Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Category: Poetry
John’s Drive-In: Summertime Fun
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Our theme is “Summertime Fun”.
Fifty Shades of Pink
Written for dVerse Poets Pub where
our host, Lillian, invites us to “Get Out
Your Crayons and Color with Me!”
Standing At The Glass
Sadje asks us What Do You See?
This is my response.
Kousa Dogwood: A Shadorma
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Robbie
asks us to write a syllabic poem about trees.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Absurd Contradiction: Both Sides of the AI Coin
Written for Rena’s Xploration Challenge
where we consider the irony of AI. The
image seen below is our inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Atmospheric Pressure: The Myth
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday –
Mything Poems. Our host, De Jackson,
invites us to get mythical …. in 44 words!
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Nothin’ On: A Limerick
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word is
‘bills’. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Blues in the Night: A Daisy Chain
Written for Bartholomew’s Living Poetry
where we are asked to write a poem using
the words ‘black’, ‘govern’, and ‘solstice’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Coulda Been A Sonnet (If I’d Had More Words)
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 33
words using the prompt word ‘solitude’ and for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge–
‘leisurely’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
On A Wet Afternoon
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Artie who has
suggested prompt lines for our poem.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
“my delicious walk in the rain”
“what it is that music is trying to say”
Bellying Up: 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.
Here’s where the image took me.
Slow Embrace: The Endurance Speaks – Old Steam Ships, #3
Inspired by a new blog called ‘Old Steam Ships’
by our friend, Max, I have written a poem in
the voice of the Arctic Ship SS Endurance.
White Rose: American Cinquain
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Here’s where Crispina’s image took me.
The Waiting Game
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew asks us to write
a poem with the theme ‘patient’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
la luna e il lupo
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub – Unpunctuated,
where our host, Melissa, asks us to write a poem
sans punctuation. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Into the Arroyos: In the Style of Jack Kerouac
Written for dVerse Prosery: A View from the Hills.
Our host, Sanaa, asks us to write a piece of prosery
of up to 144 words, including the line shown below.
This is where the prompt took me.
“The hills so dry, so dense the underbrush, that
where I pushed my way the giant hush was changed
to soft explosions.” From the poem “On a View of
Pasadena from the Hills” by Yvor Winters.
From The Other Side
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.
Montauk: At the Edge of Everything
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Yvette
asks us to write a syllabic poem based on the theme
“It’s Vacation Time!” This is my shadorma.
Slippity Doo Dah!
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word is
‘jelly’. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Unread Message
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Here’s where the image took me.
A Soleful Tale
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Deanna who asks us to
incorporate a nursery rhyme character into
our poem. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Summer at Lake Chelan
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku is based on Jill’s image.
A Thousand Bulbs
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.
That Special Something
Written for dVerse Poetics: Something Borrowed,
Something Blue hosted by Dora who invites us to
write a poem using lines from the Victorian rhyme
seen below. This is where the prompt took me,
back to my wedding day ~ June 10, 1972.
“Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
And a sixpence in her shoe.”
Payback Time
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew has shared this
sunset image for inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
City Highlights
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a syllabic poem, using things
that are yellow. This is my shadorma.
The Devil’s Due
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
“Toot Toot” hosted by Lisa who invites us to
get creative with the word ‘horn’ in just 44
words. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Big City Blues
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word is
‘road’. Here’s where the prompt took me.
A Jelly Jar of Stars
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Reena, who has chosen
the theme “East Meets West”. Our challenge.
is to combine one Western poetic form with one
Japanese poetic form. This is my Haibun/Shadorma.
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