For the Underground Challenge: Inspire a Stranger I decided to do poems in envelopes, because I was too shy to do much more – when I tried to hand out flyers for the LitSoc Spring Ball, I chickened out and left them in Tesco near the Clubcards. Plus, I sometimes get grumpy on public transport, and this day was frustrating as I missed my train, and so I guess I did something in the way that I would want it. There’s nothing worse when you’re in a bad mood than an elasticated- stretched-out-smile or a ‘cheer-up’ all smug spitting from lips.
Anyway, I got back from seeing The Ruskins and all that jazz (well, actually, more folk) at Hop Farm festival on Sunday – the day before the Inspire a Stranger Day. The weekend was pretty messy, and I’d had basically no sleep, so I chopped out the poems I’d printed out, whilst wondering why I didn’t just hand write them, and used sellotape to stick them onto paper, signed them and threw in some Ruskins stickers as an extra unrelated bonus to the poems, and stuffed them into envelopes.
I’m currently listening to Hollie McNish’s ‘Push Kick’, and just realised she has a bit of a Northern twang. Anyway, it’s a really interesting album, at the moment I can’t relate to the subject matter but I can only hope one day I get to experience the emotions she presented so wonderfully and honestly in such a range of poems.
Anyway, I better go and have a bath, because I’m not ashamed to say I need to do it in time to watch Big Brother!
xxx
Poet on page and stage. Creator of She Grrrowls. Facilitator. Writer. 
Haha, I squeezed in a shower before big brother myself =p
Thank you for joining in with the underground challenge! I’ll find time to post a blog about it tomorrow hopefully! It was so much fun =] I hope other people post up some photos of their own little versions too!