Mime

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MIME

Erin York

 

She watches as

Her life parades

In yellow and green,

No

Only The Eye Can See

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ONLY THE EYE CAN SEE

Lauren Benish

 

April is coming to an end, taking Poetry Month with it. Today’s guest poet, Lauren, is a student at Burrell High School in Pennsylvania.

                               

 

One day a little girl perched on her Pappy’s knee

 

He told her about his homeland, fields as far as the eye could see

 

When he finished and her eyes grew wide, he told her not to forget how beautiful life could be

 

With a small kiss on his cheek, she promised she’d always remember

 

And she never forgot

 

 

One day a heartbroken girl fell unto her Pappy’s knee

 

He told her about his homeland, death as far as

Vanessa

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VANESSA

Sal Martin

 

     Another sleepless night. The third action hero has won out over the bad guys. The same news report has been reported for the hundredth time. I have memorized the weather into next week, not that it matters to me. I’m not going anywhere. I have an emphatic limp. I walk with a “walker” while my new knee heals. I try to show gratitude that such miracles are available for me instead of the rocking chair and cane that would have been my fate

Beanery Writers Newsletter (BWN) Vol. 2 Issue 4 April 1, 2009

BEANERY WRITERS NEWSLETTER (BWN)

VOL. 2 ISSUE 4

APRIL 1, 2009

Edited by Carolyn C. Holland and BWG members.

(Forward this newsletter to the writers you know!)

 

 

BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The BOLM (www.beanerywriters.wordpress.com) accepts submissions (in any genre) from guest writers. Items may be edited, but if there are any significant changes your work will be returned to you for your approval.. Submit your post to beanerywriters@yahoo.com with the word “Submission” in the subject line.

 

BEANERY WRITERS GROUP MEETINGS

The BWG meets the second and fourth Fridays each month, 1:00-3:00 p.m, in the back room at the Coffee Bean Café in Latrobe (they opened a second Coffee Bean Café on Rt. 30 in Greensburg by Office Max—wrong site!). Some members come early so they can socialize over coffee or lunch. New members—or visitors (especially if you are visiting the area from out of town)—are welcome to join us. Our members are eclectic: they write in all genres!

NOTE: The April 10 meeting is cancelled due to a conflict with Good Friday. There will be a “casual” meeting on April 17, and the regular meeting will remain on April 24.

 

APOLOGY: The Beanery Writers apologize for any convenience we cause you because the facilitator and editor of this newsletter does not yet know

The Life (and death) Cycle of the Ice Cream Soda

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THE LIFE (AND DEATH) CYCLE OF THE ICE CREAM SODA

Erin York

 

Birth of the ice cream soda

Into a frosted glass

 

The busiest drink

Trying to devour

Its confines and escape

 

Burning and fizzing,

Jumping and whizzing

Down a

Can You Write Your Memoir in Six Words?

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CAN YOU WRITE YOUR MEMOIR IN SIX WORDS?

Beanery Writers Group Members

Compiled by Carolyn C. Holland, group facilitator

 

     The Beanery Writers Group voted to have a “casual meeting” on April 17 (2009). The vote had been not to meet the week before, our regular meeting date, April 10, since it was Good Friday. Still, we had five members attend, and we met in the main room of the Coffee Bean Café in Latrobe, since there was a group of people in the back room and we didn’t want to kick them out (the Café had neglected to post our rescheduled meeting time, and we told the waitress we were OK, not to remove the other group). Aside from some background noise, all went well. It was nice to meet where there were windows.

     As facilitator, the only preparation I made was to pull a pile of “stuff” from my file cabinet, briefly scan it, and stuff it into my laptop bag. A few of these items created short discussions, including

A Cry For Goodness

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A CRY FOR GOODNESS

Jane Lipsius Driver

 

 

If I could bend to Love,
Though now uncertain of my fate,
Eternally cursing my freedom,
Would you afterward not veil me in dishonor?

To stand in the brightness
And give evidence of your loving
This veil keeps beyond my reach
A reverence bestowed upon another.

My soul stands l

We knew Him

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WE KNEW HIM

Kathleen

 

 

                        We knew Him

                        still we slew Him

                        the Messiah, 

Feasting At a Welcome-All Table

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FEASTING AT A WELCOME-ALL TABLE

Della Spearman

 

Della Spearman is a second year Divinity student at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta.

 

What is better than silver and gold?

A new house, car, or fancy restaurant…

Maybe a priceless delicacy or some fast food?

Not precious diamonds or oyster’s pearls.

 

What are you about to lose

Writers calls for submissions, competitions and events. April 7, 2009

 

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Writers calls for submissions, competitions and events. April 7, 2009

 

APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
The challenge is out. Write a poem-a-day for the thirty days in April. Quite a challenge! An official competition can be found at this site: http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/April+PAD+Challenge+2009+Rules++Blahblahblah.aspx.

For those of us who do not want to participate in this competition, how about attempting a poem a day for April? Or, at least for as many days as you can. On May 1, E-mail beanerywriters@yahoo.com and let us know how many poems you actually wrote to celebrate National Poetry Month. Include some samples for publication in the Beanery Online Literary Magazine, www.beanerywriters.wordpress.com 

 

 

CONTESTS, COMPETITIONS, CONFERENCES
The BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE seeks submissions in any genre. Send submissions to beanerywriters@yahoo.com with the word SUBMISSION in the subject line. Visit the magazine at www.beanerywriters.wordpress.com . Explore the archives in the folders on the left side of the site.

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PENNWRITERS’ PITTSBURGH EAST WRITER’S GROUP
“Research for Writers”
Saturday, April 11
10:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon
Monroeville Public Library’s downstairs Program Room
Free, open to the public
For further information click on: www.EllenSpain.com
To attend, RSVP to DuckIslandMaine@aol.com
Type your name and April 11th RSVP in the Subject line

     Guest speaker: Mystery and Romance author Barbara Miller,