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Glimpses
We used this technique to encourage children to look closely at specific details in specific locations during our Autumn hedgerow walk. It also provided an opportunity for identification of plants and creatures, showing the power of knowing the name of what you're describing - not just plant but woody nightshade! Such a short form can be inviting to less confident writers and it begins to develop the idea that 'A poem is the most powerful thing you can say in the shortest possible space'. (Charles Causley). Guidelines:
Throughout the workshops we encouraged participants to play with ideas, words, materials. The two poems below were also written after the hedgerow walk. Both show this element of play with what the writers had seen and learned. The Amazing Hedge Denver
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