Mary Hosty introduces DLR Lexicon writers’ group’s first anthology and her own short story
In March last year, the DLR Lexicon Library hosted a series of free writing workshops. From this emerged the Lexicon’s first writers’ group. We style ourselves The. United by the shared craft of writing, our group of 16 is about to launch its debut collection of poetry, prose and short fiction, Times & Tides. Broadcaster Pat Kenny will launch it in the Lexicon’s library next Tuesday, November 26th. All welcome.
But such magical collaborative moments don’t necessarily come with writing by itself. It’s easy to spend hours, even days, writing, utterly by oneself. Not always a good thing. As psychologist Mihali Csikszentmihali suggested in his great book Creativity, writers are often both introverts and extroverts. We work alone but we also love hanging out with friends and families, or just loitering in the midst of humanity. We need to be in the world. It’s our scrap box.
There’s been little rain this past week. The rutted lane is rough and dusty, potholes dry and parched already, though it’s been a soft winter and barely April.He curses, swipes his stick at a thistle that has shot up early in the mild, damp days. A breeze skirls through the reeds with a whisper. ‘I am here. I am always here.’‘Payeotry! Powettry! Fuck’s sake! I know nothing about poetry anyhow.’ Ansel hears his peevish voice carry on the light breeze. And after all, he loves poetry.
The garden is a mini paradise, half wild, crafted from cuttings both snatched and donated, end-of-season bargains and such. All Ruth’s work, this half an acre bounded by scrappy hedges on both sides and stone wall at the back. It’s just a few miles from the ocean, the closest they would ever afford.‘Weeds or flowers?’ He wonders aloud. ‘I dunno, George. Do you?’
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