Wordsmithery*

For two days only Wordsmithery held a pop-up and drop-in writing retreat in the historic listed shelter in Margate where TS Eliot wrote bits of The Waste Land and in Dreamland.

​

As well as wrapping the shelter in a version of the poem that is 86 feet long - we also had a series of writing prompts and exercises that people could do - or add to our collective poem.

On the second weekend, the weather was inclement, so we moved our base of operations to Dreamland. 

​

Here are some comments about the workshops: 

​

‘I liked that. I didn’t think I could write a poem, but it makes you think, being here.’

​

‘We couldn’t get them out of the arcade and now we can’t get them out of the writing room.’ (Mum with two young teenagers.)

​

‘It’s good sometimes when you’re challenged to do something.’

​

‘Something interesting, creative, just what Margate needs.’