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Our Vibrant Verse poetry competition was a great success with 136 entries and the judges will read aloud the firstFAWNS NEWSLETTER – AUGUST,2009 Fellowship of Australian Writers – North Shore Branch Web : http://sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional/ Email : fawnorthshore@gmail.com (C/- The Secretary, 35 Eyre Street, Smithfield 2164) Meetings held 1pm on the third Sunday of each month at Willow Park, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby
President: Jan Foster Secretary: Maria Encarnacao Treasurer: Dorothy Walker Editor: Jany Garland
Some words from the President:- and second prize-winners today.
Our Super Short Story and Memoir com-petition is under way and I hope you’ve all thought of entering before it closes on the 25th September. Details will be published in our next newsletter. " Now it’s time to finalise those submissions for the 2009 anthology, if we want it in time for the November meeting. Please, please, please, e-mail them to me if at all possible – if not, hand it in by next meeting at the very latest, or post it to me. Next meeting is the cut-off point. “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” William Wordsworth
The results of the poetry competition are as follows:
1st - Shadowlight - by Margaret 2nd - New Day, New Life - by Dorothy
Highly Commended: Galileo's Dance - by P.S.Cottier Shoes Empty - by Cynthia Rowe
Commended: A Pessimist on Peace - by Ron Stevens Night Fishing - by Gavin Austin Leaving - by Gavin Austin
Worthy of Mention: Tamar Wetlands, Tasmania - by Summer at Carcoar - by Gail Hennessy Summer's Song - by Philippa Holland
listening for knock or call footfalls or sweet voices through disasters or near despair they shed the silent tears
Tuned to wait the cycles they work and nurse watch in hope. Few men will truly understandthe agonies of waiting.
© Maria Encarnacao … May 2009
July Prompt - (100 words or less) Any Port in a StormIt was a cold Winter and, after a hard day’s work, John and Jane were seated by the fire – a real one with logs blazing in the fireplace – it was throwing out a lot of heat. It was customary for them to have a little nightcap and a quiet talk before retiring. Jane said, as she poured the drinks, “I’m sorry, I could not buy a better port, but this was all they had”. At that moment there was a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, followed by heavy rain, as John replied “That’s all right – any port in a storm!”
Oooops!! : In 2005 a typo by a Japanese stockbroker cost one investment bank nearly $270 million. The broker meant to sell one share of J-Com at 610,000 yen, not 610,000 shares at one yen.
Michael was cross-country skiing in the Italian Alps when a whiteout hit. He became disoriented and was soon hopelessly lost. He was delirious and close to death when a St Bernard dog, carrying a small barrel around its neck, emerged from the blizzard. I hope you have some rum in that” he said, ACHIEVEMENT: Gypsy Jone (Joan Blackmore) won a Highly Commended prize in the Blue Fringe Literature Award in the Blue Mountains, for a children’s story “Piano Lessons for Elephants”. This story, two of Joan’s poems and some artwork were published in their Annual Anthology.
For those of you who watch what they eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health:- 1. The Japanese eat very little fat And suffer fewer heart attacks than the English. 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat And suffer fewer heart attacks than the English. 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine And suffer fewer heart attacks than the English. 4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine And suffer fewer heart attacks than the English. 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats And suffer fewer heart attacks than the English. CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
SEQUENCE AND PROPORTION(Continued from July’s Newsletter) “Once the sequence of the argument has been established, one part of it must be linked to another. Sentences can be linked into para-graphs, and paragraphs into sections, by various structural devices. “One simple way to indicate a series of ideas is to number them (first, second and so on). A more readable variation of this method is to use such phrases as to begin with, again, further and finally. Another way of linking ideas is to show that they are allied or opposed, using such introductory words and phrases as similarly, also, on the other hand, by contrast, yet and nevertheless. “Note that, contrary to popular belief, and and but are proper – and useful – words with which to begin sentences and link them together. The word but is nearly always preferable to however: it has more force and point and is less likely to be misused. “Proportion requires that topics of similar interest and importance should receive similar treatment. It would be a strange history of Australia that gave five hundred pages to the discovery of gold and only ten to the growth of the wool industry, unless, of course, there was a reason for this disproportion. If some aspects of a subject are stressed and others neglected, the reader should be told why, because normally he will expect the discussion to be balanced as well as orderly. (continued next month…) (From: “Style Manual for Authors, Editors & Printer”, 3rd Edition (Ed.)
“Curiouser and curioser: We are often unaware of how figurative our everyday language really is. Many terms relate to the human body: neck of the bottle; mouth of a river; eye of a needle; fish fingers; nose of a plane. Make a list of such terms which use the body. Try starting with the head and working down to the feet.”
WRITERS’ PROMPT:- Û
1. Make your own list of the terms including body parts (as in 'Curiouser and curiouser' in today's Newsletter).
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