Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #12: Dedication to Mrs Holdich

Dedication to Mrs Holdich
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

Beauty, birds and nests
Don't shake the tree or get shived in the chest
Animal cruelty isn't funny.

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #11: Men's cardigans

Men's cardigans
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

What are men's cardigans
Mandigans
I see what I did there
You don't need to
You don't need your eyes
Don't let the Wadz bite 

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #10: Oesophagus

Oesophagus
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

What does water go down
An oesophagus
No
An apocalypse, to and fro
A flood
Sticks and mud
A river of pain
A river of blood
Donate.

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #9: Blisters

Blisters
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

Don't pop blisters
It hurts

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #8: Hornet

Hornet
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

Hornet in my ear
How queer?
I killed it
Bullseyeee
That is all.

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #7: Colours

Colours
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

Blues, greens, sunset oranges
Golden browns and horizon reds
These are colours.
I like colours.

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #6: Things I cannot let you love

Things I cannot let you love
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

TK Maxx, The Tourist
Crumbs in butter
Grease 2
When you learn to ride a bike they say they won't let go
But yes they do
Smule on my phone
Durian fruit - hobo's feet
Brian Cox, mixed up socks
Rolf Harris
His board, his beard
Black sleet
The lion and the bear from my childhood
Teletubbies, eh oh
Oh no

Things I cannot let you love.
Including me.

Creative Writing Club Round-Up #4: 20/12/2013

Hey guys! Well, the first term of CWC has been fun, and with the stress of competition writing over for Christmas, we spent the last session having a well earned rest. CWC really started to live up to its alternative name ‘the Eating Lunch and Chatting club’ but don’t worry, it will be business as usual after the holidays.

ANT made the session memorable by trying her first ever mince pie! It took much persuasion but she did take the leap of faith eventually, trusting our very high opinion of this Christmas food classic... sadly she was disappointed. Personally, I think it was a mistake admitting to her that they contain raisins but at least she tried *sigh*!

After everyone else had finished their mince pies (someone else finished ANT’s) I took the opportunity to make Raven claws out of the casings. This was very entertaining for a while but they were a little impractical. No one could complain though because they served their purpose in keeping me occupied.

DisneyLoverMolly and Master were very nearly absent from this final meeting but we couldn’t have been more thrilled when they said they could stay. DisneyLoverMolly made us all laugh by trying to get noticed as she walked to and from CWC in the hat from my Christmas cracker. Nobody commented on it, or laughed, or even gave her a funny look. This left her concluding that everyone (even the people who don’t know her) expects crazy behaviour from her! Don’t worry though DisneyLoverMolly, we all love your quirky little ways :)

So to end the Christmas term, I have two Christmas-based quotes for you all to enjoy. The first is inevitably from Harry Potter (and the Order of the Phoenix) to remind everyone what joy books can bring at Christmas – although Dumbledore prefers socks:

Hermione: “‘Thanks for the book, Harry,’ she said happily. ‘I’ve been waiting for New Theory of Numerology for ages!’”

And the second is a Charles Dickens quote from ‘A Christmas Carol’ which I think is a really interesting take on Christmas. Enjoy.

“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

ConscienceSarah :)

Wadz's Poetry Wednesday #5: Pineapples, oranges and lemons

Pineapples, oranges and lemons
By A.E.D. Wadsworth

Pineapples, oranges and lemons
My ethnic friends like more than just melons.

Don't stereotype.

Creative Writing Club Round-Up #3: 13/12/2013

Hey guys! What excitement there was at CWC this week. With (nearly) all members back in action, three finished competition entries and chocolate biscuits, in my opinion it was the best CWC we've had so far!!

So, let's start with the competition: after much struggling over word counts and phrasing, Master, DisneyLoverMolly and I, managed to complete our stories in time for the club! We each had to read them out, which was actually pretty scary, especially when you know your work is being heard by the keenest writers in the Academy. After some issues over our words, where we ended up having to defend our choices, we got to keep our stories more or less as we wrote them...

ANT had a bit of a traumatic week as some plot holes were found in her story. Like a true professional, she took the criticism on the chin and reminded us all that you can't improve unless you take suggestions on board. I'm happy to say, she is changing the end of her story, hopefully in time to be submitted along with ours!

On an unrelated note, Master thought that ANT had some chips in her pasta... Wherever ANT goes, a connection to salt seems to follow.

Back to the writing now: the February competition is still on our radar but unfortunately someone forgot the sheet this week so no progress was made... I will mention no names... You know who you are...

This week's quote's from Doctor Who and it is about Harry Potter. I know I'm supposed to be promoting reading, which this is, but I mostly put it in because I love it when awesome things cross-reference each other!!!!

Martha: So magic and stuff. That's a surprise. It's all a bit Harry Potter.

The Doctor: Wait 'til you read book seven. Oh I cried.

(So did I :p)