Writing The Dawn

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Taking a moment to pause and look out your window, or pause on a walk, can help us notice the shifts of time and season. Are you feeling or seeing any changes in the season this week? Is it inspiring any writing or other creative work? Feel free to share with us, we would love to see!

Writing The Dawn@writingthedawn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Yesterday I spent time at Wightwick Manor and Gardens and saw the exhibition The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses. It inspired me to re-read some Christina Rossetti poetry today, and I found a perfect poem for the last day of August about swallows starting their journey south for the winter.

Sunrise-toned quote graphic for Writing the Dawn workshops and coaching, with a sun-and-moon line icon and a swallow in flight silhouetted over a pink and grey sky. Text reads: 'Fly Away, Fly Away Over The Sea. Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun. Christina Georgina Rossetti.' Source credit below: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, by Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893

Yesterday I spent time at Wightwick Manor and Gardens and saw the exhibition The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses. It inspired me to re-read some Christina Rossetti poetry today, and I found a perfect poem for the last day of August about swallows starting their journey south for the winter.

Sunrise-toned quote graphic for Writing the Dawn workshops and coaching, with a sun-and-moon line icon and a swallow in flight silhouetted over a pink and grey sky. Text reads: 'Fly Away, Fly Away Over The Sea. Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun. Christina Georgina Rossetti.' Source credit below: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, by Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893

Taking a moment to pause and look out your window, or pause on a walk, can help us notice the shifts of time and season. Are you feeling or seeing any changes in the season this week? Is it inspiring any writing or other creative work? Feel free to share with us, we would love to see!

Writing The Dawn@writingthedawn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Yesterday I spent time at Wightwick Manor and Gardens and saw the exhibition The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses. It inspired me to re-read some Christina Rossetti poetry today, and I found a perfect poem for the last day of August about swallows starting their journey south for the winter.

Sunrise-toned quote graphic for Writing the Dawn workshops and coaching, with a sun-and-moon line icon and a swallow in flight silhouetted over a pink and grey sky. Text reads: 'Fly Away, Fly Away Over The Sea. Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun. Christina Georgina Rossetti.' Source credit below: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, by Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893

Yesterday I spent time at Wightwick Manor and Gardens and saw the exhibition The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses. It inspired me to re-read some Christina Rossetti poetry today, and I found a perfect poem for the last day of August about swallows starting their journey south for the winter.

Sunrise-toned quote graphic for Writing the Dawn workshops and coaching, with a sun-and-moon line icon and a swallow in flight silhouetted over a pink and grey sky. Text reads: 'Fly Away, Fly Away Over The Sea. Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun. Christina Georgina Rossetti.' Source credit below: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, by Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893

Crumbles! The first nature writing starter pack (go.bsky.app/NXoPc6D) is full! So I've created another, the imaginatively titled: nature writing 2 starter pack. Do keep sending me your suggestions & please share widely. Many thanks.😊

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There are moments when words become more than words—they become fires for the cold, ropes for the lost, and something as necessary as bread. Mary Oliver reminds us that poetry asks for vision, faith, and a willingness to see what words can make possible. Who is your favourite poet?

A scenic mountain landscape at dawn or dusk with clouds and soft golden-blue light. Overlaid black text reads “WRITING THE DAWN — WORKSHOPS & COACHING,” followed by a Mary Oliver quote about poetry being a “life-cherishing force.” A moon-and-sun emblem appears above the title, with the source citation at the bottom.

There are moments when words become more than words—they become fires for the cold, ropes for the lost, and something as necessary as bread. Mary Oliver reminds us that poetry asks for vision, faith, and a willingness to see what words can make possible. Who is your favourite poet?

A scenic mountain landscape at dawn or dusk with clouds and soft golden-blue light. Overlaid black text reads “WRITING THE DAWN — WORKSHOPS & COACHING,” followed by a Mary Oliver quote about poetry being a “life-cherishing force.” A moon-and-sun emblem appears above the title, with the source citation at the bottom.