Third Thursday, May 19 ~ "Small is Great" A critical appreciation of selected very-short poetry & prose.  Dr. Alan Bishop will be presenting the topic.  Minimalist lit is generally undervalued, if not totally ignored, by critics.  Is that justifiable?  We will consider some examples of short poetry & prose; evaluating their qualities, questioning the general critical bias and considering relevant issues such as which criteria are appropriate in appreciating such writings.

The Red Wheelbarrow

 

so much depends

upon

- a red wheel

barrow

-glazed with rain

water

-beside the white

chickens

T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

 



 Dunnville, Ontario

Highway 3 East of Dunnville ~ Looking East

 

 

 

Wind turbine country ~ may be related.

 

"All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother."

 

~ Abraham Lincoln





 

"It was when I had my first child that I understood how much my mother loved me."

~ from For Mother, A Bouquet of Sentiments

 

 

"Happy Mothers' Day"

 

 

 



 

Maureen Jennings, keynote speaker, Authors' Book Fair 2016 Port Dover

 

 

 

 

 

"Literature is the orchestration of platitudes." ~ Thornton Wilder (1897 - 1975) American playwrite, novelist, three-time winner of Pulitzer Prize.

 

 

 

How easy to work with birds singing and sunshine! [View from my desk]