Dorset poetry walks and workshops
FREE series of gentle poetry walks and workshops connecting creativity to nature in Dorset parks and green spaces. These are run through the…
Author: Black Ven
Creative Writing walks at Swanage Pier
Tues 4th June/ Weds 26th June/ Tues 30th July 10.30am-12pm Join me for a new season of creative writing walks at Swanage Pier:…
Nature Poem: Tree Talk by S.E Acton
This tree spoke into the evening haze, bridging boundary breezes, talking in and out of clamouring leaves. Its cloak the length of light,…
Sea Poem: Sea Quenching by S.E.Acton
Slipping on ice-steel socks, sinking into shingled thoughts;- I’m iron-blood dripped into shimmering depths. Sword legs glide through long ago relics, and…
Black Ven monthly poetry workshops
Monthly two hour poetry workshops exploring creative ideas to develop poetry on the page and on stage. A series of practical workshops to…
Fox She: a poem reflecting The Fox Woman storytelling by Martin Shaw
A poem in response to a telling by Martin Shaw, of The Fox Woman. I loved the story back in April, but I’m…
Gig Rowing in Earthlines Issue 16: Black Ven
I am proud and so very thrilled to be published in Earthlines magazine this issue. My piece is a meditation on gig rowing…
poem: Old Soul
Another week passes and I read, write…but what? no dreams? No. I am dreamless this week. A state of routine daily grind and…
Ebb and Flow: on reading to write, and poetry
All writers learn by reading to write. It’s study journeying into the deep art of the beast. The more we read, the more…