Hello - Welcome to Tuam Creative Writers'
This year we will meet twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays, from 6pm to 8pm.
Our venue is The Family Centre – SVP House, Dublin Road, Tuam H54AH75.
The membership fee is €25 annually and €2 per meeting to cover refreshments.
At our meetings we sit around a table. Then we are given a broad theme to inspire us and spend an hour writing about it. All responses are acceptable.
Then, over refreshments, people are given time to read out their contributions, if they so desire. In return they are given suggestions and positive affirmation from others in the group. Our aim is to learn from each other.
Members are free to further develop what they have written during the meeting at home and have it published on our site in the public or members only areas.
Members are also encouraged to write on any topic they choose and in a form of their choice. These contributions will be published on our public site if the author wishes.
Our members vary in age and experience and this diversity greatly adds to the creativity of the club.
We like to recall and remember, to make sense of our experiences while at the same time developing an appropriate style.
Feel free to drop into any of our meetings to see and hear what we do. There is no obligation to join.
The following are examples of our writing. We hope you enjoy them and that they inspire you to come to one of our meetings.
"Enjoy reading some of our recent work."
FATHERS AND SONS
FATHERS AND SONS It was New Year’s Eve, 2006. After lunch I had gone to visit my father in the nursing home. Until recently
DOWN THE ESCALATOR
DOWN THE ESCALATOR Las Palmas in Gran Canaria has 5 large shopping centres built like American Malls. One of them called, El Muelle, is
AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS
AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS While on a short trip to Edinburgh a few years ago I went to see the Scottish National Gallery. It
Ice cold at Coole
It’s ten years since this poem was published in the Galway Advertiser and on the Galway Review website. It’s written in the form of ‘Ode
THE WORLD WAS ALL BEFORE THEM
THE WORLD WAS ALL BEFORE THEM The highlight of the school year was Graduation – a ceremony to mark the end of post-primary education
ONE WORLD, ENDLESS IDEAS
ONE WORLD, ENDLESS IDEAS Non-stop talk about the injustice and calamity of climate change could induce fatigue when what we need is action on
Music and Memory
Music and Memory My mother sang the following songs as she went about the house working; a chorus here, a verse there, or a
What Makes Us, Us
What Makes Us, Us It’s complicated! Be it nature or nurture or some mixture of both, children are steered by their parents, family and
Oryza sativa (Asian Rice plant) found in Ireland
“Look here, Fiona, can you believe it”, said Somchai, calling her to see what appears to be a rice plant he found growing in the
ENNUI
ENNUI A recent article in the British Medical Journal dealt with the findings of a Singapore-based team of researchers. The results of a survey,
A ball of emotion
With joy in heart and spring in step, we walk Down the shallow steps to take our seats. All settled in, we gladly turn to
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR IN PERSPECTIVE
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR IN PERSPECTIVE Much will be written, over the coming year, about the Civil War in Ireland. There will be tales
TOURISM FOR THE DISCERNING
TOURISM FOR THE DISCERNING Slightly off the well-known Wild Atlantic Way is the ancient settlement of Tuam, or Tomb as our American friends call
Ordinary Life
Ordinary Life I was thinking about all the changes we go through in life and how long it takes us to make the changed
Father Martin Joe Kearns
Martin Joe Kearns was born in 1919 in Carraneany, Williamstown. Co. Galway, the youngest of a family of 6 and named after his father. He
So much to learn
So much to learn… As well as alleviating social isolation intergenerational groups help young people and old to abandon unconscious and conscious biases they
Baby love
Your beaming smile is bright beyond compare: The sight of you makes my heart leap with glee. The softness of your skin so clear and
All’s well that ends well.
I saw your face and heard your name today, It threw me for a second, I’ll admit. What my main feeling was is hard to
Judas Tree Haiku
Blooms on a tree trunk, Oh! so bright and visible,Like a traitor’s kiss. This Haiku was my response to a poetry “challenge” on Twitter