LIMITED SPACE

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LIMITED SPACE 〰️

with John O’Donoghue

Creative Writing for Wellbeing is devised to help you to feel better, gain new perspectives and be inspired to reimagine your experiences into narrative forms. Drawing on experiences, group exercises and writing games, you will expand your range of expression through exploring the craft of writing.

This is open to all Brighton and Hove residents.

John also delivers Creative Writing for Wellbeing at the Horizon Centre, hosted by our friends at Macmillan Cancer.

Event details

Hove, BN3
Second Wednesday of every month
15:00-17:00

Writing for Wellbeing

Access

If you have access needs, just let us know and we will do our best to help.

A selection of writing from our participants

  • Sonnet 1

    Breathe, don't think about it

    One step at a time, slowly

    Hand on heart, palpitations.

    Stop and look around

    Life is happening in this moment

    People laughing, lounging on the beach

    The stillness of the sea.

    Brings me back to earth

    Gentle reminders not to panic

    Senses picking up the salty air.

    What can I be grateful for right now?

    All can be well I am here

    And I am alive.

  • Castle on a Cloud

    Castle on a cloud, 

    In the damp grey of the morn. 

    Across the downs so green, 

    Sparkling in the dawn. 

    Sky dropped to meet the earth, 

    All is upside down. 

    Castle floating on a cloud, 

    Hidden little town. 

  • Sonnet 2

    Young in an unfamiliar world,

    Wholly alone and unsupported.

    Early adulthood spent in a haze.

    Middle age beckons & decisions to make.

    Relief and clarity prevails,

    With a sense of freedom.

    I can choose whatever I want,

    Without reference to anyone else.

    More change comes forward,

    I feel the inner power rise.

    To meet the challenges,

    Within me and without.

    I permit myself to slow down,

    To discover my true self.

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