Sept. 30, 2019
There were three prompts to choose from for today’s writing exercise:
- Nuclear power workers — what are their dreams like?
- Shadow and Light
- Driving through a flock of birds on the road — some of which didn’t move out of the way
Author: ralphcuellar
PROMPT: SYZYGY
September 16, 2019.
Today’s prompt is the word syzygy (syz·y·gy).
Syzygy can be traced to the Greek syzygos (“yoked together”), a combination of syn- (“with, together with”) and zygon (“yoke”). Its first know use was circa 1847.
It is defined as:
- the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
- any two related things, either alike or opposite
The prompt is to use it in a short writing.
EMBRACED HARVEST BAZAAR
Several members of Writers in the Grove will be participating in the Embraced Harvest Bazaar being held at the Old Town Church in Forest Grove on Saturday, September 28.
The WIG table will feature an outstanding selection of original children, poetry and adult books, and even music CDs from our members for sale. There will also be additional books from some local authors.
Embraced Harvest Bazaar
Old Town Church (on 15th between Cedar and Douglas)
2224 15th Avenue
Forest Grove, OR 97116
The event will run from 9am to 4pm, Saturday, Sept. 28.
PROMPT: 1)RUNNING WATER 2)YELLOW FALL OF LEAVES
September 9, 2019
There were two prompts in today’s meeting:
- Running Water
- Yellow Fall of Leaves
PROMPT: (1) LABOR (2) PEACE, LOVE AND MUDDY PAWS
September 2, 2019
There were two options for today’s prompt:
- Labor
- Peace, Love and Muddy Paws
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019: MONDAY MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE FOREST GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
September 1, 2019 – Due to the The Senior Center being closed for the Labor Day holiday, the Monday morning meeting of Writers in the Grove will be held at the Forest Grove United Methodist Church in the library room, starting at the regular 9am time.
The church is located at 1726 Cedar St. in Forest Grove (corner of 17th and Cedar).
We very much appreciate the generosity of the church in letting the group meet there.
PROMPT: NIGHT SKY
August 26, 2019
The prompt for today’s meeting was simply, Night Sky.
PROMPT: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
August 19, 2019
The prompt used a reading from the book titled, INCAS The Gold Of Cuzco, by A. B. Daniel.
INCAS
The Gold Of Cuzco
The fog would now disperse, now descend at the whim of invisible gusts of wind. Occasionally Gabriel, approaching a pass, would find himself blinded briefly by the harsh light of the sun slanting through it and would then see a sky as deeply blue as ocean.
He felt as though he was traveling into a supernatural world. Gradually the slopes became as gentle as a rolling sea swell. The short yellow grass was covered in dust worn from the rocks by years of frost. The monotony of the red and ocher earth was broken only by occasional black boulders rising from it like colossal blisters. Man was unwelcome here, and only luck could determine the success or failure of a voyage across this land.
In this passage the author is comparing the land to the ocean, and the expedition to a “voyage” across the land.
The prompt is to write a couple of paragraphs that use similes and metaphors to make a connection or analogy between things that are essentially unlike each other.
PROMPT: THREE PROMPTS
There were three prompts for today’s meeting.
- The greatest excuse you’ve ever heard.
- Where will you hide? When will you hide? Where did you hide? (Write on all the iterations or only one)
- When fairy tales collide.
TASTE OF CHILDHOOD
The following was submitted by Writers in the Grove member, Mary Jane Nordgren.
It was in response to the prompt, “A taste, a touch, or a smell from childhood“.
taste of childhood
grandma was a lady, precise, particular
her dining room table manner formal
but at her green-patterned, formica kitchen table
sis and I got to dig into root beer floats
and slurp every last quarter-inch of sweet-bubbled foam
