Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? Then join this blogging challenge, Poetry 101 Rehab, that will provide your poetry fix!
How does it work?
For several weeks now, each Monday at 01:00 pm UTC, Mara Eastern has published a poetry prompt along with her response to it, you can see them all here. On 30 June, Mara announced that she is taking a blogging hiatus this Summer to focus on her dissertation. I am serving as locum “poet in residence” at the clinic until her return – and hope that I don’t lose any of her patients! I will continue to publish a weekly prompt exactly as before.
You are invited to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author.
I would love to hear about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge, the idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!
How can you take part?
Anyone can participate, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.
I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!
This week’s prompt is MOMENTS.
MOMENTS
moments oh, so short moments slipped away moments oh, so short moments cast away moments oh, so short moments thrown away too late... ...moments
My response, MOMENTS was inspired by a moment of reflection. What will your take on the keyword MOMENTS be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.
My old poem fits in here with this prompt https://shilparya.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/its-not-rubbish/
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Thank you, I think it fits very well!
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I believe mine also addresses yours, Andy.
http://wp.me/p5BCD4-b8
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Thank you for another great contribution Liz!
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Oh Wowza, Andy–love both the prompt, and your marvelous concise piece which perfectly illustrates the brevity of a moment. Will work on this later today, thanks!
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Here you go, Andy–hope you’re having a good day/evening.
https://wealthofruins.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/moments-poetry-101-rehab/
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Thank you Valida, sorry I have been having “one of those” weeks!
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Andy, I’m so sorry to hear this–if it helps at all, mine has been similar, and I heard of one other blog friend who’s had recent “life tsunami” going on; so you are in very nice company, if I do say so myself. Hopefully, as it’s Friday here (Saturday there?), we’ll all have a much better week starting immediately! Prayers and best wishes for you (and I am at a new blog, where I’m following you–no stress for you, if you don’t recognize me I’ll stand up and wave my hand wildly). God bless you.
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Thank you! Hope your weekend is going well 🙂
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Aside from the power outage and riff-raff drug deals going down outside, it’s been relatively great! (One must inject some light-humored notes, eh?)
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That sounds pretty intimidating! Good that you to be able to keep smiling…
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Thank you, I’m now trying to catch up on comments and contributions! 🙂
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I suspected you were buried beneath either work, or “life”. 🙂
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Here is my poem! Enjoy! https://kaitlynfranzone.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/monday-poetry-moment/
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Thank you for contributing another great poem!
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thank you for having me.
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Welcome!
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Here is my take on this week’s prompt. Mercifully brief for once. https://oudeis2005.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/a-moment/
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Excellent first line “A moment is a movement” – eminently quotable!
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My old poem fits in right here!!
https://apoorvakulkarni.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/a-million-moments/
Take a look
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A million moments, to think about…thank you for contributing to the rehab!
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Old things are just as great as new ones.
I guess that’s also why we keep memories …
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Wonderful photo, as usual, showing your mastery. And the words gave me an awe inspiring moment.
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Thank you Lucile, you are too kind as always!
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That makes the two of us! 😀
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I can’t believe I haven’t comented your beautiful poem until now!
I love the pattern of your rhythm for the words you chose.
And I also – finally – finished my poem for the prompt yesterday (and fell asleep before I managed to post it…)
https://schattenengel.wordpress.com/2015/08/30/the-moment/
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Thank you! And thank you for sharing this wonderful moment with us, your poems are always very moving!
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Found you over at Sasha Jabber Jeans… Twist prompts… that I can do. Just a tad distracted with some daily duties… but I home to return… momentarily.
(Oh, did I say ~ I like puns?).
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Welcome! Look forward to reading more in the future 🙂
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OK… a few moments (I tend to mash prompts… if that’s not OK let me know)
https://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2015/08/30/retelling-a-moment-multi-prompts-8-30-s/
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Thank you for contributing, great work!
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