Poetry 101 Rehab

poetry 101 rehab: connection

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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!

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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.

We would love to hear about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in 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.

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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 CONNECTION.

CONNECTION

baggage tags time lags

wireless timeless

this way that way (which way)

time lags baggage tags

remove belt coins shoes watch (dignity)

laptop (must go) on top

baggage tags time lags

liquids no go must go

(come this way please)

time lags baggage tags

rushing pushing

duty free wifi

baggage tags time lags

this way that way no way (they say)

final call

for us all

My response, CONNECTION was inspired by my recent flight to Belgrade from Brussel via Wien. What will your take on the keyword CONNECTION 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 1o1 Badge above.

poetry 101 rehab: deadline

Image | | andy townend

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!

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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.

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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 DEADLINE.

DEADLINE

deadline
no time, no time
deadline
must work, must work
deadline
no time, no time
deadline
can’t slack, can’t slack
deadline
no time, no time
deadline
keep typing, keep typing
deadline
no time, no time
deadline
can’t think, can’t think
deadline
no time, no time
deadline
can’t sleep, can’t sleep
deadline
no time, no time
dead____________

My response, DEADLINE was inspired by the feelings we can all too easily endure when working up against a deadline, so it’s a very personal, blunt, take on this week’s prompt. What will your take on the keyword DEADLINE 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 1o1 Badge above.

poetry 101 rehab: stack

Image | | andy townend

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!

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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.

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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 STACK

          stack
two lanes deep
                       stack
two lanes deep, nose to tail
                                            stack
two lanes deep, nose to tail, steaming and fuming
                stack
so far they travelled
                            stack
so far they travelled, arm in arm
                                                stack
so far they travelled, arm in arm, fearing and hoping
                              stack
not what they were told, before the
                              stack

My interpretation, STACK, was inspired by a recent road trip to the United Kingdom through the Eurotunnel, disrupted recently by tension surrounding action taken by migrants in France seeking to gain access to the United Kingdom by any means. What will your take on the keyword STACK be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of my post and by clicking on the Poetry 1o1 Badge above.

poetry 101 rehab: hiatus

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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!

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“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” ― Nelson Mandela

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. Last week Mara announced that she is taking a blogging hiatus this Summer to focus on her dissertation. I will serve 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.

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I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your verses, like and comment. While my blog 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 HIATUS. My response below, a playful limerick, was inspired by Mara’s decision to take a hiatus. What will your take on the keyword HIATUS be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link below!

Hiatus

There was once a young scholar who lived in the East

Who decided it was time to face the beast

Swapping passionate blogging for dry dissertation

Imagine her consternation

When they all turned round and looked to the East

poetry 101 rehab: getaway

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got to

getaway,

got to get a way

to getaway,

find a better

place

away from

all this,

do you know how

to get a way

to

getaway?

(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab)

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poetry 101 rehab: found

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she found that, as though broken

about everything beautiful, nothing mattered

as she looked, over the bridge

her young body, quivered

as she thought about attempting the leap

or showing him the door

wanting freedom, or imaginary rights

it was sad beyond belief

good, not ever had she imagined

regions of death, would

be found to break her

(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – found)

*the words in italics are the last three words of the first ten of the longer stories included in the random house / vintage collection of the complete short stories by kafka*

poetry 101 rehab: sleep(less)

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sleepless

(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – sleep)

*written with iawriter pro, screenshot with skitch, edited with analog efex pro 2, can’t sleep*

poetry 101 rehab: away

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away

(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – away)

*written on macbook air using iawriter pro, screen shot using skitch, image processed in analog efex pro 2, no camera involved, so fly me away*

poetry 101 rehab: rubbish

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in rubbish bins

we hide our sins

press down the lid

keep it well hid

oh, what would they say

those silent bins

if they could speak

of

our

sins

(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – rubbish)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at ISO200, 70mm, 1/125s and f/5.6, no edits, three silent bins*