Dear Creative Writing Buddies,
We have come to the end of our journey together. Now, provided with great imagination and with the power of creativity, you can stretch out your wings and start soaring the "writing skies". Keep writing and keep expressing yourselves at your best. As a "conductor" I just guided you, I did not write for you. You gave me proof of great unexpressed "voices", voices in need to share their hidden or smothered "self". It was a pleasure meeting you all and working with you. The best poems/stories were not mine, BUT yours. I wish you all the best.
Keep in touch.
Love,
Your Creative Writing Inspirer.
We all need to be loved and love, without distinction of racial, religious or social background. Our hymn to love stems from the long lists of ads in the so-called Lonely Hearts Columns. This is a tribute to all those in search of love. Good luck to all of them. We wish their dreams may come true.
This is our collective poem triggered by the great poetess Wendy Cope. I am posting your stanzas without mentioning your names. It is a collective piece, so…. it belongs to us all.
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth174
(Lonely Hearts: of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper)
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Male biker seeks female for touring fun.
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Gay vegetarian whose friends are few,
I’m into music, Shakespeare and the sun,
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Executive in search of something new –
Perhaps bisexual woman, arty, young.
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Successful, straight and solvent? I am too –
Attractive Jewish lady with a son.
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
I’m Libra, inexperienced and blue –
Need slim non-smoker, under twenty-one.
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Please write (with photo) to Box 152.
Who knows where it may lead once we’ve begun?
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
University Student, keen on books, but also prone to fun
Just give her a chance, and let her know whether it is you
Can someone make her simple wish come true?
If you are in search of a beautiful brunette
with green eyes and a big heart
you have just found your perfect match, this is me!
I’m a little student with big dreams
A little flower with many colours, in search of my bee
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
I’m a female student looking for an intellingent and smart guy.
Better if tall and with black hari.
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
If you want a fighter, I’m here.
I ‘m a big dreamer with fantasy.
Do you desire someone with that extra touch?
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Simple, crazy, really lazy in search of adventure
Can someone make my wish come true?
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Always hungry, lazy, I’m a couch potato, but
a great Internet navigator and fantasy creator
Can someone make my wish come true?
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Can someone make my wish come true?
Young student searching for the right girl, willin got take her to prom
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
PE teacher, tall and slim
I’m wondering whether you want to join my football team
Can someone make my wish come true?
Can someone make my wish come true?
Male seeks a sexy bus driver
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
A rocker that searches something new
and a man that is called "bicycle rider"
Can someone make my wish come true?
Young blond Russian model
I seek a short, bald old rich lover
Possibly loaded and with no sexual desires
If I find you, I’ll make your head go on fire
Can someone make my wish come true?
Sweet, caring, lovely and smooth
That’s what I am, that’s what I do
I’m a student, ain’t got no clue
Can someone make my wish come true?
I’d love to meet a sunny, shy, thin girl, under 17, this is what I seek
I want to love and be loved too
Can someone make my wish come true?
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Teacher of English, in her early 40s, independent, glibly, vivacious
a bit plump, but very agile and with a beaming smile
seeks creative, energetic and psychologically balanced man
Do you live in North London? Is it you?
Let’s sing a song. A song is like a poem, it makes a stance, it speaks out your mind, it expresses you feelings, it involves the reader/listener.
My song is blinding, sparkling yellow; lulling, pservering, uplifting; boundless, soaring and inspiring
My song is not sad or melancholic or nonsensical
My song does not want to be appreciated by those who don’t give a shit about the others
My song will not be ignored
My song will never leave you unsatisfied
My song absolutely refuses to spit on life
My song is not for ruthless shallow beings
My song comes from the depth of my ancestral past
My song floats like a figure cut out of cork
My song dazzles through the night
My song truly treats tons of you
My song is like a mesmerising canvas at the National Gallery
My song is like the rustling of leaves in the maple-tree wood
My song is like the gurgling of hot water pools
My song is worth listening to
My song is white, snowy, candid, intense, heavenly, boundless, fiery, involving, multifaceted
My song is not a lie or unfair or without feelings
My song does not insult anyone
My song does not want to be forgotten
My song will not kill you, but it could hurt
My son will never stab you in your back
My song absolutely refuses to abandon the past
My song is not for ruthless people
My song comes from the remotest corner of the world
My song floats on a lake like a swan
My song flashes like a broken lamp
My song shines like a shooting star
My song i slike a precious and fragile mirror fragment
My song is like the fragrance of the roses in the kitchen
My song is like a falling leaf
My song hits directly the heart of the listener, with an arrow of desire and wish.
Alessandro
My song bright, intense, sparkling, captivating, sentimental, melodic, uplifting, boundless, inspiring
My song is not commercial or boring or common
My song does nto sound like a lady gaga song
My song is not meant to make money
My song will not be used as background music for a stupid tv commercial
My song will never be changed or contorted by DJs
My song absolutely refuses to be played at discos
My song is not for emotionless people
My song comes from my life experience
My song shakes everybody's body like a trampolene
My song glows like a firefly in the night
My song sounds so surprising
My song is like a sunray, a waterfall, a beach, a smile
My song is like a bed
My song is like a pineapple
My song is invevitably over
Slam poem
TEACHERS
Why do you think I'm not able to do something by myself?
Is it because I'm the son of two teachers?
Well, I'm not sorry about that, because IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
And I'm perfectly able to do whatever you teach me without any extra-explanation.
I'm a normal-normal-normal guy.
Not a parents-leech!
If you think I'm not good at something, well, it's your business.
I know what I can and cannot do and which are my limits, so it's up to me.
Furthermore: if you sell clothes, don't you dress your son or daughter?
If you are a doctor, don't you cure your children?
Then, why shouldn't my parents help me when I meet some difficulties?
So, if you have a problem with me, DO NOT SAY THAT MY INTELLIGENCE IS MY PARENTS' ONE!!!
Alessandro