Wordgrove Post & Review

Quoted in the Grove:
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel

You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you. ~Chris Abani

Be silly, be honest, be kind. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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News from the Grove:
This week is the briefest of introductions for the returning Wordgrove newsletter. A few cosmetic changes have been made, but the spirit remains the same. Wordgrove is less about critiquing work, and more about encouraging writers.

Thursday Word Games continue with regulars popping in and out as schedules allow. Numbers are admittedly small but usual for the summer doldrums. If you haven’t been lately, the backlog from past events means that Writers Platform is worth a visit.

Whitefeather and Piffin have gone missing the last few weeks and are missed, truly missed. The return of AidenScott (that’s ‘Aiden’ if you know him, ‘JQ’ if you dare), is a HUGE plus, but no one fills another’s void.

Aiden provides this week’s Prewritten Topic: Describe a place (in haiku form 5-7-5) that brings out your inner writer. (ex. a coffee house, your living room, etc.) Describe the smell, the emotions you feel, your thoughts… Write about one place that just gets your creative juices flowing.

Be there, have fun at this week’s Word Game: Thurs (9/20) at 5 pm PDT/8 EDT. Meet @Writers Platform
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@Writers Platform:
Past events produced poems and stories based on some of the following prompts: keychain, acrobat/oven, bloodmoon, whisper/alley, etc. There are pieces by various Authors, browse where your interest takes you. Return often. Leave something for others to read.

Jessa and Aiden each produced work based on the word prompts in last week’s Word Game exercise. This editor was present for chat but missed the 20 minute writing exercise, absent while walking his dog.

The words: Guardian/Flake
Jessa chose narrative to cover the week’s assignment. Rop is the main character practicing the rites of prehistoric magic to guarantee the safe arrival of his newborn. He is as real here as his 21st century daddy-in-waiting counterpart.

‘“I will guard her” the clouds attest’  Aiden uses poetry to bring together a guardian and the delicate royalty of snow flakes. The elements come together to protect a promise.
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Next week’s Post & Review will begin visiting Wordgrove PAZs for the newsletter’s Writers in Residence section.

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