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Writing Class? Inviting Class.

August 2, 2014 By Sally Owens 2 Comments

Although I wasn’t chilly,
I knew my memory had no form,
What on earth was a five minute drop
And how would it make me warm?

I soon found a sense of positive,
Very rare was actual criticism,
And if ever we all felt over-stretched,
Jack threw in a witticism.

I soon found a sense of positive,
For no one made me feel a twit,
If a sense of awkwardness arose,
Jack eased it with his wit.

Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cindeesniderre/7939836894/">Cindee Snider Re</a> via Flickr
Image by Cindee Snider Re via Flickr

(Note: Memory of my Creative Writing class at Thornden School, Chandler’s Ford, more than 20 years ago.)

© Sally Owens, Summer 2014

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  1. Hazel Bateman says

    August 2, 2014 at 10:36 am

    Brilliant rhyme of ‘witticism’ with ‘criticism’ Sally!!

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  2. Mike Sedgwick says

    August 2, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    Brenda remembers those classes and Jack, Sally’s Father. He was a great help at a difficult time. Sally’s poems always have a freshness about them.

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