Prompt 135: Monument

Ramesh Sood of A Little More Than Ordinary brings us this week's prompt, monument. Here is his poem:

A Monument of Broken Dreams

Now that I turn in to
A monument of broken dreams
Stand beside me & smile
As you will get clicked
To become a raving news
Overnight, let people find us
Smiling together at least once,
You for obvious reason
Of standing in front of camera
As the architect of the monument
And I for having
Finally become something
Of note, to be written about...

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Prompt 134: Joie de vivre

Joie de vivre is this week's prompt, thanks to Leo! Here's his poem:

Each moment

Bliss; tear, a smile wasted

Joie de vivre

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Prompt 133: The Passing

Thanks to The Dark Lord for this week's prompt, the passing. Here is his poem:

The day was finally over

And the sun was setting,

Casting its tired glow over the darkening sky

As the dwindling rays got numbered...

It had been a long day

A colossal journey, come to an end

And night had come

Sweeping away the last strains of the golden light

O, so sweet, with the cool whisps

Of the earth’s smoke, bearing that soulful fragrance

And the silent sounds

Promising blissful slumber

In a dreamless wonderland.
Ah! But the memories do remain

Of the bygone day

And the events, and the promises

Of the deeds, fulfilled and unfulfilled

Of the playful banterings and relationships

So significant and intense

Yet, blurred with the passing evening

Silhouetted images, pushed further away

Now, mere fleeting instances

Of the sounds, and the smells

And the tender touches

Feelings which could still warm amidst the setting chill

Tugging resolutely, until finally

The day gives way to the glorified night

Leaving, but mere memories, at its wake…

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New Season, New Prompts

Date	Prompt	Contributor
September 19 - 25, 2010	Joie de vivre	Leo at I Rhyme Without Reason
September 26 - October 2, 2010	Monument	Ramesh Sood
October 3 - 9, 2010	Try	Snow White
October 10 - 16, 2010	Lonely	Harshad Mehta
October 17 - 23, 2010	Champion	Rob Kistner
October 24 - 30, 2010	Grace	Irendi
October 31 - November 6, 2010	Fancy	Brian
November 7 - 13, 2010	Pause	Pam
November 14 - 20, 2010	Echoes	Moe Lauher
November 21 - 27, 2010	Apprentice	Irene
November 28 - December 4, 2010	Meld	Patti
December 5 - 11, 2010	Free(dom)	Ms. Meduri
December 12 - 18, 2010	Win	Married to Singaporean
December 19 - 25, 2010	Stillness	Felicity
December 26, 2010 - January 1, 2011	Comb	Gautami Tripathy
January 2 - 8, 2011	Calmed	Jim
January 9 - 15, 2011	Abundance	My Poetic Path
January 16 - 22, 2011	Carnival	Rigel
January 23 - 29, 2011	Quagmire	Amity
January 30 - February 5, 2011	Evening	Word Actress
February 6 - 12, 2011	Humility	ρομπερτ
February 13 - 19, 2011	Incandescent	Tammie Lee
February 20 - 26, 2011	Top	Sandra.if
February 27 - March 5, 2011	Vellicate*	The Odd Inkwell

* Vellicate:

• tickle: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
• pinch: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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Prompt 132: Choices

Thanks to Joseph of Naming Constellations for this week's prompt, choices. Here is his poem, which he calls an homage to Robert Frost.

Pathfinder

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and yet they seemed unkind to me:
it does a traveler no good
to see the possum meat and blood
that stain their black periphery.

These asphalt snakes that loop the field
with broken spines in pallid paint,
they fester like a wound unhealed.
The deer and fox are well-concealed:
their shadows grey, their outlines faint.

No more they dare themselves to stray
across that tarry river in the trees:
nor did I wish more to go that way.
I cleared the brush like August hay,
to see the paths the clever fox sees.

Cars pass in the corner of my eye:
I creep alongside them, heel to toe.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I wanted neither to travel by,
and thus made my own way to go.

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