Sunday Muse

Hi, is it me or are the days coming around faster – it’s Sunday already 🙂 – and for this week’s Sunday Muse, Carrie has selected some fascinating images to get our creative juices flowing https://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/. The image of the Steampunk Hand immediately drew me in and I could only think of Thing from the

Micro-Seasons

Hi, this week in Mark’s great blog he informs us that we have entered the micro-season of “The Frost Stops the Rice Grows,” the second micro-season of the mini-season of Grain Rain https://naturalistweekly.com/2023/04/28/micro-season-the-frost-stops-the-rice-grows-2023/ Check it out – there are also some great hakus to read too. Mark challenges us to write a haiku or senryū

Weekend Writing Prompt

Hi, today for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #309 https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/04/29/weekend-writing-prompt-309-aplomb/ She asks us to write a piece of flash fiction, a poem or anything we like, in 92 words using the word ‘Aplomb’. It is also poem 29, the penultimate for NaPoWriMo 😊 I was inspired by a little tortoiseshell butterfly, she has been hibernating in

Love Blossom

Hi, hope everyone is doing ok, this is verse twenty-eight for NaPoWriMo, it’s a tetractys poem, this poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, it needs to consists of at least 5 lines of 1/2/3/4/10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow with an inverted syllable count.

#Writephoto 🐾

Hi, for this weeks  #writephoto, KL has selected the above image of paw-prints on a sandy beach https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/20211021/posts/9271 It inspired me to write this poem entitled ‘Walking in Memories’, thanks for looking 😊

Tanka Tuesday

Hi, this week Colleen has suggested we write a tanka for her Tanka Tuesday prompt https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/04/25/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-317-4-25-23/ Here is my offering, and poem it’s number 27 for NaPoWriMo, thanks for popping by 😊

🎵dVerse Poetics🎵

Hi, this week Punam is the host at the Poetics bar https://dversepoets.com/2023/04/25/poetics-let-music-speak/ For today’s challenge we are asked to write a poem about music in any form, it can be mentioned fleetingly or be a poem dedicated to music. But we have to include at least two titles from the list of Linda Perry’s albums.

W3

Hi, this week on David’s W3, we have a new POW and it’s David himself 🙌 https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/04/26/w3-prompt-52-weave-written-weekly/ David asks us to write a poem of at least six lines that’s heavy on consonance or assonance, or both, I plumped for assonance (the repetition of similar vowel sounds), with my verse ‘Staying Brave’. It’s also poem

Flash Challenge

This week for Fandango’s Flash Challenge he has selected the atmospheric painting above to inspire our writing https://fivedotoh.com/2023/04/24/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-216/ Here is my poem and it’s number 25 for NaPoWriMo ❤️

What do You See

Hi, this week Sadje has has selected the photo above to inspire our writing https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/04/24/what-do-you-see-183/ and here is my poem, thanks for looking 😊