Inspirational words

We held the first of our ‘Wordshops’ at Rochester Library on Saturday 11 May.  Some great writing was done and we are looking forwards to the next one at Strood next Saturday! Here’s a taster of what was written.

Celebration

Party poppers explode like shaken Champagne corks escaping their prison, with coloured string trailblazing across the space, crash-landing on unsuspecting heads.

Bubbles are poured with aplomb, a river released from its dam, and glasses are chink-chinked to celebrate this alcoholic freedom.

Heads bob back and forth in uncontrollable mirth as if award-winning comedians let rip their rib-tickling act. Or maybe, just maybe, they were auditioning to be a nodding dog placed on the shelf at the back of a car.

Presents are pawed open, like a puppy shredding a lawn to get to long-buried hidden bone-shaped treasure.

Sentimental speeches are slurred in the direction of the nearest spectator and stories long forgotten, sometimes purposely, are bounced from one guest to the next, like helium balloons.

Hugs get thrown like confetti, men leaning into each other like the start of a house of cards, each a mutual crutch.

Then the clock strikes midnight, pumpkins reappear and a premeditated pharmaceutical strike of two aspirin and a tanker of water are religiously imbibed.

….. Thanks to all who attended, and also to the staff at the library and the Friends of the Library!