It's two days since I got home from Write! Canada. Already the conference is beginning to take on the aura of a dream. Going to a conference like this is a lot like going to summer camp: intense, real, vital and exciting while you're there; surreal when you get home and reflect on it.Again I… Continue reading Write! Canada 2013 – 1
I'm excited to share the poster for the Inscribe Fall Conference. It still seems eons away but September 27 & 28th will be here before we know it! Learning From Our Peers I'm also excited to be a workshop presenter. My poetry workshop "Learning From Our Peers" will happen Saturday morning of the conference. Here's… Continue reading Inscribe Fall Conference – I’ll be there!
CIRCUS SCANDAL Emails, flyers, posters, letters and a lot more bumf advertised circus parade real elephant’s galumph. But the beast was clumsy, shy a masked and costumed humf. Cheated crowd wants money back not ringmaster’s “Harrumph.” © 2013 – Violet Nesdoly ******************** David Harrison's Word of the Month challenge for June is "Harrumph." The poem… Continue reading Circus Scandal
Permission to Write was a panel discussion that was part of Write! Vancouver (May 25). The panel was moderated by Lesley Bentley. On the panel were K. C. Dyer (author), Marc Cote (Publisher, Cormorant Books), Ken Shigematsu (Pastor), and Ron Reed (Playwright, Actor & Creative Director of Pacific Theatre). Why I chose this workshop: I… Continue reading Permission to write: Write!Vancouver – 3
It's springtime where I live and time to plant seed. The Bible first refers to seed way back in Genesis when God created plants and described their seediness:"Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is… Continue reading June prompt: seed
Dishes She stands at the enamel dishpan prune hands in warm water little robot of wash rinse stack looks out the window as clouds scud from the west thinks, I hope it doesn’t rain. Dad’s uptight enough, smells this morning’s cookies fresh from the oven thinks about mixing them and what's in the… Continue reading Dishes
"Words Becoming Flesh: Writing for the Stage" was the first workshop I attended Saturday morning of Write! Vacouver. Ron Reed taught it. He is the creative director of Pacific Theatre as well as a playwright and actorMy 'history' with Reed and Pacific Theatre goes back to about 2002 when I saw Reed act in the… Continue reading Words Becoming Flesh: Write! Vancouver – 2
I spent most of the weekend just past with fellow writers attending Write! Vancouver, sponsored by The Word Guild. We met in the beautiful Tapestry facility (in Wesbrook Village on the UBC campus). It was a Friday night and all-day-Saturday crammed with inspiring speakers and interactions with fellow scribes. Friday Night Soiree - Faithfulness is… Continue reading Write! Vancouver – 1
Grandma's Fingerprint by Ann Griffiths My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Grandma’s Fingerprint Ann Griffiths tells the story of her Grandma Mabel and how she impacted and influenced her life. The story begins when Ann was six. She recalls her mother driving her and her siblings away from their father one night and how… Continue reading Grandma’s Fingerprint (review)
Back “Writing a poem…is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.” Mary Oliver Poetry, I’m back and sorry I missed our rendezvous all these May mornings forsook you for Twitter Facebook, email, hotmail Are you… Continue reading Back
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