Written for Open Link Night & dVerse LIVE
where our host, Lillian, has given us options;
I’ve chosen to write a poem that mentions
at least 3 different colors. Also written for
Day 6 of Sammi’s 13 Days of Samhain and
the words “dangerously” & “darksome”.
Category: Ekphrastic
Woman In The Weeping Field: A Quatrain
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub – A Haunting.
Our host, Melissa, challenges us to choose one
of three paintings and write an inspired poem of
no more than 31 lines. This is also in response to
Day 3 of Sammi’s “13 Days of Samhain Challenge”
and the words “menacingly” and “mysterious”.
Reflections of Gold: A Garland Kimo
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt #11
where we’re asked to write a Garland Kimo.
Also for Sadje’s What Do You See and the image below.
Dilly Dilly: A Hay(na)ku
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge and for #12
of Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt.
Between Heartbeats: A Cadralor
Written for dVerse MTB: Imagism In 5.
Our host, Laura, invites us to write a Cadralor.
Introduction
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Introducing:
An Eight Year Old Artist – Azul. Our host,
Lillian, asks us to choose one of Azul’s
paintings and write an ekphrastic poem.
Back Before Dark
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille –
“A Pocket In Your Poems”. Our host,
De, asks us to write a 44-word poem
using some form of the word “pocket”.
The Lady, Through Grimshaw’s Eyes
Written for dVerse Poetics – ‘Through the
Eyes of John Atkinson Grimshaw’. Our host,
Sanaa, asks us to write an ekphrastic poem
inspired by one of Grimshaw’s paintings.
Unfortunately, I managed to miss the
deadline for the challenge!
Harvest Moon: A Pantoum
Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Eugi, asks us
to write a syllabic form of poetry about the beautiful
season of Autumn and the September Harvest Moon.
In Autumn
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write an autumn poem, using
the words “autumn”, “bright”, and
“island” and this image for inspiration.
Water Falls
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
In Protest: An American Cinquain
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew asks
us to write a poem using the image
shown here as our inspiration.
Late Spring: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to explore color in our
Japanese poetry as we write a poem
about our favorite season.
Through Kaleidoscope Eyes
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
The image below is my inspiration.
Field Of Fog
Written for dVerse Poetics – Once in a
Lifetime. Our host, Kim, invites us to
write a poem beginning with “Once in a
lifetime”, making use of line breaks and
caesura, creating rhythm and emotion.
Kim’s inspiration for this challenge is
“The Window”, a poem by Mary Jean Chan.
Raindance
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 51 words using the prompts below.
yawn ~ weather ~ toot ~ cookies ~ necromancer
Continue reading “Raindance”After the Downpour: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Yvette, invites us to write any form of poem
about resilience using the image shown below.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Madeira Island
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”.
Here’s where the image took me.
Inspired By Art
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Exploring the Art of
Gerard Sekoto. Our host, Melissa, has asked us to
choose one of the featured paintings and write a poem
based on it. Here’s my response to the challenge.
Desiderio a Venezia
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
89 words using the prompt word ‘chandelier’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge – “interlude” and Brenda’s Random
Thoughts image. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Beware Of Darkness
Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly
where Christine asks us to write an alphabet
poem*. This is my first attempt and it was
great fun. Thanks Christine and David!
Here is my poem in exactly 26 words.
Continue reading “Beware Of Darkness”Hazel
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge using the word ‘green’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Winter Storm
Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, challenges us to write a poem
about a snowstorm. Here’s my response.
RDP Monday: murky
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word “murky”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my musical take.
Tidal Benediction
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #069. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.
Chiaroscuro
Written for dVerse Poetics: In Other Words.
Our host Melissa Lemay from Mom With A
Blog asks us to dive into the world of color
and detail as we write an ekphrastic poem
inspired by the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Here is the painting I selected and my poem.
In addition, the words shown in bold are the
artistic terms I chose to include in my poem.
