November 4, 2019
Today’s prompt is exploring the question of how to express a strong feeling in writing.
Write something that gets a strong feeling across. Consider using colors or sounds to express a strong feeling, whether it be happy or sad.
Author: ralphcuellar
PROMPT: 1)HALLOWEEN MEMORY 2)AUTUMN LEAVES
October 28, 2019
There were two prompt options in today’s group meeting.
- Halloween Memory (real or fantasy)
- Autumn Leaves
WINTERSONG 2020 READING EVENT
Writers in the Grove is pleased to host the WINTERSONG 2020 public reading event at the Forest Grove United Methodist Church on Saturday, January 18, 2020, from 10:30 AM to about noon.
This event is open to all ages. It is free to enter and to attend.
The location is:
Forest Grove United Methodist Church
1726 Cedar Street
Forest Grove, Oregon.
Submission Guidelines and Entry Form is located here: (more…)
PROMPT: 3 PROMPTS
October 21,2019
There were 3 writing prompt options in today’s group meeting.
- Squirrel in a crosswalk
- Women hold up half the sky
- Gold, Orange, Yellow, Brown, Green
SOAR
The following was submitted by Writers in the Grove member, Mary Jane Nordgren.
It was in response to the prompt, A Four Letter Word Containing “R” AND “S”.
SOAR
air transparent, air translucent
but aspects of air we cannot know
cannot see except by inference
when raven swoops over granite peak
into the valley, dipping and lifting
shifting only a feather or two to propel
guiding him on invisible currents
searching twittering gold aspens
carnelian maples
finally alighting near the top
of green sugar pine
he rests a moment
launches with two pumps of spread black wings
dives, swoops low
lifts again, talons empty
spirals high, and higher
circling with only a tilt or so
as, knowing the air like the back of his claw
he soars
PROMPT: A FOUR LETTER WORD CONTAINING “R” AND “S”
October 14, 2019
Prompt for weekly group meeting:
A four letter word containing “R” and “S”. You supply the two missing vowels.
PROMPT: TWO PROMPTS FROM SATURDAY GROUP MEETING
October 12, 2019
- Four friends carve pumpkins to look like the you they know or have known
- Who is that dancing and why is he/she tapping his/her toes?
PROMPT: A PET YOU REALLY WANTED AS A CHILD BUT NEVER GOT
Oct 7, 2019
The prompt is write about some kind of pet you may have desired as a child but never got. It could be a real or imaginary one.
PROMPT: (THREE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM)
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
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.
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