Voices From the Graveyard Another place you might visit to find inspiration for a poem is an old graveyard. One of the peculiar aspects of these places is the possibility that you will experience different emotions and hear perhaps a variety of different ‘voices'. In the time taken travelling and arriving at the graveyard these things may have already been occurring. What particular emotions, ideas or thoughts does this place evoke in you? What ‘voices’ do you hear or are you aware of since coming here? What ‘things’ have you brought with you to this place in the way of past or present experience that are perhaps given a new focus or emphasis today? What future happenings or expectations, dr
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Writing a Poem from a Piece of Art Work This can be a very creative and interesting subject for writing a poem There are many approaches that you can take: You might decide to tell the ‘story’ of the painting. You might decide to tell part of the ‘story’ of the painting. In other words you select a detail from the painting rather than the whole picture. You select a character from the painting and write about them. Your poem could focus then only on the person you have selected and have nothing much more to do with the painting. You might select something in the poem that is inanimate (without life)e.g. a bowl of fruit, an umbrella, a car, a piece of clothing, a house and use that as a focus
