WWWC Meeting October 11, 2008

Minutes of Last Meeting





September 13, 2008

Wit & Wisdom Writers Club

Attended: 13

Chaired: Ed Bartek chaired for Emerson Gilmore





Location: The Music Makers Academy, 517 Hartford Rd., Manchester, CT. 06040

We must LOCK FRONT DOOR AND DEADBOLT and then the last one out

should go out the back door. Lock back door before leaving.

Kathy is the music teacher and if there are any problems she can be reached at 860-328-1112.

It was briefly discussed that perhaps the Music Dept. could provide background music while reading our poems. Something to think about in the future.





CPS Topics:

Members have until September 30 to submit a poem of 40 lines or fewer

for automatic inclusion in the members-only Conn. River Review 11. Email copy to

emgil3@yahoo.com





September Meeting:

Ed read the minutes from last meeting and also worked from Emerson’s outline.

Read works of Claudia Emerson, Va. poet laureate.

Discussion of Membership. Charlie said to advertise! Target poets through Poet Calendar on line through CPS.

It was agreed that if Ed wrote the letter( Notice for Membership, Charlie would distribute it around town.

Discussion of to have work shops for us or keep it poet and social.

Nominations of officers were going to be held, members decided to wait your return.





Assignment: Members read their Haiku’s. Then other poems of their choice.





New Assignment: Write a poem of witness, one that bears testament or sheds light in the world.

Write a poem that is a letter to the editor about something, or somebody. Political or current events any style.



Treasurer: Membership dues was due. $10.00. Debbie Howard collected dues for the new year





Other News: Poets Club, Oct 1 , open mike at MCC at Fireside Common Library.

Julia told us of the Dodge Poet Festival, Stanhoke, NJ., end of month. Thurs, Fri, Sat.25,26,27th.

Ollie came for a short time: Left a note and wanted us to know she was 1st runner up for the

Ms Connecticut Sr. Pageant and Best Gown of the evening, held on Sept 6th.


















Treasurer's Report


WWWC Topics



Membership drive-- Charlie et alia

Dues $10

LRR II-- Email or give me your poems-- I'll get them in




CPS Topics

Current contests

LRR II

Not much




News Item


Educational Item



Part of this will be a monthly link to a website of particular use to writers. This month's is to The Sage www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html. From the site:


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Due to popular demand, TheSage's dictionary is now online. Note that only the definition database is consulted. If you are interested in TheSage's complete package (definition + thesaurus + examples), read on.


Feature List
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Literary Dictionary: poetry

poetry, language sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some pattern of recurrence that emphasizes the relationships between words on the basis of sound as well as sense: this pattern is almost always a rhythm or metre, which may be supplemented by rhyme or alliteration or both. The demands of verbal patterning usually make poetry a more condensed medium than prose or everyday speech, often involving variations in syntax, the use of special words and phrases ( poetic diction) peculiar to poets, and a more frequent and more elaborate use of figures of speech, principally metaphor and simile. All cultures have their poetry, using it for various purposes from sacred ritual to obscene insult, but it is generally employed in those utterances and writings that call for heightened intensity of emotion, dignity of expression, or subtlety of meditation. Poetry is valued for combining pleasures of sound with freshness of ideas, whether these be solemn or comical. Some critics make an evaluative distinction between poetry, which is elevated or inspired, and verse, which is merely clever or mechanical. The three major categories of poetry are narrative, dramatic, and lyric, the last being the most extensive.

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: poetry
Writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meaning, sound, and rhythm. It may be distinguished from prose by its compression, frequent use of conventions of metre and rhyme, use of the line as a formal unit, heightened vocabulary, and freedom of syntax. Its emotional content is expressed through a variety of techniques, from direct description to symbolism, including the use of metaphor and simile. See also prose poem; prosody.

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Poetry Glossary: Poetry

A literary expression in which language is used in a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response; essentially rhythmic, it is usually metrical and frequently structured in stanzas.

Devil's Dictionary: poetry
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.



Next Assignment
THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT IS TO WRITE A POEM THAT ENGAGES ALL FIVE OF THE SENSES-- SIGHT, TOUCH, SMELL, TASTE AND HEARING. IT MAY BE A REVISION OF A POEM THAT ENGAGES FEWER THAN ALL FIVE OF THE SENSES OR AN ENTIRELY NEW POEM. ANY STYLE/LENGTH.





Synonym Poetry*:

Choose any word. Write that word in capital letters on the first line. In a thesaurus (you can link the the WWWebster(TM) Dictionary based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Tenth Edition by clicking here) look up the word and find three to five synonyms for it. Write the synonyms on the second line. One the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word. The last two lines of the poem should rhyme.

Student Examples:

LOVE

Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore

Love is so pure, right down to the core.

---Kimiko Brantley (Grade 10)

NOISE

Clamor, uproar, hullabaloo.

These things can really annoy you.

---Shasta Inman (Grade 9)


30 Days of Poetry - Day 19

A green line that divides the page

Sense Poems:

Think of a place that is special. Form an image in your mind of this place. If you need to, cluster this image. Then complete the following statements.
a. I see_________________________
b. I smell_______________________
c. I hear________________________
d. I feel________________________
e. I taste_______________________
f. I think_______________________ I see the sage-covered desert
I smell the freshness of the morning
I hear the scream of the hawk
I feel the caress of a breeze
I taste the dew on the wind
I think the new day is born

After you have written out the sentences, remove the pronouns, verbs, and articles as you need to:

sage-covered desert

freshness of morning

scream of the hawk

caress of a breeze

dew of the wind

new day born

For the next meeting write a "sense" poem, that is, one in which you use the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.






This Month's Assignment and Poems

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