiny baby shaped prison. We shush her gently, the people of the world and I, reassuring in our clucks and croons. Singing "Old MacDonald" gently as the fury abates.

I find, by accident, that the baby is calm outside the house. Our ghosts sulk on the stairs, frowning and muttering to themselves. The weather is warm and I place her beneath the washing line. Her eyes follow the white squares of muslin floating prettliy on the breeze. A small frown moving accross her face when I pause between verses of her favourite nursery rhyme. 

Our days become longer, but less routine. Sleep is snatched when we can find it. One day I am nestled cozily in a rabbit hole, the next between the drain pipe and the wall. I don't mind. It's a good skill to learn. My grandmother calls to say she used to sleep on a washing line and the image floats around my mind for weeks.

When the baby begins to sit up we truly stake our claim on the outside world. We take our blanket to the grassy part of the garden, near the burgandy bows of the acer tree and embed ourselves in the afternoon sunhine. She plays with ice cubes, lavishly exploring them with her mouth and toes. Frowning furiously when they melt until more are plopped into her cup by a passing seagull.

More creative writing sessions for Autumn

We're pleased to announce some new dates for Creative Writing sessions hosted at our studio in the beautiful Victoria Works in Chalford, Stroud.

The dates are;

Monday 7th September to Monday 12th October (six weeks)
12.30pm - 2.30pm

Wednesday 9th September to Wednesday 14th October (six weeks)
6.30pm - 8.30pm

The cost is £65 per person for the six two hour sessions

Booking is essential via the blog or clevermonty@gmail.com or give me a call on 07791 129718

Happy writing :)

Random words - conspiracy, shade, collide, honey, bleak, tease

The trees are in a conspiracy. Their green leaves rude with chlorophyll, mocking we mortals below who rest gently in their shade. I squint up at them, languishing in the whispers of the wind. I catch words as they collide, creating poetry from the shivers I can hear. I sigh and they sigh back. I rest my head and close my eyes so I may hear them better. Honey coated words, some brash like dropped saucepans, others deep and milky. I lay with my palms against the ground, hearing their stories for the first time. The elder howls a bleak reprise. Scorned by her lover, lamenting her loss through the earth and wind. The oak teases her, singing sweetly of summers past and springtimes to come. I am lost in their echos. A leaf on the breeze.

Random words

I've set myself a daily challenge to write something everyday (aside from my moring pages - more on that to come). The best way to fall into the creative flow for me is to begin writing from random words. There are numerous websites which throw out random words for writers. My favourite is; http://www.wordgenerator.net/random-word-generator.php

I propbably won't post one every day, but perhaps one per week (I'll pick my favourite to share).

I'm intregued by the different tools people use to step into their own creative flow. What's yours?