Scribbling club Poetry month meeting

We’ll see you on Wednesday, April 2nd, for an evening of camaraderie and craft celebrating Poetry Month!

This date happens to coincide with the evening celebration of life for Joyce Whitney, a long time member of the Club and volunteer cohort at the Molly Brown House Museum.

True to form, Joyce’s has influenced the plan for the evening in the most delightful way.

Embodied Poetry Costume Contest

To celebrate Joyce’s appreciation for an on-theme costume, this meeting features a contest that's all about embodying poetry.

If the Embodied Poetry Costume Contest sounds interesting and fun to you, you have two options for participation:

1. Become a poem

Dress in a way that visually represents a favorite poem. Maybe swirling blues and silvers for The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, earthy tones and florals for Leaves of Grass, or something fragmented and avant-garde for a modernist piece.

2. Step out of the stanzas

Come as a character, object, or image from a poem. The moon from Lorca’s Romance de la Luna, Luna, a raven from Poe, a red wheelbarrow, or something from Goblin Market.

How the contest works

Pick one of the two categories and give it your all! Meeting attendees will get the chance to see you strut your stuff during the mini runway event bridging the social and sharing hours.

Then, folks will vote and we'll announce the winners of both categories!

The plan for the evening

• Social/writing hour 5:30-6:15

  Socialize and check in with your fellow Scribblers/sit down with a project or one of the provided writing prompts.

• Runway event, break 6:15-6:30

  Embodied Poetry Costume Contest competitors will strut their stuff on our mini runway and meeting attendees will select a winner by voting.

• Sharing hour 6:30-7:30

  Scribblers who signed up during check in have up to five minutes to share progress for celebration, work for appreciation, or a struggle for support.

RSVP for the april Club meeting

To keep things running as smoothly as possible, please let Kaitlynn know if you'll be there by March 31st.

If you knew Joyce and are interested in the celebration of life event: it's happening at Max Gill & Grill from 6-9. If you would like to attend the event after our meeting, and would like to ride share, please include that note in your RSVP!

Club mtg no. 10: CANCELLED

This event is for Club Members.

What to expect

• 6:30-7:15 Get set up, settled, writing prompt

  Time for us to set up the room for the meeting, grab some snacks and drinks, then settle in which a writing prompt or goal check in (you choose!).

• 7:15-8 Goal check in

  Depending on group size, we'll either go around the circle and check-in or use a small group format.

• 8-8:30 Discussion and wrap up

  Discuss whatever came up during goal check in, final thoughts and what members need to know before next time, packing up and heading home.

Reserve your seat here.

Club mtg no. 9

What to expect

• Centering activity

  A writing prompt or similar, announced at the meeting.

• Group discussion

  Guided conversations to complement the activity.

• Brief break

  Time for refilling snacks and drinks.

• Craft exploration

  Varies each month. This month’s focus is on words themselves.

• Wrap up

  Final thoughts and what members need to know before next time.

RSVP for the February Club meeting

Kindly submit your RSVP before February 2nd.