St. Lawrence Area Poets

That's right, a whole new year & decade is upon us.  Hard to believe that 10% of the 21st century is history.  There are sentient beings alive right now who will never have lived in the dear 20th century.  And, walking among us, are kids who will live to see the 22nd century. 

These are sobering thoughts.  I'm certainly sobered.  Remember Y2K, what a laugh!  I was soooo disappointed that nothing went wrong.  When all runs along smoothly, how dull.  Yet I wouldn't wish for misfortune.  Life is such a confused paradox.  We don't want what we have, we want what we don't or cannot possess.  I'm not sure what the question is, but I'd say poetry is at least one answer, & a pretty good one too. 

Nancy & I spent Christmas in Virginia.  Rained all Christmas, but the next day was 61 degrees & clear.  Two highlights: got stuck in a horrendous traffic jam on the D.C. Beltway ( 5 miles in 5 hours); saw the film Avatar at the IMAX theater in Hampton, Virgina, in 3-D.  What an experience!  The movie is a rather straight-forward good vs. evil confrontation, but the action takes place in luscious 3-D; toss in an trans-species romance & you've got it.  Ths was my first time in an IMAX, so please excuse my gushing. 

Regarding the local poetry scene, SLAP is ready to emerge from its Holiday Hibernation.  The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12th, at the UU church in Canton, @ 6:30.  The assignment is to write a bad poem.  If you can't think of one, don't worry about it. 

JeanMarie & I are trying to set up a few readings for January & February.  If anyone has any ideas for an open-mike poetry venue, please let one of us know.

That's it for now, I guess.  Everybody keep those Resolutions, especially the writing ones.  Be strong--you are not alone!  Bye....

Music: R.E.M.

Beverage: Port

Weather: still snowing

Contact John at ataraxia1114@aim.com

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