Pulchritude — A Villanelle by cjwright We are just chugging through the poems this semester! ‘Pulchritude’, as unpleasant a word as it sounds, funnily enough, means “beauty”. I thought it would be a satisfying title to … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Thursday 10th October 2019
Travel Writing, and a quick review of “With Love, From Rome” by Chloe M. by cjwright I’ve found travel writing quite an interesting form to try out during my Creative Nonfiction class. Recently, we were asked to produce a piece of travelling writing, whether on a … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 24th September 2019
Landay Poems by cjwright For my next trick, a Landay poem! This form, while tricky to nail down at first (and which led to a lot of frustrated syllable-counting on fingers) had a very … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 24th September 2019
Kiss Me Hardy — “In Paris”, a short story by Brigid Lowry review by cjwright A review! Dun, dun, dun. Fortunately, it’s all good things from me. I had the chance to look through the first and second issue of the Kiss Me Hardy magazine, … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Wednesday 11th September 2019
Sonnets Abound by cjwright The latest addition in my poetry exploits — a sonnet! I’ve commonly found when writing poetry that it’s much easier to craft a poem around a story. This poem, I … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | Tuesday 10th September 2019