A NORTH East poet was on hand yesterday to provide help at the start of the Durham Literary Festival.
Sheree Mack, of Identity on the Tyne, was poet in residence at the city's Fowler's Yard Studios, where she helped the public to pen their own poems.
Ms Mack was on standby all day to write poems for anyone about any subject they cared to name from inside her poetry booth.
The spontaneous poetry residency is part of the 15th Durham Literature Festival.
Ms Mack normally works with Identity on the Tyne - a creative literary group which aims to nurture, support and showcase writers from the region.
Ms Mack's poetry booth will also be open today from noon to 2pm and at the same time tomorrow.
The poet said: "Poetry is a brilliant way for people to express their emotions. By putting pen to paper, a person can tell exactly how they are feeling. We intend to bring a little bit of creativity into people's very hectic everyday lives.''
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