Creative Writing

GCSE English tuition Manchester, Bolton and bury: The plasticine men two.

This  plasticine man was small and had a pair of purple legs with green feet and a very round yellow head with orange hair.The others were only one colour. Uniform and collected in their boxes next to his  computer. George was still thinking about the eyes. He looked up, at disappointing rain through the window and [...]

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Carol Ann Duffy’s Demeter inspired this story about Shapes!

Carol Ann Duffy’s Demeter is one of my favourite poems and moves me intensely. I think its position at the close of Duffy’s The World’s Wife is essential as it reminds us that reconciliation is still possible. It is a love poem and the rush of feeling  Duffy communicates about the return of her child make [...]

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George goes for a walk.

‘Where are you going?’ Such a simple question. Yet the man who asked George was not a simple man. He was eager to talk because he had lost many things; money, wives, houses, friends and  George had seen the books left lying around, with bright titles promising change in 10 steps. Perhaps this question  was [...]

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Writing Demeter: Looking for Sydney Carton

George wanted  some one to answer his question about love and Demeter, but his Aunt was dead and no one else knew his soul. So he leant against the kitchen door post, and pretended to be Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities, because he was a hero and neither  the French Revolution nor  the guillotine [...]

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Refuge: Surprise

On they went together. Rose and this strange boy and his dog. It felt like a pilgrimmage somehow, but no one had a notion why they had decided to take this path or where for that matter they were going. ‘Blame me’, Rose remarked to the boy. ‘I have never learnt to spell surprise properly. In [...]

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Promise: Katherine Mansfield’s Final Adventure?

Promise: Katherine Mansfield’s Final Adventure. These pieces were scattered about on my blog and I felt they needed uniting with each other  in order to make more sense and coherence of the ‘lastness’ that permeated all parts of this triad. In fact as I type I know there are many more fragments of Katherine Mansfield’s [...]

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Refuge: Rose’s Mother.

Rose’s mother was called Carol and she spent most of her day in a large airy office at the top of the house, guarded from her family by a stained  glass door decorated with bright flowers. Sometimes the family would take it in turns to guess her movements inside . Everything within  seemed  blurred and misshapes teased watchers. [...]

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Living with autism by Lorraine Farrimond

So Many routines and rituals bring you comfort. Yet they throw the world of others into chaos . Everything is black and white.   Right or wrong.   You are protected in your world by your thoughts A world few can comprehend and one you can’t even extend.   Emotional destruction is all around yet you [...]

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Alfred’s beach barbecue: Refuge

Alfred was watching the smoke raise from his cooking. Surrounded by sand. He stood tall on his two legs, both paws deeply accustomed to the soft sand and the sea air that gave his small fire oxygen. His nose twitched. Food was always welcome and not always predictable. He was no seer. And he did [...]

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A Testimonial Poem by Lorraine Farrimond

I came to you advanced in years No qualifications, no real aspirations. But University now beckons, a chance, thanks to you, an inspiration a strength out of the blue. I will always remember the things that you have taught me Phil Larkin’s “Home” Deep and meaningful with a suggested archaic tone. Charles Dickens Miss Havisham Stink [...]

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