Prompt 27: Spectacle

Gautami Tripathy of Firmly Rooted offers this week's prompt of spectacle. Thanks, Gautami, for the inspiration and your beautiful poem:

she fell on ground
unmindful he trod on her
spectacle, he or she?

Image: Stock Exchange

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Future Prompts Are Here Again




Date	Prompt	Contributing Blog
September 7 - 13	Defenses Down	Raven's Wing Poetry
September 14 - 20	Seeds	Teri's Mandalas
September 21 - 27	Autumn	Teri's Mandalas
September 28 -October 4	Fleeting	Genre Cookshop
October 5 - 11	Serendipity	Barb's Haiku
October 12 - 18	Gold	Greyscale Territory
October 19 - 25	Never Ending	Rooted
October 26 -November 1	Gift	My Bellavia
November 2 - 8	Disguise	Don't Take My Wings
November 9 - 15	Paradox	Forest River Journal
November 16 - 22	Courage	Barb's Haiku
November 23 - 29	Childhood Memories	My Poetic Path
November 30 -December 6	Welcoming	Genre Cookshop
December 7 - 13	Doodles	Teri's Mandalas
December 14 - 20	Distractions	Don't Take My Wings
December 21 - 27	A Winter's Day	My Poetic Path
December 28 -January 3, 2009	Stardust	Words That Sing
January 4 - 10	Skin	Don't Take My Wings
January 11 - 17	A Summer's Day	My Poetic Path
January 18 - 24	Fading Memories	My Poetic Path
January 25 - 31	If Only I Had Time	Greyscale Territory
February 1 - 7	Slowly	Genre Cookshop
February 8 - 14	Movement	Don't Take My Wings
February 15 - 21	Spectral	Rooted
February 22 - 28	Circles (OSI 1st Anniversary)	Forest River Journal
March 1 - 7	Twilight	Rooted
March 8 - 14	Fork in the Road	My Poetic Path
March 15 - 21	Farewells	Genre Cookshop




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Prompt 26: Resolve

Thanks to Christine of Quiet Paths for this week's prompt, resolve, and her poems and photo.

resolutely bright
wildflowers among scrub brush
destined to survive
~~~~~
Complicated fabric
I strive to decipher you
life is a puzzle.
~~~~~

And an example from Chiyo-ni
just for now
I spread the morning's snow
over the dust.

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Prompt 25: Homecoming

Thanks to Geraldine at My Poetic Path for this week's prompt, homecoming, and for the image and short story excerpt below.

The hot, stifling air. A far-reaching, almost eerie silence.

Sky, brilliantly blue; generously dotted with billowy "mashed potato" clouds. Replicas and visions from younger, happier days.

All of these had remained.

Helping to sustain him through the long, lost days. He had known only to well, the many faces of hunger and thirst. The nights, hardest of all to bear.

Read the entire short story at: The Homecoming

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Call for Prompts

We again invite our participants to suggest poetry prompts so we can post them to our calendar. We like to highlight each of you and your work, so please write a poem and submit an image before the week your prompt will appear so we can post them here. You can send your work at any time. There is no need to wait until the week your prompt is scheduled.

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Prompt 24: Stairways

Thanks to Deb Godin of The Cloud Messenger for providing the image and poem to accompany Christine's prompt, stairways. Deb writes:

When Christine asked me to pinch hit for her, I said "Yes!" and immediately began to mentally look around this very flat area where I live for some suitable stairs. Then I remembered the viewing platform at the wetlands at Point Pelee National Park (just a few minutes from my house, lucky me!) So here is the photo. As I walked around shooting it, I wondered how many steps it took to get to the top (never counted them) and that speculation reminded me of one of my favorite Buddhist practices - Three Steps One Bow - a beautiful thing to see, and that inspired the haiku. Hope this works for "Stairways."

look down from on high
as one prayer becomes the next
take three steps, one bow

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Prompt 23: Folly

Thanks to Edward S. Gault of Forest River Journal for this week's prompt of folly, these poems, and the image.

He was the town fool
Then he went on a journey
returned a hero.
***
Other kids teased her,
She was always the last picked
later, got Nobel.
***
He stole millions,
Bankrupted the company
got "Man of the Year"
***
On Stage he told truth
As people split sides laughing
many words bleeped out!
(for George Carlin R.I.P)
***
Once upon a time,
A kingdom lacked wisdom-O!
made the fool their king.
***
The Professor said:
"Foolish Civilizations
live like kings, die fast".

(Edward S. Gault, 2008)

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