Written for dVerse Poets Pub β 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. Hereβs my response to the challenge.
Category: Free Verse
Where Does Love Go?
Written for dVerse Poetics β Where does love go?
Our host, Kim, invites us to write a poem, taking
the title from the question, βWhere does love go?β
Hereβs where the prompt took me .
Things Unlearned
Written for Sadjeβs βWhat Do You Seeβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Keeper Of Delusions
Written for Davidβs Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW Dennis asks us to write a
poem in which we are a lighthouse.
Thanks for the prompt, Dennis & David!
Pyromancer’s Confession
Written for Poetics Tuesday: βBeginnings Are Endingsβ,
hosted by Punam, who has asked us to write a poem,
taking the opening line of a well-known piece and
using it as the last line of our poem. This is my response.
California Dreamin’
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday β βSwearing by all Flowersβ
where our host, De Jackson, has offered
up the word βflowersβ. Here is my quadrille.
First Light
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday β βSwearing by all Flowersβ
where our host, De Jackson, has offered
up the word βflowersβ. Image courtesy
Crispina Kemp. Here is my quadrille.
Tidal Benediction
Written for Crispinaβs Crimsonβs
Creative Challenge #069. I chose Pic #1.
Hereβs where the image took me.
RDP Saturday: bloom
Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word βbloomβ.
Thanks, Punam! Hereβs my take.
Thresholds
Written for Sadjeβs βWhat Do You Seeβ #322.
Hereβs where the two photo prompts took me.
Translucent Sorrow
Written for Crispinaβs Crimsonβs Creative
Challenge #066. I chose Pic #3.
Hereβs where the image took me.
As Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Written for Sadjeβs βWhat Do You Seeβ #320.
Hereβs where the photo prompt took me.
RDP Thursday: street lamp
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
Β poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word βstreet lampβ. And at Estherβs
Writing Prompt #88, today’s word is βleave/sβ.
Using both prompts, hereβs my take.
Autumn’s Treasure
Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge, using the word βorangeβ.
Hereβs were the prompt took me.
RDP Monday: spill
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word βspillβ. Hereβs my take.
RDP Sunday: valley
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word βvalleyβ. Hereβs my take.
The Song My Paddle Sings
Written for dVerse Poetics: Dipping Our
Poetic Paddles. Truedessa invites us to travel
around the river’s bend listening for the songs
that our paddle sings. This is my contribution.
Free As A Bird: Embracing The Panic
Written for Reenaβs Xploration Challenge #400
where we are invited to choose a bird and divination
from An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations. This is my
true poem about learning to deal with panic attacks.
Faded Memories
Written for Estherβs Writing Prompts #83
incorporating the word βpromisesβ.
Hereβs where the prompt led me.
Mischief
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#433 where weβre asked to be creative in exactly
60 words using the word βflibbertigibbetβ.
Hereβs where this very fun prompt took me.
Before Dawn
Written for dVerse Prosery: T.S. Eliot and
J. Alfred Prufrock. BjΓΆrn, our host, challenges
us to write a poem of 144 words including the
highlighted line from βThe Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrockβ. Here is my poem.
Invisible
Written for dVerse Poets β Donβt Shoot The Messenger;
or Tolstoyβs Birthday. Our host Melissa from Mom With A Blog
invites us to choose one of the quotes from a work by
Leo Tolstoy that resonates with us and write a poem
about the time(s) our actions aligned with the chosen quote.
This is the Tolstoy quote I used with my poem following.
Colette
Written for Estherβs Writing Prompts – 77
where the prompt word this week is βsmallβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me ….
a poem about our youngest granddaughter.
Into The Woods
Written for dVerse Poetics: Letβs Take A Walk
In The Woods, Shall We? Our host Lillian asks us
to write a poem about the woods. This is my poem.
Lullaby
Written for OMIMM Weekly Writing Prompt #70
and the photo prompt shown below.
Hereβs where the image took me.
Digital Heartbeats
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #69 and for
Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts The
One Day Prompt #15 . This weekβs
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where my imagination went.
Nickelodeon Nights
Written for W3 Prompt #168: Weaβve Written Weekly
where David invites us to write about old-time wonders β
where cogs spin, gears click, and imaginations run on steam.
Here’s where my imagination took me.
Time Unfolds
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See #291
and Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts β Β
The One Day Prompt (13) This is my response.
Love Lost
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See # 257,
this is my free verse response.
In the 58 years since my birth, we were never close β¦ just one of those sadly unfulfilled relationships between mother and daughter.
If she ever loved me, she didnβt show it. And, God forgive me, I did not love her.
Yet here I was visiting her at the nursing home.
Why? Was I driven by misplaced guilt?
Was I still seeking her approval?
Invisible. Thatβs the only word that came to mind when my mother turned to look at me.
Her eyes were blank, her expression impassive.
And when she reached for my hand, I couldnβt stop my tears.
NARΒ©2024
#WDYS
This is βMotherβ by John Lennon
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
His Jealous Mother
Written for dVerse Poets β Quadrille Monday 209 β Plucking Strings
Our host Lisa asks us to include the word “string(s)” in our piece.
This is my free verse poem based on a true story as told by my mother.
My fatherβs mother hated my mother for marrying her son.
Returning from their honeymoon, my parents visited her mother, then his mother.
When his mother opened the door, she pushed my mother down the stairs, breaking the string of pearls around my motherβs neck.
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βA String of Pearlsβ by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
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