44 words Quadrille: The Fields of Flanders
No one is forgetting The Fields of Flanders
39 Comments
May 17, 2024
Fields of Poppies. Photo by selma
Poetics: Left in the Lurch
Written for Dora, the host for poetics at dVerse this week. I stayed up yearning through the night.giving prominence to your charmsthe way your steps remind that youare used to…
May 16, 2024
Photo by Nuno Obey on Pexels.com
Wea’ve Written Weekly: There Is Another Sky—It’s Called Hope
The W3 Poetry Prompt goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish and submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, May 20, 10:00 AM (GMT+2). Please click the following link for a full explanation…
May 16, 2024
Pexels / 9142 images
Challenge No. 34, 5/14/24, Part II: The Beginning of Summer, May 5-19–Rikka 立夏
Image ©️ Colleen Chesebro The Beginning of Summer, (May 5-19) Rikka 立夏 Welcome to the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge for #TankaTuesday! This week for #TankaTuesday we’re in the second…
May 14, 2024
On Their Blog, It’s Printed With Permission of Naomi Shihab Nye
Kindnessby Naomi Shihab Nye 1952 - Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weakened broth.What you held in…
May 14, 2024
WDYS— Image credit; Leon Contreras @ Unsplash
The Imposter—What do you see # 238- May 13, 2024
Written for Sadje of the Keep It Alive Website https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/05/13/what-do-you-see-238-may-13-2024 I Will Go With The Imposter When he comes uninvited and hungry assuredly and as endorsed as Godto take me…
May 13, 2024
The Beginning Of Summer
Written after Colleen’s invitation: Your syllabic poetry writing invitation is to choose a kigo word or phrase from theseasonal kigo list on the post below. You can select from the summer category forthe…
May 12, 2024
Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com
Reblog: One Petal At A Time: A Book Review by Selma Martin
Oh friends, have you read One Petal At A Time by Joni Caggiano? It’s a 136-page-long poetry collection/memoir that will bring warm and fast tears down your cheeksand make you wish none of this…
May 11, 2024
WDYS May 06th, 2024: Image credit; Marianna Smiley @ Unsplash “Thrive” by
Danial Pooper a sculpture in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Will To Quell: What Do You See
This post is written for Sadje for the WDYS prompt.Please visit the Keep it Alive Website. https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/05/06/what-do-you-see-237-may-6-2024 Sadje says: For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a giant femalefigure…
May 11, 2024
A frog wea'ves at w3-prompt-BANNER. All rights Skeptic Kaddish's
Wea’ve Written Weekly: W3 Prompt #106
This week’s W3 is now live, pardners 😉 and it’s hosted by our wonderful PunamSharma! https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/05/08/w3-prompt-106-weave-written-weekly Please click on the link. This week the challenge is to write a Palindrome…
May 9, 2024
with sticker created on Instagram
A Reblog— Poetry Book Review: “Poetry Treasures 4”
Because one good turn deserves another and because every act of kindness cannot stay hidden, I’m reblogging this precious review by my friend Dawn Pisturino. Thanks sooo much, dear Dawn.…
May 8, 2024
Peony and the giant ant. Photo by Selma
Share The Wealth: Joy is Our Natural State
Written for Colleen: https://tankatuesday.com/2024/04/30/24-seasons-syllabic-poetry-challenge-no-32-4-30-24-part-ii-grain-rain-april-19-may-4-koku-%e7%a9%80%e9%9b%a8 Colleen says: Your writing invitation is to experiment with the renga form.Here’s how to write renga: Renga or Renku features alternating stanzas, usually of 5-7-5 and…
May 6, 2024