POETRY CHALLENGE DEC. 27
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POETRY CHALLENGE DEC. 27
Okay everyone, Christmas is over! Back to business. I think the old challenge has worn out its welcome, so here are a rew new thoughts.
1. For a change of pace, write a haiku about what you see when you look out your window. Traditional haiku 5-7-5 or modern.
2. List poem created from these:
listen, bleak, longer,words, beyond, raise, never, filled
3. Finally, let's all THINK SPRING! Any style poem that supposes spring will return...or thinks spring.
1. For a change of pace, write a haiku about what you see when you look out your window. Traditional haiku 5-7-5 or modern.
2. List poem created from these:
listen, bleak, longer,words, beyond, raise, never, filled
3. Finally, let's all THINK SPRING! Any style poem that supposes spring will return...or thinks spring.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Meant For Me
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The sun beat upon his back
feeling and unfeeling
the touch of one
who has devotion
unlike any other
for now
forever
and a day
The sun beat upon his back
feeling and unfeeling
the touch of one
who has devotion
unlike any other
for now
forever
and a day
Ah, ms, good one. Hear you get LOTS of fog up there.
Ariel...NH, not far from me, MA. You've posted your #1,
, now try one of the challenges (above).
Ariel...NH, not far from me, MA. You've posted your #1,

nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Promise of the Wind
Listen to the winter wind
As it blows through the trees
Bare branches sketch bleak
Skeletons against the sky
Longer, pause and listen
To the wind through the trees
Hear the muted words
Whispered on a sigh
Beyond the range of hearing
Speaks the wind in the trees
Hopes the promise raise
The passing of winter nigh
Never that promise broken
By the wind through the trees
Again shall be filled
And the spring will come by
© Helen Buckley
Listen to the winter wind
As it blows through the trees
Bare branches sketch bleak
Skeletons against the sky
Longer, pause and listen
To the wind through the trees
Hear the muted words
Whispered on a sigh
Beyond the range of hearing
Speaks the wind in the trees
Hopes the promise raise
The passing of winter nigh
Never that promise broken
By the wind through the trees
Again shall be filled
And the spring will come by
© Helen Buckley
Last edited by HelenBuckley on Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:16 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Gently, the sun's rays
play on new chartreuse grasses
as birds sing their praises.
play on new chartreuse grasses
as birds sing their praises.
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment." - Slaughter House Five, Kurt Vonnegut
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Glad to see the challenges aren't languishing this week!
Welcome newbies, hope you'll enjoy the activity here, the daily challenges and ongoing stuff.
Style? We'll have to call it a "Buckley"...every 4th line rhymes, with repeat theme on 2nd line of each stanza. Nice thought...love poems about the wind.
W.O.P...good spring haiku. Would be perfect 5-7-5, if you said praise instead of praises.
Keep it up, everyone!

Welcome newbies, hope you'll enjoy the activity here, the daily challenges and ongoing stuff.
Style? We'll have to call it a "Buckley"...every 4th line rhymes, with repeat theme on 2nd line of each stanza. Nice thought...love poems about the wind.
W.O.P...good spring haiku. Would be perfect 5-7-5, if you said praise instead of praises.
Keep it up, everyone!
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Wind runs across fields
on its way to somewhere else
throwing leaves aside.
on its way to somewhere else
throwing leaves aside.
My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
Give me a crit! I can take it!
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Give me a crit! I can take it!
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listen, bleak, longer,words, beyond, raise, never, filled
Listen to the song,
Floating on the moonlight,
Across the bleak landscape.
First one voice,
Then another holding its single note ever longer
Until it disappears behind a cloud.
A melody without words,
A symphony beyond expression.
The chorus joins the song,
Raising the anthem to the heavens,
Where the heart of the Creator hears,
never tiring of the song,
never filled with its lonely beauty.
mae
Listen to the song,
Floating on the moonlight,
Across the bleak landscape.
First one voice,
Then another holding its single note ever longer
Until it disappears behind a cloud.
A melody without words,
A symphony beyond expression.
The chorus joins the song,
Raising the anthem to the heavens,
Where the heart of the Creator hears,
never tiring of the song,
never filled with its lonely beauty.
mae
My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
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Love the "list poem", mae! Great wind haiku too.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Thank you, ladies. Mlou, do you know what I'm writing about in the list poem? mae
My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
It could be many things. My first thought was of the wild things...wolves, coyotes...and in other ways, it reminds me of one of mine that was published in the Christmas Annual put out by Augsberg Press...The Angel's Anthem. But the lonely beauty makes me think of wolves.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Coyotes. I'm glad you could tell. mae
My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
Well, I hear them too. We never used to have coyotes here when I was a child but now we have "Eastern" coyotes. Bold as brass. Come right up into the yard and stare you down. I wrote a poem about a coyote I met at a blueberry bush and it was published in ByLine. You should submit your poem somewhere.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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in despair
i listened to your words
so bleak,
expectations never filled,
no longer hopeful,
saw your face
tinged in despair,
downcast and empty,
and I wondered,
were you to raise your eyes
beyond painful yesterdays
letting go the memories
that hold you back,
would the breath of new dawn
change your heart?
i listened to your words
so bleak,
expectations never filled,
no longer hopeful,
saw your face
tinged in despair,
downcast and empty,
and I wondered,
were you to raise your eyes
beyond painful yesterdays
letting go the memories
that hold you back,
would the breath of new dawn
change your heart?
"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories - we've already missed the spring"
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
Excellent, ms! And can be so true when people refuse to let go of failures and look toward tomorrow.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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Nice ones, Uncool and Tigerlily. Lots to see out a window, right? I see
Cold, foggy drizzle...
I could be in London when
Jack the Ripper stalked.
Yeah, I know...weird!
Cold, foggy drizzle...
I could be in London when
Jack the Ripper stalked.
Yeah, I know...weird!
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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