Prompt 122: Ochre

Today's prompt is ochre, brought to us by Nothing Hypothetical. Ochre is a type of clayey soil, one that is much used in pigments,according to the Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Prompt 121: Dawn

Leo of I Rhyme without a Reason brings us this week's prompt, dawn. Thanks, Leo, for the poem and image below.

Deep in my eyes
Resided a dream
It made me whole
It seemed close
Yet much distant
Etched in my soul

Yearned it a lot
Wished to be true
Waited for the day
Obstacles jumped
I reached so near
But it slipped away

A moment stuck
That pain in heart
That despair within
Lost in this world
Felt hopelessness
Like drowned in sin

Dark night trapped
Thoughts of gloom
Wind relieved fear
As I walked alone
My burden lesser
Escaped a lone tear

The horizon bright
Revealed a smile
After night of pains
Burning once more
In my eyes the fire
Dream dawned again

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Prompt 120: Oubliette

Kuyerjudd of My Dreams up Close brings us this week's prompt, oubliette, and this wonderful poem. Thank you, friend.

Blissful Shades

Beneath the winding torrents’ glare,
A man lay sprawled with lustful gleam.
With half a mind, he dares to hope;
And half a heart that fears to dream.

Then light appeared in ghostly hues,
And he, beneath the ceiling’s wake.
Scalding rays—such painful ruse!—
Pouring heavily through the cracks.

Snow flew in like fireflies,
Which took upon his weary chin.
Blood stung fire across his thigh
And felt did he the pain—his skin!

Wished did he to God on high;
But hide he must beneath the earth,
For God saw he, a man of sin,
And hid from him the world’s one mirth.

For wrong it be to touch the sky,
And much more so to taste the air.
The man he lives in blissful shade,
Hoping, one day, God would care.

He saw no wrong in being he,
Yet there he sat beneath the moon—
Dripping water, vivid sparks—
Only hoping one day, soon…

Beneath the winding torrents’ glare,
A man lay sprawled with wondrous dreams—
That which God and Man can never see:
A dream to never fear to be.

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Pronunciation: \ˌü-blē-ˈet\ Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from oublier to forget, from Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblitare, frequentative of Latin oblivisci to forget — more at oblivion Date: 1819 : a dungeon with an opening only at the top

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Prompt 119: Icarus

Titanium of Element 22 suggested this week's prompt, Icarus.

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Prompt 118: Love

Love comes to us as this week's prompt from Cassiopeia Rises. Click here to read her fabulous take on this prompt.

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Prompt 117: Floating

This week's prompt, floating comes from Loch Rob of A Small Look Inside. Thanks, friend, for the image and poem below.


The Sea 'n' Me

I am intimate with water
Cool sea, full of roller coasting waves
Riding through infinity on frothy foam
Bathing my body, refreshing my spirit
Effervescent arms capture me
Soul-quenching’s embrace.

Misunderstandings wash away
Holding to the truest light
Teaching me about trusting
Floating on my back
While tossing me to and fro
Hardly caring for my well being

Yet inside the depths is the profoundest love
That’s ever washed upon me
I rest like a babe in a mother's womb
Hoping that I will never fail you
Knowing you will never give me up for lost.
Endless breezes blow upon my face.

As the sun shines above, drifting
Many a creature from below pause
To see what consciousness floats above
Along a highway without roads
My insignificance lies beneath
The innumerable grains of sand upon your shores.

I yearn to understand the depths
Of your creation and existence
And why this one grain has any meaning.
Walking along your shores
I leave footprints in the sand
A legacy of decisions made, directions taken.

Turning to retrace my steps
With path erased by never ending waves
Onward I go, within the currents
Hoping the tide will drift my way
And a distant lighthouse will be shining
Showing me the way home.

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New Prompts!

Date	Prompt	Contributor
May 23 - 29, 2010	Floating	Loch Rob
May 30 - June 5, 2010	Love	Cassiopeia Rises
June 6 - 12, 2010	Icarus	Titanium
June 13 - 19, 2010	Oubliette*	Kuyerjudd
June 20 - 26, 2010	Dawn	Leo
June 27 - July 3, 2010	Ochre	Nothing Hypothetical
July 4 - 10, 2010	Roads	gautami tripathy
July 11 - 17, 2010	Overt	JP/Deb
July 18 - 24, 2010	Preponderance	Dances With Loons
July 25 - 31, 2010	Angel	Yamini Meduri
August 1 - 7, 2010	Cocoon	Tammie Lee
August 8 - 14, 2010	Connoisseur	Amity
August 15 - 21, 2010	Beginning	I Rhyme Without Reason!
August 22 - 28, 2010	Pensive	the odd inkwell
August 29 - September 4, 2010	Empty	Snow White
September 5 - 11, 2010	Choices	naming constellations
September 12 - 18, 2010	The Passing	The Dark Lord

* Pronunciation: \ˌü-blē-ˈet\ Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from oublier to forget, from Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblitare, frequentative of Latin oblivisci to forget — more at oblivion Date: 1819 : a dungeon with an opening only at the top

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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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