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Poetry Prompt #20

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Poetryprompt20

Are you feeling creative? Are the words already chasing each other around in your head? I hope so because I can’t wait to see what you come up with in response to this one. It’s always a thrill to read the submissions to the weekly Poetry Prompt, so thank you for taking part in this creative exercise and please keep them coming. Don’t forget, if you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #19

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Poetry Prompt #18What’s this? That up to you and I can’t wait to see what poems turn up in my in box this week in response to this prompt. A round of applause to everyone who’s been submitting poems inspired by these prompts this year. Your work never fails to impress me. Please keep your poems coming in. Send submissions as a Word document attachment to me at traffa-m(at)bigpond.net.au and add a line or two about why you chose to write that particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #18

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Poetry Prompt 17

 

 

 

 

Are you feeling creative? Are the words already chasing each other around in your head? I hope so because I can’t wait to see what you come up with in response to this one. It’s always a thrill to read the submissions to the weekly Poetry Prompt, so thank you for taking part in this creative exercise and please keep them coming. Don’t forget, if you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #17

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Lest we forget

poppies copyOn this special day of commemoration it seems only fitting to post a poetry prompt with an ANZAC theme. Send your submissions as a Word document attachment to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au and add a personal comment if you wish.

Teena

Poem of the Day

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Frangipani

by Penny Szentkuti

 

Frangipani

Grows, guerilla-planted, by the footpath.

How does a stick thrust

Into the dirt

Just grow?

Kicking into life,

Leaning into light,

Making the most of

Night rain,

Of morning dew.

Putting down roots

Quietly

Reaching down to grasp

Soil,

To hold the earth steadily

Until

Velvet furls of leaf appear,

Waking now above, as below.

  • Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #11: Write and Alphabet Poem.
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Penny says: I enjoy constraints when writing poetry so I don’t feel overwhelmed by the task, so this prompt appealed to me. I’ve been observing a beautiful deep pink frangipani outside my place for several weeks and it was a delight to explore that with words. I like how I was forced to split phrases which increased the emphasis on some words and ideas.
 

Poetry Prompt #13

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PoetryPrompt13

A single word this week to spark your creativity. What images does it conjure? Follow those thoughts and see what you come up with.

Send your poem as a Word document attachment to traffa-m(at)bigpond.net.au and add a line or two about your writing process or why you opted for your chosen poetic style.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #12

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Poetry Prompt 11

 

With Easter on the horizon, I thought it timely to use this special occasion as the poetry prompt for the week. Thanks to everyone who has already submitted poems inspired by these weekly creative challenges. I’m so impressed by what you are producing. Please keep your poems coming in. I love reading them. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #9

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Poetry Prompt#9

I’ve gone for something simple this week…it will be interesting to see what you make of these two circles. I’ve been receiving some wonderful submissions in response to the weekly poetry prompts. Thanks to everyone who has embraced this creative exercise so enthusiastically. Please keep your poems coming in. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem. Happy writing! Teena

 

Poem of the Day

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Behind the scenes

by Jenny Erlanger

 

We cannot see or hear them,

yet we know when each arrives.

We love them, hate or fear them

as we stumble through our lives.

 

They fire away like crazy

somewhere deep inside our brain.

They prod us when we’re lazy,

get us back on track again.

 

They don’t ask for permission

from the moment that we wake

to set out on their mission

to control the moves we make.

 

It may not live an hour

as its life is pretty short

but there’s no denying the power

of a solitary thought.

 

  •  Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #6

Poetry Prompt 6

Jenny says: I have always been fascinated by the capacity of a seemingly immaterial thought to create physical or emotional responses in human beings.

Poetry Prompt #6

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Does this start you thinking?

Poetry Prompt 6

I hope so! I’ll be interested in seeing what you come up with. Thanks to everyone who has been enthusiastically taking part in our 2016 creative challenge. Keep your poems coming in. They make my day. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up at any time. Send your submissions to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena