PORCH PONDERINGS

The Writing Class

I attended all five sessions of a writing class in Billings. I ended staying in the city three of the nights. I found that the Doubletree was too expensive, the Dude Rancher was too cheap, but the Best Western was just right. Just like Goldilocks and Three Bears. Best of all, all three lodgings were within walking distance of the bookstore.

Independent bookstores are great, and 'This House of Books' in downtown Billings is wonderful. I'm sure they loved hosting us, as many bought items before and after our sessions. I found a different Dino book each time, plus a few personal items.

But the best was the interacting with over a dozen strangers, who quickly became casual friends. We gathered to learn, to share, to read and listen to poetry. I did learn about poetry, a type of writing I knew little about.

I learned about different types of poetry. I learned about how to listen to poetry. I learned how to read poetry. I learned about rhyming or not rhyming. I learned about structure or not to structure. But more importantly, the idea that I could express my feelings in poetry more quickly and easily in poetry.

So really it is all about the love of words. How to use them, how to tell a story with them.

One exercise was to create a meaning for a word that really does not exist.

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Zooglea  (E) A definition created 10-27-25 #2349352 by NormaJean AKA MarilynMonroe

I chose that one because of the sound.

Write on!