Our Hostess with thmostest Colleen said :”You can choose the Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt provided by Trent McDonald, or you can choose the #SynonymsOnly challenge using the words “MOVE & MAKE” provided by David Ellis.
OR… You can do both! It’s up to you#
This week I have decided to write a Etheree using Trent MacDonald’s photo and David Ellis‘s words. I used glide, skimming and sailing for move and create and manufacture for make.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA: Milford Pond
I Glide through Life, serene Swanlike skimming Not a ripple seen Sailing through like a dream Nothing betrays the madness Created by my feet beneath Autumn colours also manufacturer A gentle serenity to fool all.
Colleen says : Guess what? It’s the first challenge for my favourite month of October… you know what that means! Poets, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It’s up to you.
NEW RULES: Let’s make this challenge a true poet’s choice! Use any syllabic poetry form that you’d like. As long as there are syllables to count, you’re ready! Be creative. If your form is something new, teach us how to write it. Have fun!
My choice this week is extra special as Colleen has given us free reign as to poetic form. I have chosen to put two together. An Acrostic Nonet.
The contents comes from deep within me. It could be read as a personal relationship, with either another person or thing, or as a lament to nature and our current world troubles.
image from Pixabay.
Autumn Cry.
As always tapped under your control Useless I am no longer whole Tell me how I lost the light Undone I’m caught in flight Morning brings no hope No kindness spoke Cry freedom Real needs Yearn.
It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month! This is our chance to work with a specific syllabic poetry form. So, take this opportunity to learn more about the particular form. You can use any subject, theme, or words to convey your message.
Happy Mabon! Today is the Autumnal Equinox!It’s the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Franci Hoffman, aka Eugi’s Causerie II, from last month’s challenge picked the theme.This month’s theme is:
The Night Sky
Hail Darkness Spotted by Sparkling diamonds Cool,crisp, magical Sweet ,fresh air wafts about Dreams come easier with blessed Dark starry nights they’re always best. After the heat of an Autumn day. The blessed night washes our sins away.
This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). Lisa Thompson, from last month’s challenge, has provided the photo for this month’s challenge:
In these dark days I remember the saying my hubby often uses now about our leaders. Who try to keep us in the dark and give very mixed messages and ever changing information. I have chosen a Tanka to express my feelings.
Image credit:Unsplash, and the photographer is Wolfgang Hasselmann
Mushroom management.
Bright read for danger Upwards pursuing the light Escaping darkness. Our lives are managed like this Kept in the dark and fed shit.
This week, Annette Rochelle Aben selected the words for the syllables only challenge. That means you can’t use those two words. You must find synonyms to replace them. Fun, right?
This week I have chosen a haiku. I used ‘planted the thought’ for Hint and Brave for Bold.
It’s the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It’s up to you! So I chose to do an Acrostic Poem September.
Summer is almost gone Evidence of Autumn on its way. Plethora of leaves begin to fall Trees change colours standing tall Embers from bonfires fly Monsters prepare for Halloween Beasts and witches , best you’ve seen. Evenings start to draw in Renewal, harvest feasts with kin.
It’s the third week of the month! Time for a #PhotoPrompt
Aishwarya, aka, Kitty from Kitty’s Verses, was Colleen’s selection from last month’s challenge. So Kitty has provided the photo for this month’s challenge. Colleen says “Remember, don’t just describe what is in the photo. Engage your senses and work with implied metaphors to make your poetry sing!”
This week I have written a two versed Shadorma about life choices. The railway track disapearing into the distance makes me think of the straight and narrow.
Image credit: no attribution
Look forward Leave what’s behind you The line leads Direction As sure as night follows day One step at a time.
Like a train Forward momentum Rolling on Growing strong Straight ahead into the light One step at a time .
Hawk Moved in Spiralling Towards his pray Mouse faced up to him. Their eyes met silently The rodent knew the cycle Of life and the part would play Straightening his shoulders he stood true. Hawk extended his talons took his due
I have written an Etheree using synonyms for the prompt words.
