Prompt 190: Paper

Gautami of Rooted suggested this week's prompt, paper.

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New Prompts for Winter

DATE	PROMPT	CONTRIBUTOR
October 16 - 22, 2011	Paper	Gautami Tripathy of Rooted
October 23 - 29, 2011	Limber Up	Swapna of Following a Rainbow
October 30 - November 5, 2011	Sunset	Kremo of The Obtuse Angle
November 6 - 12, 2011	Birdie	Kaykuala of Rainbow
November 13 - 19, 2011	Hourglass	Julie of 365
November 20 - 26, 2011	Seeking	Harshad Mehta of Space Within
November 27 - December 3, 2011	A Fool’s Paradise	Leo of I Rhyme Without Reason
December 4 - 10, 2011	Sapid*	Andrée of meeyauw
December 11 - 17, 2011	Knight	Amity of Dreams Are My Reality
December 18 - 24, 2011	Inkpot	Nessa of Vanessa V. Kilmer
December 25 - 31, 2011	Renewal	Sandy of Writing in Faith

* From dictionary.com: sapid \SAP-id\, adjective: 1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor. 2. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking. Chemistry can concentrate the sapid and odorous elements of the peach and the bitter almond into a transparent fluid -- David William Cheever, "Tobacco", The Atlantic, August 1860 I've raved about the elegant and earthy lobster-and-truffle sausage, the sapid sea bass with coarse salt poached in lobster oil, and the indescribably complex and delectable ballottine of lamb stuffed with ground veal, sweet-breads and truffles. -- James Villas, "Why Taillevent thrives", Town & Country, March 1, 1998 Sapid comes from Latin sapidus, "savory," from sapere, "to taste."

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Prompt 189: River

This week's prompt, river, comes to us from Ramesh of A Little More Than Ordinary.

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Prompt 188: Language

Sandra of La Palabra Diminuta brings us this week's prompt, language, with these awesome poems:

I don´t recall a single word
but your gestures …your glance

no recuerdo palabras
sólo tus gestos...tu mirada
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that word was so soft
it remained undeciphered
thus joining us both


apenas se oyó
quedando indescifrable
nos unió a los dos
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quise buscar las palabras
para contar ese cuento
pero no encontré ninguna
que tradujera el momento
se me deshace el lenguaje
como el agua entre los dedos
y solo queda el silencio
en los sonidos del viento
un enigma en esta hora
una verdad de otro tiempo,
inaudibles se quedaron
sus sonidos tan pequeños
que no sé si nacerán
para algún oído nuevo
que descifrará el mensaje
cuando lo devuelva el viento

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Prompt 187: Amuse

Thanks to Mad Kane of Mad Kane's Humor Blog for this week's prompt, amuse. Here is her blog post and delightful poetic offering:

One of my favorite poetry prompt sites, One Single Impression, has asked its poet-participants to propose word prompts for upcoming editions. I suggested the word “amuse,” which will be used next week, starting September 25th. Here’s a limerick and haiku I wrote for the occasion:

Amusing Verse … I Hope
By Madeleine Begun Kane

I try to amuse when I write,
In my quest to pen verse that has bite.
But sometimes my muse
Lets me down. Yes j’accuse!
I suspect that it does it for spite.

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Poetry prompt sites
inspire, amuse, bring friends,
awaken muses.

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Call for Prompts

Time flies; it seems like we just did this!  It's time for prompts again.  Please leave your prompt in the comments with a link to the blog where you will publish your poem when your prompt comes up.  Please leave just one prompt, and do so only if you plan to give us a poem to post on this page the day your prompt appears.

Prompt 186: Betrayal

Thanks for the prompt, betrayal, from Leo from I Rhyme Without Reason. Here is his poem:

I know it was right,
for the eons to come;
but as of this moment,
it seems wearisome.
lonely amidst a crowd,
I seem to be lost;
I still keep my smile,
but at what cost?
without a dream,
can hope be reborn?
for so many times
both I have scorned
deep from my heart
a beat betrays;
a lie that I uttered
knowingly in dismay.

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Prompt 185: Notebook

Thanks to Tami of Rooted for this week's prompt, notebook. Here is her poignant poem:

Notebook
you are not here-
yet you are here

my notebook knows
that even if I don't

invisible words form there
electrons jump all over
spilling into my space

"you invaded it,
and now refuse to let go"

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Prompt 184: Weed

This week's prompt is weed. Good luck and enjoy!

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Prompt 183: Wheat

Wheat is this week's prompt. Here's the history of the word according to Word-Origins.com:

Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic *khvaitjaz (source also of German weizen, Dutch weit, Swedish hvete, and Danish hvede), which was derived from a variant of the base *khwīt-, source of English white. It alludes to the ‘white’ flour produced by grinding the grain.

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Prompt 182: Obsession

Amity of Dreams are my Reality brings us this week's prompt, obsession.

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Prompt 181: Silence

This week's prompt is silence, thanks to Shail.

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Prompt 180: Dreams

Thanks to Isabel of In the Silence of the Day for this week's prompt, dreams. Here is her poem:


She wonders
what fate has planned for her,
what option to take,
her indecision, born from regret,
troubles her.

Yet,
in her dreams,
where zebras fly,
 fireflies play guitar,
and cats are guardian angels,
visions of her past
walk through the portals of time
to visit her.

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Prompt 179: Uncomfortable

This week's prompt is uncomfortable. Go for it!

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Prompt 178: Need

Prema of An Inner Space brings us this week's prompt, need. Here is her poem:


Needs…. Needs….
Needs….and Needs….
This….. That……..
This way…..That way…..
This much…..and That much
Oh………… Never Enough!

Tired of seeking
Gasping for breath
Gave up…
Sat down …..
For a rest pause!

The pause not only gave rest,
But also peace and a new direction.
Leading to the silence deep within
‘What was never sought for!’


Seeking stopped...!

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Haiku Heights Anniversary Invitation

Leo (I Rhyme Without Reason) has invited One Single Impression to the anniversary celebration of his meme, Haiku Heights, from the 23rd of July at 10:10pm to the 30th of July at 10:09pm.

There is no topic or theme for that one week. You can write one or more haiku on any theme that you wish and share with us.

So get your pencils out — you have a full week to write any haiku of your choosing!

Thank you, Leo!

Prompt 177: Phantom

Here's to Felicity of Confessions of a Philosophy Junkie for this week's prompt, phantom, and here is her poem:

Most of the time,
I'm only half a person -
With half a name,
That no one utters.
A phantom limb -
That no one misses.

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Prompt 176: Respect

Thanks to Sandra of If for this week's prompt, respect.  Please visit her blog (by clicking on the blog name) for her beautiful poem.

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We Have A Tau-Ku Challenge Random Winner!

Jim is the random winner of our First Annual Tau-Ku Challenge! 

Jim’s yummy tau-ku can be found here. I have also reproduced it below:

six is almost magic
bit more
2 π x R = CC

                                                      Where: 
                                                      π = pi 
                                                      x = times 
                                                      R = Radius 
                                                      CC = Circumference of this homemade key lime pie

Congratulations, Jim! Please e-mail me at meeyauw at gmail dot com
as soon as you are able to learn about your prize!

Prompt 175: Crater

Crater         I've dug myself a big hole, woe is me         I've squandered all my money on the horse         Hole not for swimming rather to bury         Loser I picked is winning not. My curse         Don't wait, that crater will be filled today         I've made my peace with the Lord, He'll forgive         Death by the shovel that dug is my way         Tomorrow you'll find me not though I live         Horse has nagged once too often for my ears         I'm killing my wife of too many years Jim of Jim’s Little Photo and Poem Place

Our apologies to Jim. Internet connections don’t seem to be working well this weekend.

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