October Poets:

To say last night was interesting would be an understatement. We had two challenges for this month. One was to do a poem about crickets. The Senior Center, like any public building gets fumigated and this time of year a lot of crickets come in and of course, end up dead. The head of the center sweeps them up every morning, so challenged our group to write a poem about crickets. What amazed me was how many different poems could be written around a cricket! We accepted the challenge and came through. We were even left a little box for inspiration (you'll see it in the pictures below).

The second challenge was to write a scary poem. I'm afraid we didn't follow through as well on this one, but we did have some who did and did a great job. Some managed to combine both a cricket and a scary poem in one. Multi-tasking poetry (smile).

As the night moved on I realized bringing in candy might not have been such a good idea. Adults on sugar can get just as crazy as kids on sugar. (smile). We did have fun and at the end each shared a little about themselves. It's nice to get to know each other on more than just a poetic base, but to learn where we come from and a bit of background. Thanks Jamar for making that suggestion.

Next month Meghan will host a Poetry Slam. I'll be sending out details next week, so watch your emails. Slams are a lot of fun, so even if you don't want to participate come and watch...you may even end up being a judge!

Our challenge for next month was given by Meghan and she wants everyone to write about hay bales. So for those of you who have never seen a hay bale it's time to google! There were some who hadn't.

Here's hoping the muse is kind to everyone and we have more quality poetry next month!

Our poets last night were: Jamar White, Meghan Robb, Aaron Johnson, Colette Jones, Beth Langley, Marie Grady (stock photo), and myself. Our guests were Kwan Johnson and Cynthia Harris and or course, The Cricket!

If anyone would like to put a voice the name and face check out Beth's myspace page.