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- Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:30 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: POETRY CHALLENGE
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8513
#3 FOR SALE, HUSBAND, SLIGHTLY USED So read the sign around his neck. He greeted me at the door of the church rummage sale, a once-tall gray-haired man with a smile and a bright twinkle in his eye. I asked him what it meant. His smile turned wistful as he said “My wife always says to me 'Stand up st...
- Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:32 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE...2-22-11
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14122
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: Mudge's Poetry Dump
- Replies: 339
- Views: 237081
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:31 pm
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: Mudge's Poetry Dump
- Replies: 339
- Views: 237081
Mudge, your poem brought tears to my eyes. I don't know the backstory of it, but it makes me think of a couple of stories I heard recently of couples who were deeply in love when they were young but for some reason separated. They married other people, raised families and then, fortuitously, met aga...
- Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:07 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE...9-21-10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21958
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:05 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE...9-21-10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21958
Well, hi, folks! I saw this pop up and felt like giving it a go. Here's a poem from the word list. Kiss and Tell I will write my memoir someday in purple prose and other pastel words. I will tell of times that counted and people who didn't when I write the lyric of my life. I will be a starlet somed...
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:46 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE...9-21-10
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21958
Olsen, my dear, I almost swooned at your last line! You know, my perspective on the high school dating scene was from the other side - the "I wonder if he'll ask me to the prom" side. It was interesting to see "Maybe, if no one else asks me." and to see the kiss of death "cute" applied. It's a wonde...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: TIMEKEEPER - Crits and Comments, please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8653
TIMEKEEPER - Crits and Comments, please
Dawn creeps into the room, reaches under the covers and tickles me awake. With her golden smile and rosy cheeks, she is the laughing child of the day Skipping through the morning, she runs away from mid-day who scowls at such shenanigans. Noontime bids us sit a spell, take a load off, have a bite. H...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:28 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:26 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:36 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
Challenge #1 - no use of adjectives. sex and the Olfactory Nerves He stumbled as though smitten with a palsy, and fell into the room. He bore an aura of odors, some of cooking, some from working, and some the scent of her perfume. Then there was the scent of desire. Fulfilled. She lay on the bed, re...
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:12 pm
- Forum: Fast Fiction Friday
- Topic: FF - Broken window blinds
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14255
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:08 pm
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: starting again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9842
Elle, I can tell this is heartfelt and I'm very sorry about that -- but -- this is SUCH an improvement on your past poetry! I can see a real maturing in your writing. You wondered once if you'd ever be able to write poetry well. I think, my dear, that you are on your way. The only critique I have is...
- Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:04 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
- Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:57 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE - 8-24-10 & 9-1-10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16334
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:03 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE 8-10-10
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11362
#3 Water in a Dry Land The swish, swish of the reaper's scythe gave way to a clunk as the blade struck a stone. 'Twas but a passing blow, a common enough occurrence in this dry, rocky land. Oh well, thought the farmer pulling his sickle from the ground. I'll sharpen later. When he bent once more to ...
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:40 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE 8-10-10
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11362
#2 You Got a Problem With That? I hereby dedicate today to fusses. Confrontations, large and small, arguments and musses shall be honored on this day. In true celebratory fashion, those becoming pugilism, fistfights, boxing and other euphemisms, shall be cheered in the American way! There shall be n...
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:25 am
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE 8-10-10
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11362
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:58 am
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: Poets - What are your thoughts?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11508
- Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:42 am
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: Completely Incomplete (please hack and slash at will)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12128
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:22 pm
- Forum: Writing and Poetry Blogs
- Topic: mslover's poetry junkyard
- Replies: 99
- Views: 81622
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:42 pm
- Forum: Poetry Prompts
- Topic: TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE = 8-3-10
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14929
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:41 pm
- Forum: Writing and Poetry Blogs
- Topic: mslover's poetry junkyard
- Replies: 99
- Views: 81622
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:40 pm
- Forum: Pondering Poetry - Share poems, work on form, learn types of poetry
- Topic: Leave Her Alone (Villanelle Form)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10772