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Ely Writers like to write things – and sometimes we even like people to read what we’ve written.

Please enjoy reading the projects we’ve shared here.

Inspired by The Stone Cross in March

On old black and white photo of the base and bottom of The Old Stone cross in March, Cambridgeshire; the cross is really just a stump. There's a building in the background.

Bang attended an Artemis Writers workshop on fenland folklore, where she was inspired to write a wonderful poem.Read Inspired by The Stone Cross in March in full “Inspired by The Stone Cross in March”

In the garden

During lockdown, Greg started a creative writing course, and one of the modules was to write the opening page of a book in the first person from the protagonist’s POV.Read In the garden in full “In the garden”

The South Downs Way

The South Downs Way is one hundred miles of uphill and downhill, especially on the part just west of Eastbourne, where Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters crumpled together to form a chalky terror.Read The South Downs Way in full “The South Downs Way”

Pylons and Poplars

Pylons and Poplars is the development of a series of poems, not quite haiku, that I started during Ely Writers Day 2018.Read Pylons and Poplars in full “Pylons and Poplars”

Special box

We were set the task of writing about a special box. This is what I wrote.Read Special box in full “Special box”

Lonely Cloud

I wrote a poem at school on an old typewriter once. Here it is.Read Lonely Cloud in full “Lonely Cloud”