Arji Manuelpillai

Create #20: Writing a List Poem

There are many different ways to tell a story. Simon Armitage is an amazing storyteller, often finding new and exciting ways to tell a story in his poems. Look at the…

Remote poetry in Stradbroke

Poet Arji Manuelpillai has been running a remote poetry residency in Stradbroke, inviting local residents to select an image from the Stradbroke Village Archive and then creating a poem in…

Create #12: Home is …

In this activity, we are looking at the things we associate with our home. It is inspired by an amazing poem I read by the Somali poet, Warsan Shire. Warsan…

Create #6: These Are the Hands

Inspired by the brilliant poet and writer, Michael Rosen, and the series of poems he wrote celebrating the NHS, this activity gets us thinking about our hands and the stories…

Create#6 These are the Hands written by Ellen

One of our participants sent in a poem based on Arji’s activity. As the format also contains images, we thought we’d share it with you as a PDF document, so…