Wordgrove Post & Review

Quoted in the Grove:

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
~Alvin Toffler

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
~George Bernard Shaw

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
~Ogden Nash

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Posted from the Grove:
Thanksgiving was quiet in the grove, and little got done but hours of chat. Talk ranged from gossip to bored games and casino ware. There may have been the question raised of Wordgrove’s writing contest resuming in Jan, yes or no. Good question. Current thinking is favorable to bringing back the Wordgrove Prize, but yes or no remains the question

Time consumed in making it happen subtracts directly from this editor’s personal work :: this little contest has produced remarkable work of its own. How does a word lover turn away from that? If time opens up and a topic of sufficient interest suggests itself, look for news of it in the Post & Review

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Regrettably, the link to last week’s Spoonerism special was active only to registered members of Wordsmith’s, a.word.a.day. If first-rate wordplay is a favorite laugh, these are too good to miss

http://wordgrove.com/spoonerism.html

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Prewritten for Thurs (04/17) @6pm PT/9 ET is: paisley, savannah

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@Writers Platform
Glass Table:

~Greenie:
Shadow Dance (previously reviewed)
On Golden Beams (p.r.)

Besotted (quoted in full)

I am enamored of your ruffly hair
your piercing eyes and daunting stare
I am besotted with your belly fur
your muffled snarl and rumbling purr 

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Prewritten: meme

~Piffin: “With a Mason Ring and Schnauzer”
Favorite lines (quoted)

Me me me meme
The mental mill has spun
Another anecdotal song
From Mary’s mirror sung
Of slender man in corner dark
And spider eggs in bubblegum

~BarTalk: Arrival

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Impromptu:
Small crowd of two on Thurs passed up their chance to write something new, chatted, had other fun instead

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