I’ve been away…found it hard to follow the prompts…
“Had we but world enough, and time…” Andrew Marvell(first line of the Coy Mistress)
Time
Upon investigation
Of my purse
“Time” I have not much
A pie chart would reveal
The most must go to business
And necessity
The last little bit
That flies around you and me
Is leisure time
Carefully spent
Not nearly enough
To pay the rent
But grateful am I
For time together
We discuss small things
Of the soul
And of the weather
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PROMPT: Everyone ______
EVERYONE COLLECTS SHELLS…sometime
Toes sink into hot sand
Baked by the sun
Shell seekers
A chipped sand dollar
Grains of pink sand between fingers
Hot and scratchy
Sweat roles down into eyes
Seeking shells no easy task
Tiny shells upon my palm
Count them
One by one
A fan
A trumpet
A curlicue
Pink, rose, orange and white
Looking over
The sandy beach
Waves roll in
Wash the shore
One more shell
Completes the collection
Prompt: A broke poem.
Love On Brokeback Mountain
“I aint’t no queer!”
Yet the relationship
Lasted forever
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “In Case of (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write the poem. Possible titles could include “In Case of Emergency,” “In Case of Oversleeping,” “In Case of Snoring,” or something else.
In case the sun does not rise
Over Taos Mountain
The day will remain dark
Hard to see
In case I do not return
My chair will remain empty
My words unspoken
My thoughts unexplored
My bed un-slept in
My house will echo
My absence
In case I do not return
There will be a tiny hole
In the fabric
You might need a microscope to see
A great big hole
For me
There will be something missing
For I will no long be
For today’s prompt, write a suffering poem. A person or animal in the poem could be suffering. The poem itself could be suffering.
Taos Mountain
Loyal Companion
A low moan in the distance
Becomes a wail
Then a howl
Hard to hear
Mixes with the wind
Is it injury or death
Does it matter
Sometimes it is in the land
Over time
Suffering becomes memory
Shapes who we are
A universal experience
A loyal companion
Today is a Two-for-Tuesday prompt. Write one of the following (or both):
IN SEARCH ON AN IDEA
Do I hunt for the idea
Or does it hunt for me
Inspiration:
The light bulb goes on
Eureka moment
Incubation:
Leave it alone
Subconscious takes over
Weights possibilities
Execution:
Make it visible
Judgment:
Work must be made visible
Before judgments are made
This is the creative process
But it begins only after the idea
Has arrived
Before I was aware of the idea
Had it been hunting for me
Pad Challenge Day #8 For today’s prompt, write an instructional poem. Your instructional poem could list instructions. Or it could capture an instructional moment.
HOW TO BECOME AN ARTIST IS THREE EASY LESSONS
First is desire
It is said perhaps 60% of people would like to paint
Then determination
Many people are determined
But the most important factor is discipline
I am sure I need not tell you
Few have the discipline
To become the artist
To try and to fail everyday
Tomorrow to do it all again
These are the vestments you will wear
You will wear them until they are thread bare
The journey will be long
As long as you have
What you seek is a way of life
Often one is not enough
There will be much satisfaction… and frustration
The only way you will totally fail
Is to quit
Close the studio door
Never to return
#7 Prompt: Write a sevenling poem.
Can’t sleep
Toss and turn
Worry worry worry
Should I do this
Or that
Worry worry worry
Time rushes ahead like a crowd
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Sunday Whirl
merge, project, activate, technology, unity, mantra,
smudge, sing, delicious, inquisitive, urge, stellar
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Quiet….The Mouse is Sleeping
Computer won’t work
Mouse is sleeping
Stay calm
Projects can wait
Activate all that you know
Technology over my head
Merge the frustration
Unity of one with the other
Mantra said over and over
“The Buddha is calm, I am calm”
Take a deep breath
Sing a delicious song
Back to the computer store
For the third time
Inquisitive about
Why did it work yesterday
Won’t work today
Urge to kill
Then it decides to work
All is stellar again
Just a small smudge
On a perfectly wonderful
Spring day
Have learned nothing
But mouses need a little
Nap too
merge, project, activate, technology, unity, mantra,
smudge, sing, delicious, inquisitive, urge, stellar
(Image from the Internet)
Quiet….The Mouse is Sleeping
Computer won’t work
Mouse is sleeping
Stay calm
Projects can wait
Activate all that you know
Technology over my head
Merge the frustration
Unity of one with the other
Mantra said over and over
“The Buddha is calm, I am calm”
Take a deep breath
Sing a delicious song
Back to the computer store
For the third time
Inquisitive about
Why did it work yesterday
Won’t work today
Urge to kill
Then it decides to work
All is stellar again
Just a small smudge
On a perfectly wonderful
Spring day
Have learned nothing
But mouses need a little
Nap too
Writer’s Digest Pad Challenge NAPOWRITEMO
#6 For today’s prompt, write a post poem. Post could be short for post office–or traditional mail. Post could be a wood or metal post. Or post could mean relate to words like postpone, post-punk, or whatever.
(Anonomous)
DON’T STUMPLE OVER SOMETHING BEHIND YOU
The job is before you
It does not matter
What you did yesterday
It is your past
What have you done today
There are always mountains to climb
Things to clean
Love to give
Letters to post
Much to accomplish
Prompt #5: Write a plus poem.
Fragments, Geometry, and Change
Color selected
One shape at a time
One drop of paint at a time
Brighter or duller
Warmer or cooler
Lighter or darker
Each shape carefully rendered
Hardedge
Flat
Unexpected color in juxtaposition
Create unique visual statement
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