At the Nueva Posada Writers’ Group Reading today: (Click photos to enlarge.)
Paying Close Attention. . .
lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Reflections on Life through poetry, essays and photos
At the Nueva Posada Writers’ Group Reading today: (Click photos to enlarge.)
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Excellent candid shots. The isolated concentration of the women round the table is patent
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I know. It is an attentive group..
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GREAT PHOTOS and so interesting,, Would I feel “out of place” there~? I don’t much ask questions, because I feel that a person knows what they are doing ,
but I may interrupt otherwise.
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Lota of people just listen and don’t comment. Some comment on nearly every reader..You wouldn’t feel out of place just listening.
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Not all such groups are as happy and attentive as this one definitely looks to be, you folks are so lucky~! I attended a group in San Antonio for a while, but found that I was just not the right person for them. I disappointed them in several ways~!
First, it was a long way to attend by-weekly meetings. Second there were about three in the group who were battling to be “top of the heap”, which turned it into a negativity word fest. Third I was doing the unheard of sin of trying to, rhyme, make a statement, and balance my stupid drivel. (Actually you may have noticed that I find it difficult to even talk without doing this, so I must have been a terrible disappointment to them.)
So I finally felt that I must not be cut out for this particular group, and was the square peg in a round hole, so I just stopped going~! They seemed to enjoy what they were attempting to do, but their inner fighting was a real turn off.
For while longer I kept up with their online minutes, while they still were trying to find out who would be TOP person. (Poet laureate San Antonio~?)
They finally dissolved, or rather tore their selves apart. Sometimes it may be difficult to know which one in a full room is the one that has stepped into dog poop. I just did not want to be pointed at. I wonder if some of those excellent poets have formed another “more congenial group” under another name and are now doing what they must really enjoy ~!
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Luckily, our group seems supportive rather than competitive.
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