Poems in the Park
On Tuesday 26th July there was a poetry
workshop for children on the Band-stand in Sanders Park as part of
the Council's Summer Fun programme. The workshop was led by
local poet Lis Berreen, assisted by Hannah Coulson who is studying
for an English degree.
The children and their parents who attended
were from Bromsgrove, Rubery, Redditch and Worcester and there was
even a visitor from Japan. The age range was from 4 – 10 although
there were a number of younger children who enjoyed colouring
nursery rhyme pictures.
The poems were written in a variety of styles
from free verse to Acrostics and Haikus. Jessie who lives with her
family in Japan wrote and performed her Haiku in Japanese which is
where this form of verse originates.
Some of the children will be accompanying Lis
to the Street Theatre on Wednesday 3rd, 10th
and 17th to perform their poems. All proceeds from the
workshop are going to the ABC Charford project.
The poems are as follows:-
