Terry, Cath,
Wendy, David R, Helene
Geoff get well
soon and happy birthdays to Wendy and David R.
Words of the day
Quell = to
overcome
Febrile = nervous
energy
Loblolly = male
surgeons assistant on a warship
Compel = force
someone to do something against their will
Zombie = are
undead creatures, typically depicted as mindless reanimated human corpses with
a hunger for human flesh
Stories from words of the day
From our weird
words we created glorious and gory stories and poems -Dreams of porridge; When
I get up; The ship lurched; The good ship Bess and What is that smell.
Three dedicated
writers read their homework - Living in the Lodge; A whiff of this and that;
and The vote.
Other readings
Acrobatic read by
David R a great poem set in a Big Top. Later he read Holy Dooly a poem without the letter e.
Exercise 1 – Oulipo pronounced ulipo
David R explained
the oulipo is a gathering of mainly French speaking writers and mathematicians who
seek to create works using constrained writing techniques.
Four dedicated
writers concentrated hard to write stories and poems not using the letter e -
Too much coughing; Don’t run with scissors; Colour; and It's fun.
Exercise 2 - I can’t put my finger on it
We started our
second exercise with the words "I can’t put my finger on it" and came up with the
gems - I will never drift off again; Sent me into space; Going to Paris
Homework
It’s all in my
head
