MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sharon Palmeri,
Beverly Stanislawski, Katherine Flotz, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Dorelli, George
Miga, Kay Depel, Paul Mulligan, Lisa Groszek, Mary Lu Cowley, Judy Whitcomb,
Adam Sedia
OLD BUSINESS:
A vote of approval
for the May 21, 2015 minutes was first given by MARY LU COWLEY and seconded by KATHERINE
FLOTZ.
LITERARY NEWS:
ADAM SEDIA stated that he recently had his short
story, “The Red Sky,” published in
the Liberty Island, a literary magazine (literaryislandmag.com).
LISA GROSZEK brought two brochures for the members to
read. The first pertained to the Indiana Writers’ Consortium open house on
Saturday, June 13th from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. , featuring local
authors who will be selling and signing their books with literary readings
every half hour. The address for the
open house will be at the Hammond Innovation Center, 5209 Hohman Ave., Hammond.
This will be in conjunction with the Downtown Hammond Art Walk, a
conglomerate of various art centers, the majority of which are located on
Hohman Ave. with various times with the first beginning at 9:00 A.M. extending
to 5:30 P.M., also on June 13th.
READINGS:
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her memorable 16 line, four stanza
poem, “Time Thief.” The poem reflected her feelings following the
death of her husband due to cancer and appropriately including the line, “We
plan to jail the thief of time someday.”
PAUL MULLIGAN read two pages of his newest novel for
which there is no title yet. The novel
begins with a man accidently running into his lost love at a clothing
store. The woman, Navvy, had been known
to him since their original abandonment at an orphanage and adoption by well-meaning
scientists, later being forced to change their names.
MARY LU COWLEY read four pages of her novel-in –progress,
Snowmen. The novel begins with head coach, Jake
Rawlings, getting ready to leave for home when his secretary informs him that
his lead player, quarterback Kyle Tayler, had been involved in an
accident. Unable to believe that
anything serious could happen to such an able athlete, he heads toward the
field.
TOM SPENCER, having written his beautiful 24 stanza
acrostic terza rima poem, from his hospital bed, had it read for the members by
Adam Sedia. The poem, titled “Terza
Rima,” which included each letter, in alphabetical order, in the last word
of the second line of each stanza, and concluded with, “poet’s use the alphabet
from a to z, the creation of the theme is up to you, in placement of the ever
present zeugma.”
LISA GROSZEK read her six stanza cree poem entitled, “One With Words.” This beautiful poem begins with a baby’s
coos, turning into words she would later speak and later giving little doubt
she would “fly among clouds, with only her words as her wings.”
ADAM SEDIA brought his seven stanza poem entitled, “The Diamond.” This fantastic poem, written for his fiancée
when he asked for her hand in marriage, told of the beginning of a diamond and
the amount of care needed to be “befitting my beloved’s hand.”
JUDITH WHITCOMB read four pages of her children’s chapter
book, Emma and Guenever. In
this part of her novel, Chapter 2, “Gathering,”
told of young Emma taking her friend, Princess Guenever, out to a chicken coop
to teach her the proper way to collect eggs.
The collection of eggs went awry when Emma picked up a board, slamming
it down to scare the chickens off their nest and accidently hitting the
Princess in the nose.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
Respectfully
submitted:
SHARON BUCKMAN
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