Prompt 116: Trembling

Nancy Bea Miller of Genre Cookshop brings us this week's prompt, trembling. Thanks for the image and poem, Nancy.

Rosebush in the breeze,

pink-hearted and poison-speared,

why do you tremble?

The Online Etymology Dictionary defines tremble thus:

tremble (v.)

c.1300, "shake from fear, cold, etc.," from O.Fr. trembler "tremble, fear" (11c.), from V.L. *tremulare (cf. It. tremolare, Sp. temblar), from L. tremulus "trembling, tremulous," from tremere "to tremble, shiver, quake," from PIE *trem- "to tremble" (cf. Gk. tremein "to shiver, tremble," Lith. trimu "to chase away," O.C.S. treso "to shake," Goth. þramstei "grasshopper"). A native word for this was O.E. bifian. The noun is recorded from 1609.

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Prompt 115: Reign

This week's prompt is reign. Enjoy!

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Prompt 114: Enigma

The prompt enigma comes to us from Wild Goose Scoops Moon. Enjoy!

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Prompt 113: Fissures

Sandra of If: La Palabra Diminuta brings us this week's prompt, fissures, as well as this poem and image.

fissuring the rock

rain, sun, and Incas' hands

kept the secret locked

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Prompt 112: Mask

Thanks to Dreams are my Reality for this week's post, mask.

We each wear such an invisible mask

To hide the true self, disguise the real thing

Some good, some pretty, some ugly, we bask

Behind the smiles hides she in angst

Yet projects herself a cheerful, happy being

We each wear such an invisible mask

She talks so bubbly, keeping all aghast

Yet conceals in her shell her mood upswing

Some good, some pretty, some ugly, we bask

She pretends to do a happy task

Yet sulking at work, eager in fleeing

We each wear such an invisible mask

She talks of romance and love that last

Yet bereft of love in act that is contrasting

Some good, some pretty, some ugly, we bask

She acts so strong, brave in such vast

Yet deep inside, vulnerable timid thing

We each wear such an invisible mask

Some good, some pretty, some ugly, we bask

Some notes on this post:

This is my 26th week at One Single Impression, hosted by Andree of Meeyauw and Sandy Carlson of Writing in Faith. Wheww....what an accomplishment...! Thanks to Leo of Symphony for ushering me here...:))

Thanks to the hosts, too, for considering one of my prompt suggestions. This week's prompt (Mask) is mine. I wish a great participation from all OSI writers. And I wish to be here for as long as nothing would hinder me.

Have a great day everyone!

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Prompt 111: Vicarious

Barely Living

"I exist, such like winds that blow—
Mere half a man swimming on air,
Heart, dangling precariously—
And empty; soul awry

A gust; and I fade into the nether—
Until memories faltering
rekindle their other half…
But til then, I can lie half awake."

"I can only wish, wish to see;
To feel the wind, your face—my life…
And not the sound across the fog—
Stifled breathing, resounding cries

Oh, how a person holds my fate
And that, my world and then my heart;
To want to live but cannot fight
the shrouds of time to see his eyes

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Prompt 110: Cognizance

This week's prompt is cognizance, and the Online Etymology Dictionary defines the word this way:

c.1350, from Anglo-Fr. conysance "recognition," later, "knowledge," from O.Fr. conissance "knowledge," from pp. of conoistre "to know," from L. cognoscere "to get to know, recognize," from co- "together" + gnoscere "to know" (see notice). The -g- was restored in Eng. spelling 15c. and has gradually affected the pronunciation. Hence, cognoscente (pl. cognoscenti), 1778, from It., from L.

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Prompt 109: Avatar

Thanks to Beth Patterson of Virtual Tea House for this week's prompt, avatar. Thanks, Beth for the poem and for providing the image!



I can imagine of no other avatar than this:

To be one of Mary Oliver’s wild geese.

With the moon in one eye

And the howl in my down

I challenge you to distinguish me

from a poet.

Or Maxfield Parrish.

A note from Beth Patterson, who is host and blogger at the Virtual Tea House (VTH): There are several writers who blog on that site, and she’s invited them to write to this week’s prompt, ‘avatar’. The ones who responded will be part of her post for this prompt. In general, when you are responding on the VTH to the poems submitted by any of the poets that you make sure which one is the author before you address them. Thanks!

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Prompt 108: Aura

Shaddrha of The Self-Love Project offers this week's prompt, aura. Thanks for this and for your poem, Shaddrha. Pelease visit her blog for the back story to this piece.

I still believe
In spite of the illusions around
In spite of the lies spread
I still believe
Most of it is fake
Just to mock and fool
Confuse
Scare
Project your fears
But I still believe
There is some aura for real
I still believe
Me, the lowest of low
Me, who can be joked at, laughed at and fooled
Me, who is not sure if i am free
I still believe

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Prompt 107: Murmur

Thanks to Swapna of Following a Rainbow for this week's prompt, murmur.

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Prompt 106: Hesitation

Thanks to Nathalie of A Title? What's in a Title? I Was Never Told There Should be a Title! for this week's prompt, hesitation. Here is her wonderful poem:

We glide
Opposites yet bound
A few steps this way
Or the other
On tip toe
Ready to fly off
To depart from that dance
That is courting
Hesitation.

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Prompt 105: Running

Thanks to Jim of Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place for this week's prompt, running. his daughter Susie of Susie Chan's Music is pinch hitting for him this week because obligations kept him from his poetic muse. Here's Susie's poem:

Run Because You Can

She spies a distant animal.

A dormant power surges.

The joys of hunting and pursual

Arise from primal urges.

“Catch it 'cause you can!”

The doggy lopes in easy strides.

He glances back behind him.

Through streets and grassy lots she plies;

What madness has befallen?

“Run home while you can!”

She’d seen them on the Internet,

The natives stalking prey.

She longed to feel their freedom, yet

The suburbs barred her way.

“Give chase if e’er you can!”

Through streets and grassy lots he ran,

This woman to escape.

What softness had her heart tramped down

For love to turn to hate?

“Find pity if you can!”

Alighting on the wild beast,

Her gentle heart awoke.

What? A frightened doggy ceased

A desert chase to evoke.

“Make friends of all you can!”

Jim says, "Her inspiration for this poem was seeing on the Internet an enactment of a savage running down (or attempting to run it down, I don't know how it ended) an antelope. Her thoughts were that, 'I can't do that, run down a wild beast.' Then in her thoughts or dreams she saw this dog running through the neighborhood and she gave chase. The poem takes up there."

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The Hexapod Haiku Challenge

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

North Carolina State University is hosting the Hexapod Haiku Challenge. They also "definitely accept minor departures from traditional haiku "rules" (i.e., the 5-7-5 onji composition). We'd also love to see more haiga (a haiku that is accompanied by an image) and senryu (short poem about human and/or, in this case, insect foibles) though they will be judged as haiku equivalents."

What's a hexapod?

The word Hexapoda refers to all insects and their six-legged arthropod relatives (springtails, diplurans, and proturans). We're calling this contest the Hexapod Haiku Challenge only for alliterative purposes. We would love to have haiku that feature any familiar arthropod associated with the field of entomology, including those arthropods without six legs (e.g., spiders, millipedes, centipedes, and scorpions).

NCSU judges accept entries submitted by the US Mail, e-mail and Twitter.

The deadline? Your haiku should be submitted by 11:59pm, March 20th (first day of spring!)

Go to the NCSU Insect Museum Annual Hexapod Haiku Challenge page now for all of the rules and discussion. I hope one of our OSI friends wins!

Prompt 104: Insomnia

Felicity of Confessions of a Philosophy Junkie brings us this week's prompt, insomnia. Thanks, Felicity, for this poem:

Even in the sleeplessness of fever and delirium and nightmares of long dark corridors With doors that won't open when she is chased by monsters and giant chameleons who lunge at her - She comes back; she always comes back to you. And she won't remember it When she wakes up But she's spent all her sleep Telling you About things You no longer have time To listen to.

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Prompt 103: Gold

Thanks to Blue Mist of Ambrosian Ecstasy for this week's prompt, gold, and for this poem:

the molten gold dazzles

defeating the darkness around

phoenix is reborn

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Prompt 102: Single

Thanks to the Amateur Poet of Figments of Imagination for this week's prompt, single, and for this poem:

Impact of few words

Stays long time in loving hearts

Single impression

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Prompt 101: Blowing the Curve

Mojo of "Why, What Have You Heard?" brings us the prompt "blowing the curve" and this wonderful poem and photo this week. Thank you, Mojo.

Blowing The Curve

I thought to audit,
To observe and learn
Perhaps contribute a thought or two.
But there were only seats enough
For the for-credit students.

Perhaps, then, next semester
(Or my next life)
When the class is not so full.

I watched as others
Matriculated with good grades
And moved on
Happy with their choices

Perhaps next semester
(Or my next life)
When I'm better prepared

Did they get younger
These eager students?
Did they regress
As I stayed still?
Or did I wait too long?

Perhaps next semester
(Or my next life)
If I can get financial aid.

I thought this was as good as it gets
Grading everything on a curve
Then you taught me
It only takes one perfect score
And the curve is moot.

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Prompt 100: Sunny Days

Jeeves of Silence is Poetic brings us this week's prompt, sunny days, and this beautiful poem:

During sunny days
Shadows dance to
Perfect attention.
Your artistic
Fingers leap to
The wall, and say
This is how birds flap
their wings.
Stuck to the wall of your
Artistic captivity
And my excited eyes,
I sometimes forget birds
Also fly borders and boundaries.

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Prompt 99: Chaos

Thanks to The Dark Lord, who brings us chaos and this poem this week:

Dark alleys, murky lanes
The crossroads of destination
Amidst bustling humanity
Confusing crowds, conflicting emotions
Screeching tyres and honking bells
Conjuring an assembled chaos
A civilized melee....
Concrete walls with damped patches
Darkened by smoke and smog
Pale rays of the tired sun
Streaming in, with swirling dust
Meekly suspended in thick stale air
Ringing with murmured dispair

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