Prompt 71: The Stranger

"The stranger" is this weeks prompt, courtesy of Beth Patterson, whose blog is Virtual Tea House. Thank you, Beth! Here is her poem:

On any graced day
The stranger shuffles, glides, stalk, trails over a horizon
Gently pushing aside the lilacs obscuring hearts’ doors
Asking only an audience.

Photo: Watching the Bridal Party in Kashmir, by Bill Wilson

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Prompt 70: Blue Rain

Thanks to Lissa at Just Writing Words for the prompt blue rain this week. Thanks, Lissa, for the photo, too!

yesterday my mind refused to expand any thoughts
it has left me alone
to dwell inside this crumpled body
aching without reprieve
all day I hid underneath a black cloud
shifting my heels
I fell into a puddle of blue rain
and slipped into darkness
when I opened my eyes
everything has changed into one hue
when the blue sun came out
a strange amusement took over me

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Prompt 69: Assimilation

Thanks to Gautami of Rooted for this week's prompt, assimilation. Here is her poem:

deathless ghosts

in that deathless night
dark images dance merrily
undead spirits come alive
ghost graves shake
assimilating the dead air
heat of that night
goes icily cold

"I shiver thousand miles away"

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Prompt 68: Walls

This week's prompt is walls, thanks to Fledgling Poet:

Here is her poem to get us started:

We love building walls
Thank goodness for our doorways
That let the light in

Photo Credit: Tony the Misfit

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Prompt 67: Intersections

This week's prompt, intersections, comes to us from Haiku Tuna.

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Prompt 66: Denouement

Thanks to Floreta of Solitary Panda for this week's prompt, denouement. Here are her poem and photograph:

We begin at the end
Denouement
Resolution raises
Possibilities
Act II strings
Warm malaise
Questioning unknowns

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Prompt 65: Dropped

Thanks to Gautami Tripathy of Rooted for this week's prompt, dropped. Here is her poem:

dropped-
from my orbit
to yours

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Prompt 64: Tolerance

Thanks to Gina of Kilauea Poetry for this week's prompt, tolerance. Thanks to her also for the photo above and the poem below.

"Against Such Things"...

 

Virtue n.) Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty... 


T olerance..from the top of the sea saw I hear you call- your hair in mid air looking down on me- 

O h tolerance, I say squinting.. is no virtue at all.. just patience, watered down ya see.. 

L evel..isn't as lovely sounding- but, it's not a one way street..good for me.. oh but not for you- 

E asy now, while I'm hopping..my knees are bent- but I'll be hoping.. you'll be hearing me too & 

R emember, don't ya run out in the street...and well

A lign..just happens to come to mind.. cause all my thoughts get crossed-

 

N ow a plumb line's best for tracking, as the wind could blow anywhere 

C ause we..we won't have a foundation..like the board that goes under me & you? 

E asier if it's a two way street..and remember, don't ya take candy from strangers- 

But the fruit of the Spirit is- 
love, 
joy, 
peace, 
patience, 
kindness, 
goodness, 
faithfulness, 
gentleness, 
self-control; against such things there is no law -Ga 5: 22 

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Prompt 63: What's It Like?

First of all, it's Harold Robbins. It's Nancy Friday. It's "My Secret Life" and "Make Me" by Sonja Kindley. It's the "Readers Fantasy Forum" in Playgirl Magazine.

It's wet dreams. Rubbing off. Vibrators, body parts, lost souls, breaking hearts, dildos.

It's The Lover by Marguerite Duras. It's Georges Bataille, Anias Nin, and Anne Rice.

It's Fanny Hill, Fear of Flying, Goblin Market, and Lolita.

It's John Preston, Sera Gamble, Susie Bright, Richard Labonte, and Shanna Germain. 

Imagine running naked through your neighborhood. It’s joy. Rebellion. 
It's a buzz, coming out of the closet, a morning after kind of truth. It's spilling the milk, missing a step. It's not academic. It's cocks and cunts.

It's this age-old argument about art. 
It's deciding whether or not to use a pseudonym. 
It's prejudice. It's telling your son the truth anyway.

It's in the face of paranoia: it's a risk.

Friends say, you leave your car unlocked, your windows open?
Sex is the window to the soul.

Picture this: you're five years old

And trust somebody then he molests you.
Imagine every time you open your mouth your father beats you.
It's the Creation Story. It’s irrational, hopeful, painful. 

Thanks to Alana of After the Pole for this prompt and image.

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Prompt 62: Tactile

This week's prompt is tactile. Here's the definition from the Online Etymology Dictionary: 1615, "perceptible to touch," from Fr. tactile, from L. tactilis "tangible, that may be touched," from tactus, pp. of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Meaning "of or pertaining to touch" is attested from 1657.

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Prompt 61: Word

Jeeves of Silence is Poetic offers word as this week's prompt. Here are her poem and image. Thank you, Jeeves!


This is how it should be
Relationship at distance
and unsaid words imagined
Like, I sit here and think
The words you say
With your morning yawn
This is how it should be
Intriguing moments, few unsaid words
And many imagined ones

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Prompt 60: One Word

Thanks to Jess of Wayfaring Wanderer, who has provided this week's prompt, one word, along with the following poem and image.

There are countless ways
that a being can express
what they feel inside

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Prompt 59: Live Water

Thanks to Sue of Sunflower Roots for this week's prompt, live water. Thanks to he for supplying this poem and photo, too.

Live Water

the creek flute dances
a natural accompaniment
‘neath work and sleep;
its liquid silver ballet
skips stones, bends grasses,
to wind slender fingers
through my day;
live water
embraces the hours
with subliminal music.

©sgreerpitt
April 6, 2009


In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Bantam Books 1974), poet Annie Dillard writes “Live water heals memories.” It is from Dillard that I first learned how to view the world through both the eyes of a naturalist and a poet. This book is a treasure to be savored, the perfect accompaniment to a summer’s day, especially one spent near creeks and woods.

Photo is by sgreerpitt April 6, 2009, the creek running near our yard in Letcher County, Kentucky.

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Prompt 58: Listening

Thanks to Laurie at April Wine for this week's prompt, listening. Thanks for sharing this poem and image with us, too.Sound of my own footsteps
Hitting sand on pavement
A cardinal’s call
The click of a camera
School bus passing
Truly listening
To the sounds surrounding me
Listening to the quiet
But not quiet
As I listen, I hear many birds
I am alone but not alone
For the birds are singing their song
Their praises for a beautiful day
Spring is on the way
Just listen

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New Prompts for the Future

Date	Prompt	Contributer
April 5-11, 2009	Listening	April Wine
April 12-18, 2009	Live Water	Sunflower Roots
April 19-25, 2009	One Word	Wayfaring Wanderer
April 26-May 2, 2009	Word	Silence is Poetic
May 3-9, 2009	Tactile	A Slow Road
May 10-16, 2009	What's It Like?	After the Pole
May 17-23, 2009	Tolerance	Kilauea Poetry
May 24-30, 2009	Dropped	Rooted
May 31-June 6, 2009	Denouement	The Solitary Panda
June 7-13, 2009	Intersections	Haiku Tuna
June 14-20, 209	Walls	Fledgling Poet
June 21-27, 2009	Assimilation	Rooted
June 28-July 4, 2009	Blue Rain	Just Writing Words
July 5-11, 2009	The Stranger	Virtual Tea House
July 12-18, 2009	Thinking	Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place
July 19-25, 2009	Inner Voice	Quiet Paths
July 26-August 1, 2009	Fragrance	My Poetic Path
August 2-8, 2009	Windows	Quiet Paths
August 9-15, 2009	Ocean	Fledgling Poet
August 16-22, 2009	Copse	Kitehorse
August 23-29, 2009	Allow	Tea Leaves 'n Honey
August 30-September 5, 2009	Blue	Fledgling Poet
September 6-12, 2009	Romance	My Poetic Path
September 13-19, 2009	Thirst	My Bellavia
September 20-26, 2009	Fog	Fledgling Poet
September 27-October 3, 2009	Colors	The Solitary Panda

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Prompt 57: Smoke

Deb Godin of The Cloud Messenger brings us this week's prompt, smoke. Thanks to her for the prompt, the image, and the poem below.

SMOKE

ah, nag champa smoke

pray: Om mani peme hung

breathe the breath of love

This photo is of the corner of my tiny front porch. It's not insulated, and can be very hot in summer and freezing in winter, perfect this time of year. I keep a lot of my treasures there where I can see them every day going out and coming in. There's bowls of beachglass, suncatcher crystals in the windows, and my growing collection of junktique mirrors on the walls. One of the belief systems I admire and am drawn to is Tibetan Buddhism. I have lots of Buddha statues and small figures all over my house. This statue on the porch is holding some thin reeds, and also doubles as an incense holder. I was hoping the smoke from the burning incense would show up in the photo, but only the small ember on the tip of the stick is visible, on his right shoulder.

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Prompt 56: Equals

Thanks to KiteHorse, who recommends "equals" as this week's prompt. March 20 was the vernal equinox, when day and night were the same length.

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Prompt 55: Farewells

Thanks to Nancy Bea Miller of Genre Cookshop for this week's prompt, farewells.

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Prompt 54: Fork in the Road

This week's prompt is fork in the road, which Geraldine of My Poetic Path suggested. Thank you, Geraldine, for the prompt, the photo, and the poem at her blog.

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Prompt 53: The First Anniversay of OSI: Circles

Edward of Forest River Journal offers this tanka and photo for the prompt circles. Thanks, Edward.

Somebody comes by,
He see stones, then builds something.
It stands for that day,
As we all walk by and see it.
Next day, somebody comes by....

Copyright©2009

Edward's photograph is entitled "Pieces of a Labyrinth."

Our thanks go to all of you who have shared your work here over the past year. Happy anniversary to all of us!

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