Creative Writing for Young People by Cardiff Youth Service https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7 Made with an open mind en-us 2021-02-09 09:49:59 UTC 2026-03-11 05:09:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Song lyrics are poetry https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1191936760 Think about your favourite song. Look at it's lyrics and try to find the poetic devices in it. For example, what imagery does it use and what effect does it have?

You can search for a song on www.genius.com and clicking on certain lyrics will explain them]]> 2021-02-11 12:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1191936760 "10 Most Common Literary Devices" (apparently!) https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1252468657 Using these will take your creative writing to the next level]]> 2021-03-01 11:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1252468657 Write about a clear memory https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264301792 Write about a memory you have and try to make the reader feel as if they were there. Describe the sounds, smells, colours and how you felt. How can you recreate that setting with your words?]]> 2021-03-03 15:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264301792 It is the writing you want it to be https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264353155 Creative writing is writing with freedom. Express yourself. You can paint a picture through your words.]]> 2021-03-03 15:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264353155 A day in the life https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264374508 2021-03-03 15:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264374508 "I had never seen anything like this" https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264408087 That's your first line sorted!]]> 2021-03-03 15:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264408087 Easy way to write a poem! https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264506681 Just write whatever is in your head for 2 minutes and don't stop! Then you can edit the writing - arrange into stanzas aka verses, take things out, change the order, add descriptive words and rhymes, etc. You'll have a poem in front of you! Maybe you won't like what you've written but it is great writing practice.]]> 2021-03-03 16:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264506681 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264569470 This is a mind blowing short story, that does something so interesting with language.]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264569470 Lost Voices by Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264589079 2021-03-03 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264589079 Butterflies by me! https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264601850 Poetry can be conversational and you don't need to follow traditional rules ]]> 2021-03-03 16:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264601850 The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264636075 2021-03-03 16:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1264636075 Try write an acrostic poem! https://padlet.com/CardiffYouthService/21xhglyfvw7sprh7/wish/1647607183 Write a poem starting with the first letters of a name, here is an example I wrote:

Majestic in motion
Elegant in attack
Greatness
Audacious
Never holds back

Representation
Always unapologetically herself
Political
Iconic
Never a doubt
Obliterating hate
Equality for all, that’s what she states
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