At The Bend In The River

John Fox CPT

 An inspiring, thought-provoking day today at the beautiful Hawkwood College on the outskirts of Stroud. Eleven of us from a wide geographical area joined the American poetry therapist John Fox for a workshop entitled "At The Bend In The River", reading the work of very different poets from all points of the globe and writing some of our own. A good opportunity to focus on writing around one particular topic (rivers), but especially useful for really listening to other people's work - having the time and space to home in on words and phrases which were personally meaningful for us as individuals. A day was nowhere near enough, of course; I so hope that John will come back to the UK before too long and that I shall have another chance to learn from him and enjoy his company again.