Suffolk Day 2020

Picture a Suffolk scene in your mind. It could be a landscape you know well or a building you love or something you overheard in the street. This could be at a favourite time of year or particular time of day.

You’re ready now to write your Suffolk Cando, the local version of a ‘limerick’ or ‘haiku’.

Dunt yew wurry, any ol’one ‘cando’ it.

A Suffolk Cando usually has four lines. It can rhyme here and there, if you want.

One line is usually a question and thas roight nice if you get a bit of Suffolk in, y’know talk proper.

Instructions

The title is the name of the scene and here’s some other things you could include (in any order).

1. First thing you notice.
   E.g. Early spring / pheasants in the garden
2. Something you know about the place.
   E.g. We’ve had no rain / you should go there sit down sit still
3. What’s going on in the scene.
   E.g. Everything budding /a pheasant that perches high
4. A question.
   E.g. How did it get so green? Is there anywhere more peaceful?
5. When you’ve got your poem together think about what you might choose to write it on.We’ve had a rummage in the shed and found some unusual objects that in some cases fit the words quite well. The bike saddle was just asking to be transformed into a bird head and I couldn’t resist using the soil on the wheelbarrow as part of the design.On the other hand you could just find a piece of old wood or cardboard and write up your poem in an eye-catching way. You might also find some old cans of household paint that work a treat on most surfaces. Otherwise acrylics, felt tips, marker pens and chalk will do the job.
6. Final step … display your poem outside your house or in your window where passers-by can enjoy it on Suffolk Day. Maybe it can go next to an NHS rainbow or on the doorstep or hedge.

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