Prompt 157: Vellicate

Stacey of The Odd Inkwell brings us this week's prompt, vellicate, which means to

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

Above is Stacey's poem/image.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 156: Top

Thanks to Sandra of the blog If for this week's prompt, top. Here are her poem and image:

first reading´s match up
nothing misses or surpass
we´re right at the top

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  


• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.


• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  


• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  


• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Call for Prompts

It's that time again! If you're a regular participant in One Single Impression, please suggest one single-word prompt.

Thanks for being here.

Prompt 155: Incandescent

Thanks to Tammie Lee of Beauty Flows for this week's prompt, incandescent. Here are her artwork and poem:

her spirit told her

go slow

in doing so the world became

vital and exquisite

she left a shimmering trail as she wandered through life

for eons people followed

her incandescent paths

they found wonders they never knew

gems amongst wee tiny flowers

bugs that flew

shrooms that grew

a leisurely pace

reveals treasures

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 154: Humility

Thanks to Robert of Daily Athens for this week's prompt, humility. Here are his poem and image:

hold on, hold on tight
life does not move back, ever
become load, lift up

Robert says: "This 'picture' was inspired by looking at a mother carrying her child upon her shoulders. Being a young father myself, the responsibility and work surely provided a heavy load, yet I have to admit, have lifted me up like nothing else.

'
And yes, Matth. 11:28-30 was in my mind as well.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  


• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.


• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  


• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  


• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 153: Evening

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 152: Quagmire

Thanks to Amity of Dreams are my Reality for this week's prompt, quagmire. Here are her image and poem:

Posing as a decent and lovable guy
Luring her to believe in his decency
Revealing nothing but his honesty
He was truly a wicked personality
As evil as a hated devil could be.

He pushed her deep into a quagmire
Of ignominy and sheer hopelessness
In scuttling her escape he was ruthless
Ensuring her total dependence on him
And exploited to meet his every whim

Deeper, deeper driven into desperation
She steeled her mind into strong determination
To escape from his clutches her only aspiration
She resisted all his acts of abomination
With force only to face his cruel indignation

Little by little, she garnered the needed support
From a kind soul with whom she held rapport
Thanks to him, a brave new person she had become
Fearless, valiant and ready to face the outcome
When the promised help would soon come

For the wickedness he had employed
For debasing her with all his might
For the ruthless times he dealt with her
For the tacit moments of sheer shame
He would be made to own full blame

When rescue finally came from forces of law
The evil man could not escape from their steely claw
The menace needed a woman as tough as her
Who was not broken in spirit or shaken by fear
Till the culprit paid a price that was too dear

Thanks to her and her relentless stand
Many were saved from further disgrace
And the man despised by all for his depravity
Was taken to jail for being held in long captivity
And the quagmire was no more a cesspool.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  


• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.


• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  


• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  


• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 151: Carnival

Rigel of My Dreams up Close brings us this week's prompt, carnival.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 150: Abundance

Geraldine brings us this week's prompt, abundance. She is taking a break from blogging, but please do visit our faithful friend if you have a chance. She is at My Poetic Path and at Veggies, Yarns, and Tales.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 149: Calmed

This week's prompt is calmed! May you enjoy it as we begin the New Year.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 148: Comb

Thanks to Gautami Tripathy of Rooted for this week's prompt, comb. Here is her wonderful offering:

untangle


her children surrounded her
with so much trust-
those tangles bothered her
she knew she had to tackle it.
on Christmas day, with a strong will
she combed him out

without untangling we are a mess, both inside and outside

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 147: Stillness

Felicity of The Confessions of a Philosophy Junkie brings us this week's prompt, stillness. Here is her poem:

There is no use staying
perfectly still now.
Because
spectacularly or otherwise
We will disintegrate
And everything will eventually fray
And nothing can save us now -
Not stillness
Not even stillness.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 146: Win

This week's prompt is win from Perry of Married to a Singaporean. Click here to read her poem. Enjoy!

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 145: Free(dom)

This week's prompt is free(dom), thanks to Yamini Meduri of The Land of Dreams, who shares this poem with us:

A gift I wish
World gives me
With special love
Crafted with care

A gift I wish
To treasure all life
That I shall hold dear
Forever and ever

The gift I wish
Is the flight of dove
Free to fly high
With no fear, no limits

The gift I wish
Is the cherishing dream
Beautiful as the best
With no fear, no limits

The gift I wish
Is friendship
Strong and sweet
With no fights, no wars

The gift I wish
Is a peaceful world
Joy and love
To share for all
Forever and ever

P.S. Am so happy that its my prompt on the 5th of December...as its my Mom's birthday...so through OSI, here's my wish to her!

"A happy happy birthday to my sweetest, sweetest mother! "

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 144: Meld

Thanks to Patti of Creative Cottage Dreamer for this week's prompt, meld, and her own wonderful contributions, below.


If I were a book....
My cover
would be eye catching-
decorated
with colorful words,
fabric and lace
and vintage images...

My binding
would be
tough,
but well- worn
and well- read
lasting the test of time...
(starting to fray maybe just a little)


My pages~
like the years-
melded together -
woven
with special memories
and experiences...
snapshots
of the people
and places and times
that make my life my own
filled with
the poetry of my life.

There would be pockets
and little niches
that would house
the special tokens
of my life
important icons
important to only me.

Hopefully this book
would be handed down
from generation to generation
and read often

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 143: Apprentice

Thanks to Irene of Lost in Translation for this week's prompt, apprentice. Here is her poem:

Oh my toe!

Stubbed by a shard, a recurring
punishment, a breaking sound
surprising eardrums as something
fell when you swivel, you clown!

Yours is a story of blundering,
a prophesy of Murphy’s Law,
a repetition of past mistakes
nailing you to imperfection.

It’s not so much that you’re spastic,
though that too, but life is,
you found out the hard way,
as treacherous as a monkey bar.

Always the eager apprentice,
you swagger past a swing door,
like a cowboy, managing to dodge
scrapes like a stray gun shot.

You swivelled at the bar counter,
ordered a frothy beer, you heard
your name called, you turned around
expectantly, and that’s when

your avalanche of hands sent
the glass skeetering to the hard floor
and due to lack of proper footwear,
you stubbed your toe on a shard.

Which only goes to show,
you need primping, cowboy boots
or whatever, and you need to claim
grandly, you missed a gun shot

which, when you think about it,
is no small victory, for all the crap
you take, while you go about
your skillful apprenticeship.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 142: Echoes

Moe Lauher of --Hmm, I don't know what to tell ya! brings us this week's prompt, echoes. Here is his poem:

Echoes - return from across the field above the ravine - hello, hello, hello.

Reflections - a mirror, facing a mirror facing a mirror – echoes.

My Shadow - dark and long, connected to me, following me, but not me – an echo?

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 141: Pause

This week's prompt is pause, thanks to Pam Olsen of Amputated Moon. Thanks for this, Pam. And thanks for this poem:


Saturday Night Jazz

in a corner of a dim-lit room
the poet sits--- pen to paper
squinting to see the words
while the sax wails and sings


the words swirl around
high on the caffeine rush
of dark espresso
and jazz


the player sounds a low note
then comes the pause
the moment after and before
the note fades into the air


fingers stop their reaching
for yet another pitch
her hand stops its writing
for yet another line


the neon clock on the wall waits
one second gone
another not yet arriving
the hands freeze


in the stretch and pull of time
the poet and the player
wait . . .
pause—


then a whispered moan
rises from the sax
and the poet bows her head
and writes

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 140: Fancy

Thanks to Brian, who brings us this week's prompt, fancy.

+ + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.

Prompt 139: Grace

Thanks to Brandi of Recklessly Me for this week's prompt, grace. Here are her poem and image:

Grace is Always giving more and Receiving a little less. Grace is No better than the pauper on the street, and No less than than the débutante. Grace is Understanding Even when you don't agree. Grace is Loving with all of yourself and Expecting nothing in return. Grace is Supplying the needs of others With a pure heart. Grace is the sun in all its splendor Shining brilliantly on the world. Grace is You and Grace is Me When we are just as we were intended to be.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

How to Participate in One Single Impression

• Post your poetry on your blog. This does not need to be today. You can post any time during the week.
  
• Come here and enter your URL into the inlinkz widget. Other participants can easily find you by clicking your name or image.
  
• Enjoy the beautiful poems of the other bloggers.
  
• There is a new inlinkz widget each week so you always have to sign up on the current one. Please do not sign your name on the widget unless you are participating in One Single Impression.
  
• The links will remain here forever. A list of past themes is on the sidebar. You can check back at any time for information on a past theme.