The idea was to produce a poem or short (max 250 words) story, using words of no more than four letters.

Everyone who attempted it did very well but the overall winner was a member’s partner – with a tale of a CID man, a gory dead body, the haft of a dirk, a bad dog and a lead – well he is a professional journalist! We also had a 250 word poem on Jan Val Jean (bit of artistic licence there) of Les Mis; a story on “The Day the Oven Blew up” and a poem from one NWR lady who had not grasped the task and thought each word had to have four letters, called Poem in Four Time. There was a travelogue – The City of Port. The others were stories: The Lazy Wife; one about a granddaughter; Adam was a Tiny Boy; a nursery rhyme story; The Tiny Girl in the Red Coat (based on Red Riding Hood); In the Dark and a tale of Juke Box Jury.

Well done everyone! It was good fun and yet over remarkably quickly, leaving room for a discussion on lots pf diverse topics.

Here is one poem:

Poem in Four Time

Dusk, moon, star, mist,

Dank, dark, dawn,

Glim, glow, pink, glee,

Rise, beam,

SOAR !!