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Category Archives: Poetry
Doorway Writing Group Winter 2019
We’ve had our usual fun with crosswords and have tried out a variety of word puzzles including the ever-popular word searches. Guests have said that it’s good to keep their brains busy and that they find it therapeutic. That’s nice … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group. summer 2019
Doorway Writing Group, summer 2019 Over the last few months our guests have been continuing to engage with the group crosswords and word searches, while also trying their hand at a new ‘word bubble puzzle’ which has proved popular. This … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group May 2019
We had another good session at our writing group this month. The crossword we were doing in a little group had some nice old-fashioned words in it which were pretty fun to talk about: What on earth is a rumpus? … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group March/April 2019
Doorway Writing Group March/April 2019 We’ve had a good few contented word searchers these last couple of sessions – especially popular was the combined gapfill and wordsearch on different types of fish. There’s clearly no plaice that warms the sole … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group November/December 2018
Doorway Writing Group November/December 2018 Here’s just a super-quick post to round off our year with the Doorway Writing Group. The last couple of sessions have been characterised by some lovely teamwork and solidarity, guests and volunteers grouping together to … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group July/August 2018
Doorway Writing Group July/August 2018 Where does an English children’s author share letters with a mapmaker or a venomous snake cross paths with a river nymph? Well, where else but in the monthly Doorway Writing Group crossword? Alongside word searches … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group June 2018
Doorway Writing Group June 2018 This month’s session was comparatively busy. A grand total of seven guests engaged with the word searches and a selection of the crossword clues. At the writing table, the topic of adult literacy classes came … Continue reading
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Doorway Writing Group May 2018
Doorway Writing Group May 2018 The wordsearches on the sights of London and different types of sports were fairly popular this month and our crossword served to challenge and baffle a number of our guests and volunteers in customary fashion. … Continue reading
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Public Property
Homeless and vulnerable people are not public property! Just saying ….. I’m living on the street, that does not make Me yours to feed with food I do not eat Though I may lay my hat before your feet … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, doorwayproject, Homelessness, privacy, publicproperty, sonnet
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Doorway Writing Group April 2018
Doorway Writing Group April 2018 This month’s word searches on wild birds and wild flowers proved quite popular and opened up a few interesting conversations: had anyone ever seen a guillemot and what did one even look like? A number … Continue reading
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