Dates

As we look forward to the days when we have a bit more freedom, many of us are desperately looking for dates to plan towards - when we can meet up, when we can eat out and when we might even go on holiday. It's good to have something in the diary to look forward to, but at the moment taking things one day at a time and not looking too far ahead may mean we're not too disappointed if plans don't go as we might like them to.

During the last week I celebrated a couple of important dates in the diary - World Poetry Day (21st March) and the first Northern Ireland Writers Day (23rd March) by taking some time to write. And I was delighted that the poem I created on World Poetry Day, aptly called 'I've  a Date', subsequently featured on Inspiration in Isolation's site this week. You can read it here https://www.inspirationinisolation.co.uk/post/i-ve-a-date

And on Northern Ireland Writers Day I was lucky to be able to take part in a Poetry workshop facilitated by Daljit Nagra through the Royal Society of Literature where new writing prompts resulted in a few creative sparks - never before had I thought that 'maths' and poetry could be so closely linked. Watch this space to see what might develop...