The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by author Cynthia Rogerson, still continue to meet remotely during 2021 while COVID-19 restrictions are ongoing. We are delighted to share these two poems by group member, Sheila Lockhart, who also provided the featured photograph. Things I didn’t know I loved after Nazim Hikmet…
Forget your lockdown blues and come and have some fun at Moniack Mhor in October. We have two events, ‘If Streets Could Talk …’ (Oct 12th-14th) and ‘Rhythm and Poetry: Rap, Hip-hop and Spoken Word’ (Oct 19th-21st), open to care experienced young people aged 14-26. View flyers for full info,…
Our young writers have been participating in online workshops #wordsonwednesdays during lockdown. We asked if they’d be happy for us to share some of their responses to tasks set by the workshop leaders. Here is the next in the series, by Gary MacLennan, inspired by exercises set by John Glenday.…
Our young writers have been participating in online workshops #wordsonwednesdays during lockdown. We asked if they’d be happy for us to share some of their responses to tasks set by the workshop leaders. Here is the first, by Mathew Anderson, inspired by exercises set by John Glenday. We hope you…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s story is by Zoe Mackenzie. A World Apart Ella looked about her in wild-eyed confusion. People were wearing masks. She could not seem to…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s words and photograph are by Sheila Lockhart. As the weeks have flowed by since lockdown started, my creativity has, alas, continued to stagnate. I…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s is by Anne-Mary Paterson. Being on Tele in the Lockdown Of recent days, I have not done much work writing my book because of…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s is by Graham Bullen. A Second Lockdown What if we murmurated, like swallows. Like circling the Ka’bah. But, like, every day. Just waiting for…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s is by Karen Lean. Good Friday I managed to go into the Co- op tonight, for the first time in weeks. I’d driven by…
The Moniack Mhor Writers Group, led by Cynthia Rogerson, has been meeting remotely during the Lockdown. They have been writing pieces inspired by the situation. Today’s is by Zoe Mackenzie. NB contains strong language. Domestic Lockdown The tell-tale signs were everywhere; from the wan, defeated expression to the barely perceptible, but…