Today is Q

 

Today we are trying a Quinzaine... an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. The word comes from the French word quinze, meaning fifteen. The syllables are distributed over three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line, and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.

OURS IS...

 

 

Quaint is the mountain life.

Who needs the city...

Or the smog??

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

NaPoWriMo: 30 NEW Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2011

20. Remove your shoes. Write a poem that celebrates your feet.

FEET

Born with two, so happily

I've learned to walk tall

dancing in the falling rain

kicking up my heals in the fall

I've stubbed a toe a time or two

and wiggled them in mud so cool

I'm glad they carry me so strong

I love my feet... THEY RULE !!

LOL...
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

NaPoWriMo: 30 NEW Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2011

19. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you. If the sounds are peaceful, write a poem with a violent word as the title. If the sounds are loud, write a poem with a kind word as the title.

SILENCE

Televisions blaring the same old news

killing in the streets hearts being used

for once in world can we please find

a way to bring peace, is anyone kind?

No more to hear that same old boring *hit

For once I would like to hear silence a bit

so off I went to the garden one more time

and silence filled my heart and my mind !

This one was another struggle ... hope you all like it !

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today is P

 

Today we are doing a Pleiades...this form has a title with a single word. The poem itself has seven lines. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title.

 

Pleasure

 

Pajamas with paisley patterns

Pancakes with peanut butter spread

Pillows of down soft and comfy

Peaceful as the day begins

Porch swing in the shade

Puppies playing with frogs

Perfect place for pleasurable moments

 

 

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

NaPoWriMo: 30 NEW Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2011

18. Write a poem about something small that is only 5 lines long... OURS IS...

Delicate winged furry

with colors vivid and bright

all the tiny hummingbirds
sipping nectar in the light
so fast their wings are blurry

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today is O

WOW O already !! going by fast isn't it ... OURS IS...

OVERNIGHT

Overnight the weather turned

from Winter into Spring

just like that flowers bloomed

and birds began to sing

It would have been a perfect day

for the conditions were just right

but my whole world changed

unexpectedly overnight

It was an awful feeling when

your hand slapped my face

when loving emotions overnight

with hurtfulness were replaced

The darkness then surrounded

all of our happiest days

and overnight I wanted you

to die in very unusual ways

I thought of deadly ways

to make me feel much better

and overnight I hoped that

you were gone from life forever

I never thought of the consequence

of what my hopes would do

or that my hateful hurtful thoughts

would ever really come true

Then overnight my world of love

was forever changed by fate

for you were taken overnight

into heavens golden gate

Now Spring has lost its meaning

though it is still a beautiful sight

It will never take away the hurt

of what happened overnight

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today is Sunday...NaPoWriMo: 30 NEW Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2011

So we have to take a day off from the A-Z challenge....Bummer !

BUT... For the NaPoWriMo: 30 NEW Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2011 Today is ...

17. Write a poem that includes these words: bamboozled, bloodlust, bibliography. Have the title include one of these words: contradiction, constellation, cranberry.

THE CRANBERRY CONSTELLATION CONTRADICTION

The bibliography of the constellation

was only half of the tale

for many were in contradiction

of how the story did unveil

They were at peace for most of their known time

or so this story goes

until a bloodlust dominated, leaving

Cranberrian's with woes

But the fact is they were bamboozled

into a bloody war

by the Blazer constellation

the rival's next door

The Blazers wanted  everything that

the Cranberrians had

so they hatched a plan that got

them fighting mad

And when the war was over

and the Blazer's got their prize

what they thought they won

was nothing but lies

So in lies the contradiction

did they get what they deserved

or was the Cranberrians way of life

ultimately preserved

HUUUMMMM... not sure about this one, but it is what it is today...

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B