Mordros Sea Poetry

Poetry writing workshop for 9-12 year olds in Penzance Library - come and help us write a book!

Cornish for ‘sound of the sea’, Mordros is a community poetry project especially for children, young people and carers across Cornwall. And we’re coming to Penzance!

Join us for a fun, creative workshop to write your very own salty, sea-inspired poems. Using sounds, objects and images to bring the ocean to life, we’ll hear the sea, think it, touch it, smell it. Activities and games will focus on playing with words and harnessing imagination, as well as sharing experiences and memories through poetry.

Suitable for young people aged 9-12 years, all materials provided.

A selection of poems from all the workshops will be put together to create a unique Mordros poetry book, available to participants later in the year.

This event is taking place in Penzance Library during regular opening hours – bring your library card and take some books home whilst you’re here.

This workshop is led by Fi Read, Mor Poet who was part of community project ‘Mordardh: surf poetry’ in 2023. Fi grew up in Australia but caught her first wave in Cornwall. A surf-taxi mum, she figured she might as well join in, buying herself a secondhand surfboard for her fortieth birthday. Seventeen years later, she still surfs like a kook, despite three of her four kids being surf instructors. Fi cycles everywhere and can back-flip into water.