MEMBERS PRESENT: Beverly Stanislawski, Diane Stratton, Amy Brailey, Bob Neuman, Judy Neuman, Sharon Palmeri, Shirley Hinman, Cindy Horgash. Shirley Vaughan. and Al Koch.
NEW NEWS: AMY BRAILEY will be attending the 29TH Southern Illinois University Literary Festival, speaking on “Self-Publishing.” JUDY & BOB NEUMAN talked about readying their book,ZZZZZAPPed for publication. Discussions about meeting on Tuesdays at Bulldog Park during June, July, August, and Sept. More meeting details, later.
READINGS:
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI presented two poems: “The Race,” about a careless driver who kills a man by driving past the speed of life, and “Ode to a Lowly Pothole,” telling our disgust with humongous, bottomless pits that swallow cars.
BOB NEUMAN’s ”A Poet Who Doesn’t Know It,” showed reflections by a writer, wannabe, desiring to become a well-known writer.
SHIRLEY HINMAN read her poem, “The Music Continues” which showed that music and life continue even after death.
AL KOCH defined the “Quality of Character” with several examples. He summarized character saying it is “governing oneself guided by a personal board of directors. What qualities of character do you cultivate?”
JUDY NEUMAN presented “Does She …or Doesn’t She?” which was an account of what took place after Judy decided to quit dying her hair, and go natural.
CINDY HORGASH read “Spring Thing” which was a picture book story about Scarecrow who dreams of spring and befriends a robin.
SHARON PALMERI read “The Bitter with the Better.” which touched on her failed breast implant. However, not letting that get her down, she enrolled in a required course: Journalism. After doing poorly on all the news quizzes, she told her instructor she rarely read the “ boring” newspaper. “Then write better articles,” he responded. She did and aced the course.
MEETNG ADJOURNED at 6:50, but members stayed awhile to get to know each other, more.
Respectfully submitted,
Beverly Stanislawski
No comments:
Post a Comment