Tag: poetry challenge
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August 23, 2008 04:19 PM EDT --
Do you see me? I am a small dot, a spot of ash blown upon the page, a speck. Yet, often, I burn hot and bright, soon to burn a huge hole upon your world. Here, right here, upon this spot, . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:49 AM EDT --
Ophelia
“isn’t it typical of a man?”
she had said that distant morning
through a cloud of tobacco smoke
coffee fumes and tears
“wanting you to play . . .
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September 03, 2007 01:55 PM EDT --
"True influence over another comes not from a moment's eloquence nor from any happily chosen word, but from the accumulation of a lifetime's thoughts stored up in the . . .
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November 04, 2009 03:14 PM EST --
This morning as I was going through the early posts, I came across this post by Barbara H.: 2009 Abecedarian by Barbara H.
This poem of Barbara's seemed a bit harsh, and a tad bit hard . . .
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August 29, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
“At the Carrefour”
Rhythmic clip-clops from the carriage horses
Bedazzle my careworn senses.
I turn round at the Carrefour’s juncture
To peer through the row of quinces. . . .
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November 14, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
I Wonder…
When pioneers crossed the American* pr air ies,
Did children in pr air ie schooners* know . . .
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January 19, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
Two wide
This bed of mine
Half empty without you
Warm side, my side, cold side, your side
Can I forgive you leaving me alone?
Strong one, mine was, weak one, yours . . .
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October 23, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
BOWL
an empty hollow
that can be filled
giving life
Or if bereft
is filled
with death
Deep or shallow
glass or wooden
many forms
many shapes
they matter . . .
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October 25, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
Welcome Poetry Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this poem.
" One of . . .
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November 25, 2009 10:33 AM EST --
Boy, when some people give word prompts, they really give some doosies! I subjected myself to just such a challenge of Dan R.'s, not moments ago, and I was so pleased with what I came up . . .
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March 06, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
Money for Nothing: Meditations on Loss
Dreams. Shiny golden dreams
Just out of reach.
Lives hanging on their golden hopes,
Golden ropes of dreams.
Lifeline! . . .
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November 23, 2006 06:02 PM EST --
You guys got me inspired to write a poem but I am sorry that it didn't turn out like most.
I am From
Carol Roach
The cozy comfort of a warm inviting womb
Taking my first . . .
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November 24, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
I am from lace and lavender
I am delicate but complicated
Yet intoxicating and indescribable
I contain both inexpressible anguish and unspeakable happiness
I am from the ocean and the mountains . . .
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October 23, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Concrete poem and BOWL single word challenge
...........................BOWL.............................
a............................................................d . . .
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November 15, 2007 01:28 PM EST --
Welcome Poetry Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this poem.
"It doesn't . . .
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May 10, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
The Things Emily Carries
An after-school inventory
Six Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
Chewing gum wrappers.
School handouts, two weeks overdue.
Three rubber bands.
A five-inch-tall stuffed dog.
Four small . . .
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May 10, 2006 11:54 PM EDT --
Poetry challenge: The Catalog Poem
The catalog or list poem isn't so much a poetic form as a strategy. The idea is to write a poem by creating a list of things. You might list . . .
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November 26, 2006 10:27 PM EST --
***I've not connected with the infamous David L. Nor, have I seen his supposed cowboys boots dancing around here. I've also not received the orginal challenge. However, I really . . .
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March 15, 2007 01:45 PM EDT --
I actually found this word while looking up Haiku and it stuck in my mind, resulting in the following Haiku;
Hagiography
Saints,Monks,Bishops too
Thru martyrdom and miracles
princes and virgins.
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May 04, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
Welcome to the WINNER'S CORNER, where we get to find out who's the winner each and every week of our challenge.
To set the stage, we'll first post our entries for this week.
Bobbie . . .
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