Below is a poem and is an example of some of the creative work
we do within our group. Hope you enjoy it.
Darkness
by Terry McLafferty
Bonfires and witches and black leather britches
Brooms made of branches and straw
Harsh manics cackle in black coloured tackle
While dervishes dart out the door
The moon is now gone, and the sun long since shone
It’s the hour of goblins and ghosts
And green slimy creatures with dark scary features
And heads hung to dry on sharp posts
Vampire bats sucking blood from black rats
The ground now all sticky and red
With caws and with screeches, and millions of leeches
This night be the night of the dead
Alone by a grave sits a petrified knave
Scared his life would now come to an end
For November 5 may not see him alive
In this garden, of the dead, that he tends
But then just as fast the darkness can’t last
As light of the dawn in the East
Strikes a body that walks on the night of Guy Fawkes
One more year it must wait for its feast
In the darkness lies hidden all that which is forbidden
Only waking one night of the year
And All Hallowes Eve, for those who believe
Is the night that they tremble with fear
10 November 2010
10th Nov 10
Present with eager anticipation.
Mandy B Terry M. Wendy Helene Cath David R, Jo B.
News Items
Terry has tentatively booked us for our Christmas Lunch at the Black and White on Island Point Road for 12.30pm on the 2nd Dec which is a Thursday.
Jo was back with us she is still not too well but it was lovely to see her again.
Helene complete with arm in plaster joined us today.
Illness is no excuse not to come but if you have a doctors note we accept it.
Brags of the Day
Mandy had an epiphany and is eight chapters into her new novel. Really enjoying writing this much more than a romance.
David did a poem about Terry and his birthday it was so funny and we all enjoyed it.
Terry went to Canberra and saw the De Vinci exhibition and he says it was absolutely fantastic and well worth seeing. It was in the Commonwealth Park in a marque.
Jo has not got a brag except she was here. She has information on some competition for when you fail and what they sent her. A lot of info about the area the competition was held in. She didn't think the comments by the judges were relevant to her story so was under the impression they had not read the story.
Cath brought a book of poems from Adam Lindsey Gorden. The book was over a hundred years old. She also had several old books belonging to her father all very interesting.
Helene told us about the Ebook that she got for her birthday it is so small and really good we all want one they are so good.
Wendy knows how to download cds and puts them on to I pods. OOH you are clever Wendy…
Word of the Day.
David R. Ephemeral means lasting for a very short time. Transient short lived temporary
Heterogeneous. Diverse in character or content. Or Varied.
Terry. Peccadillo a small sin or fault.
Jo. Mawkish. Sickly sentimental.
Taw. Is a marble game or a large marble. to make into white leather for gloves.
Plebeian. Commonplace. Something vulgar or a member of the lower classes.
Cathy. Chiasmus A contrast by parallelism we have no idea what this means any one know???
Wendy. Demotic Pertaining to common people popular.
Brumal. Of Winter.
Homework.
Mandy flew around with Tiches and Witches a story for children.
Dave wrote about Bonfires and Witches. A poem with some gory details.
Terry. Darkness. A poem about witches and Halloween. Terry will put it on the blog as we all enjoyed it.
Cathy. Halloween. A short story. Brought memories back of our childhood at Halloween.
Helene. Guy Forks. A Poem.
Wendt. The Witches Lament. A poem about Halloween. Funny and great.
The Exercise was words.
Homework. I always knew....
Everyone enjoy doing your homework.
Present with eager anticipation.
Mandy B Terry M. Wendy Helene Cath David R, Jo B.
News Items
Terry has tentatively booked us for our Christmas Lunch at the Black and White on Island Point Road for 12.30pm on the 2nd Dec which is a Thursday.
Jo was back with us she is still not too well but it was lovely to see her again.
Helene complete with arm in plaster joined us today.
Illness is no excuse not to come but if you have a doctors note we accept it.
Brags of the Day
Mandy had an epiphany and is eight chapters into her new novel. Really enjoying writing this much more than a romance.
David did a poem about Terry and his birthday it was so funny and we all enjoyed it.
Terry went to Canberra and saw the De Vinci exhibition and he says it was absolutely fantastic and well worth seeing. It was in the Commonwealth Park in a marque.
Jo has not got a brag except she was here. She has information on some competition for when you fail and what they sent her. A lot of info about the area the competition was held in. She didn't think the comments by the judges were relevant to her story so was under the impression they had not read the story.
Cath brought a book of poems from Adam Lindsey Gorden. The book was over a hundred years old. She also had several old books belonging to her father all very interesting.
Helene told us about the Ebook that she got for her birthday it is so small and really good we all want one they are so good.
Wendy knows how to download cds and puts them on to I pods. OOH you are clever Wendy…
Word of the Day.
David R. Ephemeral means lasting for a very short time. Transient short lived temporary
Heterogeneous. Diverse in character or content. Or Varied.
Terry. Peccadillo a small sin or fault.
Jo. Mawkish. Sickly sentimental.
Taw. Is a marble game or a large marble. to make into white leather for gloves.
Plebeian. Commonplace. Something vulgar or a member of the lower classes.
Cathy. Chiasmus A contrast by parallelism we have no idea what this means any one know???
Wendy. Demotic Pertaining to common people popular.
Brumal. Of Winter.
Homework.
Mandy flew around with Tiches and Witches a story for children.
Dave wrote about Bonfires and Witches. A poem with some gory details.
Terry. Darkness. A poem about witches and Halloween. Terry will put it on the blog as we all enjoyed it.
Cathy. Halloween. A short story. Brought memories back of our childhood at Halloween.
Helene. Guy Forks. A Poem.
Wendt. The Witches Lament. A poem about Halloween. Funny and great.
The Exercise was words.
Homework. I always knew....
Everyone enjoy doing your homework.
27 October 2010
October 27th
Writers Group Meeting
26th Oct 10
Present at todays meeting. Terry M. David R. Robyn K. Wendy W. Mandy B.
Eva B.Vala H Cathy R.
Apologies Jo B. David C.
Brag of the day.
Robyn showed a really good photo of her great grandmother and her great aunt. The quality of the photo was exceptional. Nearly 100yrs old. Robyn is compiling a photographic family history.
Cathy: Found another Jo Ball on Face Book it was not our Jo tho.
David R. Talked about Adam Lindsay Gordon poems he lived in the eighteenth century. He has a book of his poems and his life and found it fascinating.
Vala told us about problems with her passport because of her name. She must never let her passport lapse or she would have problems.
Wendy has bought a Wii to use for games and sports. Beware of playing with numchuckers as it can be dangerous.
Mandy has started water aerobics and is fighting fit. Also sent a submission into Reader's Digest . Also have finished the romance story and needs to be checked for tenses and POV Robyn will do first .
Eva Finished her book after a month.
Terry. Has adopted a little blind Lorrikeet. Called Stevie after Stevie Wonder. It has lots of personality. And has adapted to life without sight. Terry is a member of NANA
This brought on a noisy discussion about birds, the feathered sort.
Word of the Day
Cath. Footle to behave in a foolish or incompetent way. Something we all do often!!
Robyn Gyro Strategic Term used by sportsman used by instructors of different sports.
David. Pragmatic. Dealing with things realistically in a practical way.
. Anecdotal. To give an account on something but it might not be true it can be just a statement.
Vala. Nothing today.
Wendy Tendentious To be biased not impartial.
Eva. Acrimonious To be angry or bitter. Vala commented that was her this week.
Terry. Surreal. A dream like distortion of reality, (Vala Again she said) Strikingly odd.
Homework. The Silence of Snow and the music of Sunshine.
Jo wrote As cold as ice.
A Poignant Story we all enjoyed. Much acclaimed Jo well done.
Terry did a poem called Morning. It explained the subject really well. Beautifully written.
Cath. Life. A play on the words in a short story. Cleverly done.
Robyn. The Question a poem. Really good lovely use of words.
David. Snow Silence and The Melody of Music. A poem. Really well written very poetical.
Wendy. It's Snowing. And Sunshine. Written in a usual fashion giving us a good laugh.
Mandy Between Two Worlds. Short Story about love lost .
Eva. The Silence of Snow a Poem. Then the music of sunshine. Two beautiful little poems.
Today's homework brought out the poets and expressing life in different ways.
Exercise using all the words of the day. Write a short piece. Using the following words
Exercise.
Footle
Gyro strategic
Pragmatic
Acrimonious
Tendentious
Surreal
Some very good poetry and short stories emerged from this exercise. Gosh we are a clever lot.
We did a writing exercise on The things my Father/Mother would tell me.
Homework. "If I could become invisible."
.
26th Oct 10
Present at todays meeting. Terry M. David R. Robyn K. Wendy W. Mandy B.
Eva B.Vala H Cathy R.
Apologies Jo B. David C.
Brag of the day.
Robyn showed a really good photo of her great grandmother and her great aunt. The quality of the photo was exceptional. Nearly 100yrs old. Robyn is compiling a photographic family history.
Cathy: Found another Jo Ball on Face Book it was not our Jo tho.
David R. Talked about Adam Lindsay Gordon poems he lived in the eighteenth century. He has a book of his poems and his life and found it fascinating.
Vala told us about problems with her passport because of her name. She must never let her passport lapse or she would have problems.
Wendy has bought a Wii to use for games and sports. Beware of playing with numchuckers as it can be dangerous.
Mandy has started water aerobics and is fighting fit. Also sent a submission into Reader's Digest . Also have finished the romance story and needs to be checked for tenses and POV Robyn will do first .
Eva Finished her book after a month.
Terry. Has adopted a little blind Lorrikeet. Called Stevie after Stevie Wonder. It has lots of personality. And has adapted to life without sight. Terry is a member of NANA
This brought on a noisy discussion about birds, the feathered sort.
Word of the Day
Cath. Footle to behave in a foolish or incompetent way. Something we all do often!!
Robyn Gyro Strategic Term used by sportsman used by instructors of different sports.
David. Pragmatic. Dealing with things realistically in a practical way.
. Anecdotal. To give an account on something but it might not be true it can be just a statement.
Vala. Nothing today.
Wendy Tendentious To be biased not impartial.
Eva. Acrimonious To be angry or bitter. Vala commented that was her this week.
Terry. Surreal. A dream like distortion of reality, (Vala Again she said) Strikingly odd.
Homework. The Silence of Snow and the music of Sunshine.
Jo wrote As cold as ice.
A Poignant Story we all enjoyed. Much acclaimed Jo well done.
Terry did a poem called Morning. It explained the subject really well. Beautifully written.
Cath. Life. A play on the words in a short story. Cleverly done.
Robyn. The Question a poem. Really good lovely use of words.
David. Snow Silence and The Melody of Music. A poem. Really well written very poetical.
Wendy. It's Snowing. And Sunshine. Written in a usual fashion giving us a good laugh.
Mandy Between Two Worlds. Short Story about love lost .
Eva. The Silence of Snow a Poem. Then the music of sunshine. Two beautiful little poems.
Today's homework brought out the poets and expressing life in different ways.
Exercise using all the words of the day. Write a short piece. Using the following words
Exercise.
Footle
Gyro strategic
Pragmatic
Acrimonious
Tendentious
Surreal
Some very good poetry and short stories emerged from this exercise. Gosh we are a clever lot.
We did a writing exercise on The things my Father/Mother would tell me.
Homework. "If I could become invisible."
.
23 October 2010
meetings
this group really knows how to enjoy stretching their minds, there is always someone's point of view to discuss regarding many of life's aspects. Laughter is often very close to the surface, it is a very relaxed atmosphere with helpful ideas for those with the dreaded writers block
20 October 2010
Writers Group Minutes.
20th Oct 10
Brags.
Terry bragging about understanding some scientific points and he liked that he understood it easier.
Dave C. he had a win with Center link. This doesn't happen very often but he was allowed to keep what he earned on a small job.
Eva Brown. Bought an alarm clock.
Cath Rose. Went to the dentist and is fine. Whoopee.
Robyn Learning all about bowls but doesn't play she is a martyr to help Joe.
Mandy. Writing well and up to the last chapter on the romance story and has done several childrens stories.
David Rudder. Dave has a skin cancer for several months and has had lots of treatment on it. Had a second opinion and now has had an operation to have a large area excised and now has several cancers so is having further treatment.
Word of the day.
Terry' Minacious: Menacing or threatening.
David C.: Congruous and Incongruous. One means in agreement and get along with people. Incongruous sort means the opposite.
Eva: Discountenance. Refuse to approve of or to disturb the composure of something.
Cathy: Titivate. To make smart or adorn.
Mandy: Seraphically. An angelic being associated with light and purity.
David Rudder.: Anachronism. A noun a thing belonging to a period of time. Something being old fashioned.
Eclectic. Adj. deriving ideas from a wide and diverse source.
Cycle of life. Homework.
Eva called hers the Cycle of life.
David C wrote. Food for Thought.
Terry Cycle of life homework.
David Rudder. Jarvis Bay
Mandy Byrne. Cottonwool and Television
Roby: Cycle of life.
Group Exercise. Words to make up. David won with a score of 21.
Quick Write.
Using the words defeat, gears, nosey, handy, bestows, shindig, and starting with the words. You'll never guess what the psychic said to me….
20th Oct 10
Brags.
Terry bragging about understanding some scientific points and he liked that he understood it easier.
Dave C. he had a win with Center link. This doesn't happen very often but he was allowed to keep what he earned on a small job.
Eva Brown. Bought an alarm clock.
Cath Rose. Went to the dentist and is fine. Whoopee.
Robyn Learning all about bowls but doesn't play she is a martyr to help Joe.
Mandy. Writing well and up to the last chapter on the romance story and has done several childrens stories.
David Rudder. Dave has a skin cancer for several months and has had lots of treatment on it. Had a second opinion and now has had an operation to have a large area excised and now has several cancers so is having further treatment.
Word of the day.
Terry' Minacious: Menacing or threatening.
David C.: Congruous and Incongruous. One means in agreement and get along with people. Incongruous sort means the opposite.
Eva: Discountenance. Refuse to approve of or to disturb the composure of something.
Cathy: Titivate. To make smart or adorn.
Mandy: Seraphically. An angelic being associated with light and purity.
David Rudder.: Anachronism. A noun a thing belonging to a period of time. Something being old fashioned.
Eclectic. Adj. deriving ideas from a wide and diverse source.
Cycle of life. Homework.
Eva called hers the Cycle of life.
David C wrote. Food for Thought.
Terry Cycle of life homework.
David Rudder. Jarvis Bay
Mandy Byrne. Cottonwool and Television
Roby: Cycle of life.
Group Exercise. Words to make up. David won with a score of 21.
Quick Write.
Using the words defeat, gears, nosey, handy, bestows, shindig, and starting with the words. You'll never guess what the psychic said to me….
16 October 2010
MEETING 13-10-10
Attendance: David C; David R; Mandy; Wendy; Helene; Terry; Jo; Eva; Vala; Cath; Robyn.
Welcome to new member Eva.
Brags:
Helene: 2 hours 2 minutes driving on New Nerriga Road from Canberra to Vincentia.
Cath: has completed her Christmas shopping.
David R: had been driving an unregistered car since August – is this the onset of Alzheimer’s?
Terry: amazed at expertise of grandchildren in playing numbers game.
Jo: Has found someone who will conduct a mental forum in Nowra.
Eva: Has arrived!
David C: has been cured from his Alzheimer’s found a long lost CD narrated story in a very long winded fashion – we all think it was more a lucky find.
Vala: Now has Word 7.
Word of the Day:
Undulate: to cause to move in a smooth wavelike fashion.
Jactation: extreme tossing and turning and twitching.
Mort: the note sounded on a hunting horn to announce death of a deer.
Parody: a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature.
Philander: to carry on a sexual affair.
Consonant: harmonious in agreement.
Apropos: being at once opportune and to the point.
Floccinaucinihilipilification: Latin little or no value – Perhaps little or no value would be simpler (he he).
Deuteronomy: a second law.
Detritus: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
Charybdis: Greek mythology, two monsters that guarded the narrow passage through which Odysseus had to sail in his wanderings. On one shore was Scylla, a monster with six snaky heads, on the opposite shore was Charybdis, the personification of a whirlpool.
Hypothalamus: part of the brain.
Homework – Children’s Story:
Helene: The Princess Castle;
Mandy: Miggly;
Cath: Timid Tim;
David R: Nana - 6th Anniversary Poem and Joey;
Terry: Poem;
Jo: Musical Appreciation;
Eva: Alphabet Walk and Countdown with Colour;
David C: Sibling Rivalry – Hook and Twist;
Robyn: Birthday Party.
Exercise – Game Word Power and Short Write – Evil Intentions – no homework??
Welcome to new member Eva.
Brags:
Helene: 2 hours 2 minutes driving on New Nerriga Road from Canberra to Vincentia.
Cath: has completed her Christmas shopping.
David R: had been driving an unregistered car since August – is this the onset of Alzheimer’s?
Terry: amazed at expertise of grandchildren in playing numbers game.
Jo: Has found someone who will conduct a mental forum in Nowra.
Eva: Has arrived!
David C: has been cured from his Alzheimer’s found a long lost CD narrated story in a very long winded fashion – we all think it was more a lucky find.
Vala: Now has Word 7.
Word of the Day:
Undulate: to cause to move in a smooth wavelike fashion.
Jactation: extreme tossing and turning and twitching.
Mort: the note sounded on a hunting horn to announce death of a deer.
Parody: a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature.
Philander: to carry on a sexual affair.
Consonant: harmonious in agreement.
Apropos: being at once opportune and to the point.
Floccinaucinihilipilification: Latin little or no value – Perhaps little or no value would be simpler (he he).
Deuteronomy: a second law.
Detritus: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
Charybdis: Greek mythology, two monsters that guarded the narrow passage through which Odysseus had to sail in his wanderings. On one shore was Scylla, a monster with six snaky heads, on the opposite shore was Charybdis, the personification of a whirlpool.
Hypothalamus: part of the brain.
Homework – Children’s Story:
Helene: The Princess Castle;
Mandy: Miggly;
Cath: Timid Tim;
David R: Nana - 6th Anniversary Poem and Joey;
Terry: Poem;
Jo: Musical Appreciation;
Eva: Alphabet Walk and Countdown with Colour;
David C: Sibling Rivalry – Hook and Twist;
Robyn: Birthday Party.
Exercise – Game Word Power and Short Write – Evil Intentions – no homework??
09 October 2010
Meeting held on Wed. 6th October 2010
Attending: Mandy, Wendy, Helene, Cath,Robyn, Jo, Terry
Brags:
Jo...made a special effort in assessing TV ads...many annoy her...we agreed...
Cath...rece'd a new water meter for free??? lucky duck
Helene...came back from Canberra via the new road 92
Wendy...had a rear ender accident in Ulladulla...all okay
Mandy...sent off her entry for Finch Memoirs competition...259 pages, 69760 words...a task and a half but she did it. Well done.
Words:
Mandy...denominate...to give a name to something, to call or describe
Wendy...mussicate...to (silently) move the lips as if speaking out loud, to mime
Helene...brio...to be vigorous, lively
Cath...amorphous...without definition or shape
Robyn...skirmish...a minor battle
Jo...till...much discussion os use and spelling,
milquetoast...an extremely timid person
cleave...to split with a cutting blow
bascinet...a pointed full face helmet..bassinet...a hooded baby's basket
Terry...retronym...a new name for an object to differentiate it from a more recent
version...eg. guitar...now acoustic guitar and electric guitar
Homework...anything arising out of last week's exercise on unusual facts
Helene...you use more calories to eat celery than it contains????
Wendy..."One of those days"...a poem...funny as always
Mandy...read a synopsis of her memoir entry.
Terry..."The Cockroach"...interesting analysis of humanities future issues with this
well-to-be-feared insect.
Jo..."Worms"...a poem and a good one too.
Robyn...re cockroaches and the ends her mum went to to exclude the buggers from her
house...very funny.
Cath..."JB"...a story about Jeremy Benthem's skeleton
General...
1) Discussion about our weekly agenda and things we could do
2) Re new Anthology...Terry to talk to Sanc. Point Printing about printing it
Stapled back okay...cover to be a photo of contributors???
3) Re blog...look at putting a piece in the "About" re our group
4)...add the blog address to our entry in the "About"
5)...Price still shown as $5 per week in the "About"...fix
6)...review the recipe book w/- story/poem
7)...modify the blog general description if possible
Quick Write..."spending purgatory with..."...an interesting range of stories/poems
Homework...Write a children's story...age to 12...open to any ideas
Attending: Mandy, Wendy, Helene, Cath,Robyn, Jo, Terry
Brags:
Jo...made a special effort in assessing TV ads...many annoy her...we agreed...
Cath...rece'd a new water meter for free??? lucky duck
Helene...came back from Canberra via the new road 92
Wendy...had a rear ender accident in Ulladulla...all okay
Mandy...sent off her entry for Finch Memoirs competition...259 pages, 69760 words...a task and a half but she did it. Well done.
Words:
Mandy...denominate...to give a name to something, to call or describe
Wendy...mussicate...to (silently) move the lips as if speaking out loud, to mime
Helene...brio...to be vigorous, lively
Cath...amorphous...without definition or shape
Robyn...skirmish...a minor battle
Jo...till...much discussion os use and spelling,
milquetoast...an extremely timid person
cleave...to split with a cutting blow
bascinet...a pointed full face helmet..bassinet...a hooded baby's basket
Terry...retronym...a new name for an object to differentiate it from a more recent
version...eg. guitar...now acoustic guitar and electric guitar
Homework...anything arising out of last week's exercise on unusual facts
Helene...you use more calories to eat celery than it contains????
Wendy..."One of those days"...a poem...funny as always
Mandy...read a synopsis of her memoir entry.
Terry..."The Cockroach"...interesting analysis of humanities future issues with this
well-to-be-feared insect.
Jo..."Worms"...a poem and a good one too.
Robyn...re cockroaches and the ends her mum went to to exclude the buggers from her
house...very funny.
Cath..."JB"...a story about Jeremy Benthem's skeleton
General...
1) Discussion about our weekly agenda and things we could do
2) Re new Anthology...Terry to talk to Sanc. Point Printing about printing it
Stapled back okay...cover to be a photo of contributors???
3) Re blog...look at putting a piece in the "About" re our group
4)...add the blog address to our entry in the "About"
5)...Price still shown as $5 per week in the "About"...fix
6)...review the recipe book w/- story/poem
7)...modify the blog general description if possible
Quick Write..."spending purgatory with..."...an interesting range of stories/poems
Homework...Write a children's story...age to 12...open to any ideas
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