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Posted on November 1, 2011 by otis shaw

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- 0katewalker0
  - The Souvenir
- 25liannechristie
  - Defamiliarisation of an object
  - mirror exercise
  - The Lost Journal of J.M. Barrie
  - Bedroom, window and street.
  - Cafe
- aakuluk
  - No posts
- abiscwright
  - No posts
- ablyjyn
  - Kilby
- achbar22
  - No posts
- adamjvwright
  - No posts
- aelish1
  - No posts
- agnesco
  - the photo memory
  - Oldies Photo
- agruber87
  - No posts
- alansicmoto
  - A Storm Beneath the Clouds
- alexcurrie
  - Sun Trap (room/window/street)
  - The Daughter Complex. (girl)
- alexhaylock
  - No posts
- AliceChalder
  - A Reaction to Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ (from the Romantic and the Gothic lecture)
- andrewgavinjack
  - No posts
- andrewmcarthur35
  - No posts
- andycross54
  - Cafe
  - Bedroom Description
- Skipper
  - No posts
- Antonia Landi
  - A hot summer day
- aroy3
  - No posts
- Ashlie Skye Watt
  - View from the Window.
  - Bedroom Description.
  - Café.
  - ‘Girl’
- Ayesha
  - No posts
- bashabifraser
  - No posts
- beattie2
  - Haiku
  - Dressing Up
- becerrabm
  - A screaming comes across the sky.
- beigetam
  - No posts
- bena983
  - mirror
  - Me in third person.
  - Awkward domestic atmosphere (followed by awkward silence!)
  - Girl (‘s night out?)
  - People.
- bethany87
  - genres
- Billie
  - Nine One One
  - Where the Cows Go to Heaven (Boy)
- blairmcnally
  - No posts
- bobthebaker
  - The Ogere of Winston Primary
  - Ballad of Biff the Dog
- bryaniekane
  - No posts
- caledoniajade1
  - Alone
- cammaquist
  - Writing exercise
- carolinef2
  - Poem from the point of view of a kite
  - 3rd Person Perspective of Myself
  - 1st Person Perspective of Someone You Know
  - Observations To and From University
  - Story Based on Defamiliarisation Activity
- scienceofdeduction
  - No posts
- cbemaule
  - No posts
- celticvicky1989
  - Lindsays answers! But is it her?
  - Look in the mirror what does it show you?
  - In someones head (their thoughts) My Boyfriend James.
  - Trip from Uni (Kerrys words)
  - Trip to Uni (Kerrys Words)
- charlottewoodley
  - No posts
- chiisaikirsty
  - No posts
- chloethomson
  - Cloister Cemetery in the Snow
- chrisjpbyrne
  - No posts
- chrissy54
  - Glamour and Grunge
  - Cafe Culture
  - Things I See
  - Girl…
- connorgd
  - No posts
- costellomagick
  - No posts
- CraigieW
  - Not Another Fluff Piece
  - Cafe Exercise – Same Space, Different Planets
- aNonEyedMouse
  - I try to Quit
  - J’Attendrai Le Suivant
- spare the time to write
  - Social behavior and individual cognition
- daniiallen
  - Moi
  - Arthur’s Seat
  - Bus Journeys
  - The Sock Puppet
  - Bedroom, Window, Street.
- davebmackay
  - No posts
- declankeen
  - No posts
- dezzie00
  - No posts
- dickj91
  - Writing About the Familiar
  - Café People
  - Fitba
- dixonr73
  - No posts
- donnafoulis
  - My first attempt at a poem
  - There was a boy
  - Coffee shop inhabitants
  - A day in the life of…
- dontknowwhatimdoin
  - No posts
- dougswalker
  - Bloodbuzz
  - One Fine Day
  - Bedroom – Window – Street
- dove1986
  - .carry a poem.
  - un café con inspiración
  - Girl…
- edinburghnapiernews
  - The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
  - To A Moth
  - Raven In Winter
  - Richard Holloway, Mary Loudon and Mona Siddiqui are having a Much Bigger Conversation
  - Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
- Eilidh McCartney
  - in someone elses shoes
- elinronja
  - an honest verse of longing or a simple song of hope
- emmabrown111
  - No posts
- emmapolson
  - No posts
- eprasher
  - Mirror
  - Cafe People
  - Room/View/Street
  - Boy
- erinsheepie
  - What If…
  - Growing up
- errish3
  - Mother and child
  - The Strand
  - Poem- Picture of Edinburgh
  - Suitcase
  - Bedroom/Window/Street
- Today I don't like...
  - The Violin City
  - Parisque
  - View.
  - Boy
- falserodhull
  - Beginnings
- fayegirvan
  - No posts
- fdmonofre
  - Group poem
  - Biker in Cafe
- Sarah
  - Genres
- fishfulthinker
  - Stories
  - Success in Haiku
  - Failures in Haiku
  - Between the sheets
  - About Our Mice
- floravision
  - No posts
- fortunesfool73
  - Upon Reflection (First creative writing assignment)
  - The Rescue (Gothic piece)
  - Biography piece.
  - How quick, the end.
  - Childhood memories.
- francine91
  - No posts
- gailpickering
  - No posts
- geebus20
  - through the window on to the street
  - the bedroom bit
- georginawilde
  - Tea
- gillianhoban
  - Class and Region
  - A creative beginning…
  - Genre – Romance
  - Genres
- gracie2211
  - To Disappear…
- greg303
  - they are here again.
- hamishwilson
  - No posts
- handbagaddict
  - Highland Memories
  - Girl
  - Cafe-Observations
  - Bedroom window-view-street
  - Bedroom
- hannahleighw
  - No posts
- harmony99
  - No posts
- heatherapalmer
  - No posts
- hippo6
  - No posts
- hthrlnrd
  - No posts
- ianandrewfreeman
  - No posts
- Eva Deckers
  - No posts
- irpablue
  - No posts
- isiach
  - MOMENTS OF TRUTH
  - Dos & don’ts – BOY
- isthatsmoothjazz
  - No posts
- jamielivingstone
  - Between Breaths
  - The Best of a Bad Bunch of Swimmers
- Jamie
  - Bathgate.
  - Boy.
- jeddancer
  - No posts
- jennapenner
  - White Suitcase?
  - Ask 10 random questions and write something around the answers
  - Various attempts at self-description in the third person
  - Carry A Poem
  - Journies
- jennieladd
  - No posts
- jessicarodgers
  - Shane Dobbie
  - Nathalie Weidhase
- jkassner
  - No posts
- joestonecypher
  - The Little Man and the Ladies
  - Hunting for Change
  - Eyes Looking Back
- jonathantoye
  - No posts
- jooleea
  - No posts
- J W Devoy
  - The Greatest Battle Ever Told
  - The Best Thing That Could’ve Happend
  - When the Bow Breaks
- katgower
  - No posts
- kathleen09
  - No posts
- Kerry Davidson
  - Mirror Image (3rd Person)
  - Defamiliarization (Based on a friend’s words)
  - Daydreaming (In the mind of someone I know rather well)
  - (Fat) Girl
  - Bedroom…View…Street Level
- kevgriff85
  - Lewis Docherty
  - John Evans
  - Antonia Landi
  - The Editorial Board
  - Erin MacAlpine
- kevinmchugh81
  - No posts
- Kara
  - No posts
- kirsty93
  - No posts
- kirsty bruce
  - Your Shadow
- kjdoig
  - 2339
- klodya
  - A Conversational Poem Between The Forth & Clyde
  - Bus Journey
  - Le Chat Noir – Defamiliarisation
  - Three Characters in a Cafe
  - Bedroom, Window, Street
- kschaiff1023
  - Carry a Poem
  - Photo Frame
  - Cafe
  - Girl – Hunting
  - Computer
- kyriestuij
  - No posts
- ladyemodude23
  - The Girl Who Waits
  - His Last Journey
  - Imagism Exercise
  - Rosie and Jim
  - Betty
- Stuart MacBeath
  - No posts
- lauravab
  - One in Fishmarket.
  - everyday journey to Uni
  - Gothic descripton.
- laurenkatehannah
  - No posts
- lb81
  - Another Person’s Thoughts (colleague)
  - Mirror Exercise
  - Journey to and from Uni
  - Concussion
  - Bedroom, View, Street
- lewiscampbell
  - No posts
- Liam
  - Anniversary of the End of Days
- liketocook
  - Edinburgh
- ljmcphee
  - The Crossing
  - Family Portrait
- lmcgirk
  - Girl
  - Cafe people
  - Bedroom, View, Street.
- louismoorehead
  - Keats Verse
  - What Dylan said
- lukebaker2
  - No posts
- lyndsayanne
  - No posts
- maddak
  - No posts
- magzclark
  - How Deep is Your Love?
- Marika Loughlin
  - A Canteen Man
- outatthepictures
  - No posts
- mcguirk12
  - No posts
- melaniekr
  - Acid
- meowx1337
  - Occupational Hazards
- FrancisWhitman
  - No posts
- midas31862
  - No posts
- mikeepeters
  - No posts
- molethrower
  - Girl/Boy – Famous
  - Bedroom/Window/Street Descriptions
  - Café Stories
- murray88
  - No posts
- nargislalee
  - A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
  - New York. New York.
- natepennyshow
  - No posts
- neaengstrom
  - Angular haircuts
  - Cyberpunk (tutorial task for week 4)
  - Genres (for tutorial week 4)
- neilbrogan
  - No posts
- newton37
  - The open front door
- olivergrahamyooll
  - No posts
- Liv
  - poetry attempt (week 5)
  - childhood (week 4 task)
  - Genres (tutorial task, week 4)
  - Horror (tutorial task, week 3)
- onenicegreenleaf
  - Cotton Wool
  - Five Steps
  - Places We Would Never Go
- onlysoonasatsuma
  - Boxing Match In The Commons
- Gary Davidson
  - Webbed Words of Wisdom for the World Wide Weekend, or Whatever
  - Anecdotal Poetry
  - What a rush – Tutorial activity
  - A Brighter Outlook
  - Tutorial Activity (Work in Progress)
- panagiotismanos
  - No posts
- Andrew Redmond Barr
  - Human Factory
  - Pictish Stone
- patersonwrites
  - Myth (Girl)
  - Cafe Predator
- Pj O Reilly
  - No posts
- rachelbroadfoot
  - No posts
- rachellewebdill
  - No posts
- Keith Baxter
  - Hello Genres, may I list you?
  - 455
- rcam222
  - No posts
- redsuede
  - The Hoarder
  - People-watching
- rmp447
  - No posts
- Robyn
  - People Watching
  - Journey
  - What if…
  - Hair Cut
- rose2505
  - Existing in the Moment
- rossjackthelad
  - No posts
- rtyoung1
  - Severance, optimism. (Poem) – Ross Young
  - Arranging a Confession
  - Ross Young
- ruaridhmiller
  - No posts
- ruthsimpson
  - No posts
- sammicroal
  - No posts
- sarawasson
  - No posts
- scho10
  - No posts
- scottanthony1967
  - Room/Window/Street
- scotte123
  - No posts
- seano0o
  - Dark or Light?
- seumidhmacdonald
  - A Horrible Tale in which a Dog and a Child Die (Gothic Exercise)
  - The Big Man from the Coffee Shop
- Shiny09
  - Incarceration
  - Generations
  - Cages
  - Words
  - City Streets and Liquid Roads – Continued
- otis shaw
  - Memoirs of a Gaijin
  - Slow Life
  - Reanimation
  - Paisley Pattern
  - Holiday in Cambodia
- signeccentric
  - Child’s rhyme
  - 10-02-11
- siriuslysmart
  - No posts
- Sarah
  - No posts
- smilingpencil
  - No posts
- Sonia Charlotta Reini
  - Jerusalem
- Sophie C
  - A Lone Magpie
  - The Hospital – (just something random)
- startclock
  - Old Man at Sea
- stelladonovan
  - No posts
- steveybroon
  - No posts
- sunshineonleith
  - No posts
- ta07008827
  - No posts
- tchepelina
  - Bedroom/View/Garden
  - Girl
- teddyboyy
  - No posts
- thecanyonbehindher
  - A Midnight Murder
  - Invictus
- The Daily Fail
  - Synoxypathos (short poem with examples of synaesthetic metaphors, oxymorons and pathetic fallacy)
  - Self-description Mirror exercise
  - The Word at War (from Rhyme Well exercise, which is ironic because it doesn’t)
  - Bedroom, Window, Street
  - Cafe Surveillance
- thenightofthewilddonkeys
  - Noble Phantasm
  - Perfect Skies, Chapter 1
- theweegie
  - Paranoid Android.
  - Shameless Plug?
  - Genre or something like it.
  - Trike extraordinaire.
- tonygougeon
  - Chain of Memories
  - week 3
- vickireed2290
  - Beginnings
- vveronikal
  - No posts
- whitelightwhiteheat68
  - The Naming Ritual
  - Window View From A Room
  - A Room
  - Defamiliarisation (of a personal object)
  - A Girl
- whitmanmk
  - No posts
- wiistephy
  - No posts
- willesland
  - No posts
- windmilldave
  - No posts
- ymidani
  - No posts
- youngerh
  - No posts

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