I wish I could come to this. I love the verb "overbloked."
Mairead

On 10/16/05, Writers Forum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRITISH-POETS] writers forum workshop
>
>
> >Thankyou for an excellent time. Interesting poetry was read, and the
> discussion continued well after the workshop had finished. I enjoyed
> it immensely, and am still nursing a slight hangover as a consequence.
> Thankyou to everyone who attended for making it such a memorable
> evening.
>
> Pleased to hear this, Roger. Sorry about the hangover. I found it somewhat
> difficult to take myself away from the discussion when I left early...
>
> Hope to see you at future workshops.
>
> To others in general - We can do with a few more new people, too. A lot of
> those currently attending cannot make it every time; so, ideally, we would
> have quite a high _membership_. Anyone sharing our aims and agreeing with
> our methods is welcome. 2 or 3 more people and we might be at optimum
> attendance again.
>
> There are three more workshops this year:
>
> 5th November
> 26th November
> 10th December
> >PS I had a hard time finding the Camden Peoples Theatre - I fear the
> Underground employees were less than helpful
>
> Many railway employees are animists - note the widespread belief that
> blowing on a whistle creates automative power. They are largely a peaceful
> and well-intentioned tribe, but rarely reliable. Their language (known to
> them as "nouncemn") does not have any words for direction or journey; and
> there is no evidence that they have the underlying concepts, even using loan
> words
>
> WF's standard advice is "Since September 2003, the venue has been Camden
> People's Theatre on the corner of Drummond Street and Hampstead Road. Tube
> Warren Street." though all that doesn't always get into all the messages. It
> nearly always says Warren St though...
>
> >PPS I am puzzled by the name, "Writers Forum". The name indicates, to
> me, something formal, yet it was anything but.
>
> It's historical. It grew out of more formal meetings; and the name is to do
> with crafts of the possible and taking people with you...
>
> The present incarnation dates from the autumn of 2002, when Bob Cobbing, the
> long-standing convenor, knowing himself to be dying, passed the
> convenorship, if there is such a word, to Adrian Clarke and me
>
> There is no formal membership and hasnt been for years. (Administratively,
> we do "less is more". If it works, it's enough.) If you stop coming, then
> you are not regarded as a regular - unless you let us know. A number of
> regulars have difficulty with work in getting to all meetings and sometimes
> people have to miss several meetings in a row. Those who are engaged by it
> let us know. Otherwise, we encourage as best we can others to come along.
> Now, as I have indicated, is such a time.
>
> We aim to be welcoming. Chairing is light. Negative comment is strongly
> discouraged. We learn from each other. It is not a school or a movement.
> There is a commitment to sound and visual and performance work, but such
> material is presented alongside other poetries
>
> All we ask is that you have a commitment to trying new things and do not
> have a desire to tell other people their poetics are wrong
>
> So we meet next on 5th November 2005, Camden People's Theatre, on the corner
> of Drummond Street and Hampstead Road. Tube Warren Street. i.e. near Euston
> Road. We meet 3.30 to 4... sometimes the building is open, sometimes not,
> and the keyholder too arrives in that 3.30 to 4 so if you are too early you
> may have to stand on the street. Transport links are many; so, perhaps after
> one visit, it is possible to time arrival within a quarter of an hour or so.
>
> The workshop runs from 4 to 6 and it is greatly appreciated if people get
> there before 4 so as not to disturb the workshop once it starts
>
> There is alcohol and non-alcohol on sale. You are welcome to bring your own
> drinks. The pub after is optional of course; but relatively close, and
> welcoming. Cheap eating round the corner. Supermarket opposite.
>
> We *are overbloked. (But stopping women in the street and asking if they'd
> like to come to a poetry workshop hasnt been entirely successful.) But all
> ages and all genders are welcome
>
>
>
> Lawrence
>