Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word ‘anxiety’.
Category: Poetry
Going For It
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday:
Jumpstart Your Poem. Our challenge, put
forth by De Jackson, is to write a poem in
44 words, including the word ‘jump’.
Suspended Automation
Written for Living Poetry. Bart claims
that vending machines are under-
represented in poetry and I’m
inclined to agree! Our challenge
is to write a vending machine poem.
Downstream: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to ponder the words below
and use them in a piece of any form or size:
light ~ fall ~ current ~ break
Continue reading “Downstream: Mirror Cinquain”The Introduction: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, asks us to write syllabic poetry
using “forgetting” as our theme.
Paradise On Ice: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
Ballad of the Lifeboat: SS City of Benares
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my poem & ballad about the SS City of Benares
What A Bozo: A Haiku?
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Fooled you! It’s really a senryu!
Continue reading “What A Bozo: A Haiku?”I ❤️ PBB
Written for RDP where Lou
challenges us with the word “chunk”.
Grounded: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Journeying. Our host, Frank, challenges
us to create a haibun based on journeying.
Pier 13
Written for dVerse Poetics: But no, a butterfly.
Our host, Merril, challenges us to write a
poem in any form incorporating the names
of at least three butterflies from a list she
has provided. I have chosen Crimson Patch,
Fatal Metalmark, Golden Hairstreak,
Painted Lady, and Velvet Rose.
The Second Shift
Endings & Beginnings Challenge – our hosts
Sarah & Rohini invite us to write about an
ending becoming a beginning, or conversely,
a beginning marking the end of something.
Ghost Trip
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “sheet”.
Reflections On An August Afternoon: American Cinquain
Written for Living Poetry. Our host, Bart,
asks us to write a poem based on
the distractions of August.
Sir Swellimpedeedoo Says “I Do”
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Matt, challenges us to
write a 10-line nonsense poem
as inspired by this image:
Twilight Guardian
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
Texas Sky
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Last Drifter, 2020: Yarmouth In Lockdown
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Continue reading “Last Drifter, 2020: Yarmouth In Lockdown”Icons: A SenHai
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘figure’.
Tiger, Surprised: A Sonnet
Written for dVerse Poetics – ‘Launch:
Light and Truth of Painting’. Our host,
Melissa, asks us to write a poem inspired
by one of the works of Henri Rousseau.
What My Mother Taught Me
Written for dVerse Poets – ‘Quadrilling
without a care in the world.’ Our host,
Sanaa, asks us to write a poem in 44
words using a form of the word “care”.
Stymied
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “puzzle”.
Last Call
Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks us
to write a drain poem. We’re asked to
think about the act of liquids draining
and to come up with a new metaphor.
I’ll Have What She’s Having
Big thanks to Brian at Bushboy’s World
for allowing me to use his cool photo.
Tight Squeeze
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘label’.
In My Life, In My Heart
Written for dVerse Poetics: The Great Lover.
Our host, Kim, invites us to write a poem
based on the things we love as inspired
by Rupert Brooke’s “The Great Lover”.
Danish Crocuses: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Stalled: A Triolet
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.
Tulips: A Haiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Vertical City: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.
