On Friday 9th November, in Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, United Kingdom, we welcomed Donna Worthington who led Rudiments (Year 8) pupils in spiritual creative writing workshops; taking inspiration from Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem « Windhover ». This visit coincided with the Stonyhurst Literary Festival at the College.
The children used objects and images from nature and the Stonyhurst Collections (finding God in all things) to stimulate their writing.
The children showed real potential with their poetry writing which was skillfully revealed by Donna (faith-filled in themselves and in the beauty of God’s creation).
Butterfly
By Seb
Delicate
Mystical
Majestic
Fluttering like a windswept leaf
The fire-orange streaks
Across the sky
Stopping for only the best of flowers
The air
Its road tonight.
The Wolf
By Kai
A thousand hairs
None alike
Warmth and security
Paranoid pain
Snow white to miserable grey
Shell
By Jim
An elf’s shield
Makes goblins feel depressed
Water, light
Give it rest
Lily
By Natasha
Colour of angels
Smooth and unique
Loves Rain
Lovely lily
Bursting out
Ice healer
Sea Shell
By James
Silver
Smooth
Mermaids, krakens
Who would be frightened
Water, light
Infests this thing
This silver pearl
Spiral Sea shell
By Therese
I see the shell
Soft
Warm and shiny
Varieties of colours shining at me
The whooshing of the sea sounds in my ear
Like a staircase leading me to somewhere unknown
It captivates me
Sending me to places long forgotten
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