Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Changing time of the meetings and other fun stuff!

 Hi guys,


I've been individually talking to members and it seems like 4:30pm would work better for everyone. 

Sooooo.............how about we do that? 

It's 12:02 pm. and there are crickets and myself waiting for members in Webex. The crickets are nice and have some really creative ideas. Charles wrote several poems that he shared with me. They were mainly about eating and being eaten, but they were very entertaining. He wished he could have taken part in the Poetry Slam yesterday, but alas, there weren't earphones small enough for him. 

Then there is Cecil. Cecil just broke up with his girlfriend, so he is a bit bummed. I suggest that he just let her go and start croaking again for a new friend. He feels very supported.. Just between you and me, his creative writing is very dark. Dark is ok. Especially when you're a cricket. Much safety in that. Especially behind a refrigerator. 

Charlene is also here. She says hi!

Charles, Cecil and Charlene also vote for moving the meetings to 4:30pm. I think it's unanimous. Their hands are really small, so it's hard to tell if they hare saying "aye" or "nay." 

Oh, here's the list of winners in our Poetry Slam!

Best Poet
1st Dianna Ramos
2nd Gary Phillips
3rd Ashley Demers

Best Poems
1st Gary Phillips   What Lovers Do
2nd Ashley Demers   Hello Goodbye
2nd Dianna Ramos   Fear is for a Moment; Faith is Forever
3rd Ojo Traiye   The Long Crack in My Body Braids into the net
3rd Maricrus Enriquez Life
3rd Mike Matthews Before Sunrise

Congratulations to all! Especially Ashley and Mike Matthews who are Writers Guild members. Yay you guys! 

Make sure you all enter your work in Byways. You have to be a current student and the deadline is March 30. Here's the info https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/

We're still working on the virtual escape room, the poetry book fundraiser and the recipe fundraiser.




2 comments:

  1. I'll see if our officers will send out an email to everyone about the new times of the meeting.

    Btw, Antwion did join the crickets and me in today's meeting and we had a really great conversation about the author Ashley Knight who spoke during our Black History Month meeting. she said to send her contact info to you guys and she will help you with being published. Her email is wordsuniteinfo@gmail.com. Her bookstore is Words Unite in Killeen and the address is 2605 Hector Dr, Killeen, TX 76549
    512-710-7594. You can watch her interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Mf_7EkoAY&list=PLCt74o-MpnRsZNvsbhDKFTxxFPRA_BWte&index=4

    Also, if you missed the Poetry Slam, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMkC2w6hU0&t=83s

    Hope to see you guys at the next meeting!

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  2. Ah that was interesting when you named the crickets I was confused there for a second but that's so creative of you lol. So the time went back to 12?

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