Poetry 101 Rehab

poetry 101 rehab: father

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 FATHER.

father

  why

father

  did you die

father

  so soon

father

  before

father

  we really talked

father

  why

father

  did you die

father

  so soon

father

  before we really knew

father

  each other

father

  now i am

fa(r)ther

 away

but, what

  about my (own)

  son

  so

father

  why?

My starter for ten, entitled FATHER was inspired by my decision to take part once more in the WordPress Writing 101 course which I previously took back in April of this year.  Today’s prompt from Cheri is to explain why I write.  I may be bending the rules a little by combining the first prompt for the course with the Poetry 101 Rehab but there is a link.  I write for many reasons.  I write because, well because I enjoy doing so, I write to express myself, I write to put things down on paper (or at least on screen) that are best out of my head, writing about difficult things can be cathartic.  I write because I love to communicate, and I want to write better and communicate better.

And I write because I can. I think.

What will your take on the keyword FATHER 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.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO6400, 1/30s and f/1.4 in available light, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, let the writing commence…)

WordPress Writing 101 (November 2015): Day 1

poetry 101 rehab: talk

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 TALK.

talk
talk to me
talk to me about it

don’t talk
don’t talk to me
don’t talk to me about it

maybe
maybe there is
maybe there is, no point

in talking
about it

or, maybe there is
after, all

My starter for ten, entitled TALK was inspired by not being able to, but wanting to. What will your take on the keyword TALK 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.

poetry 101 rehab: rain

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 RAIN.

the cloud

arrives above

soon to shed

her heavy heart

the rain

drips down

silently to smother

the cessation of summer

and, inside

the rain

perpetuates

the pain

My starter for ten, entitled RAIN was inspired by, well, the rain falling outside. What will your take on the keyword RAIN 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.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/125s and f/5.6 and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, the rain washes way the pain?)

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.

poetry 101 rehab: windows

Image | | andy townend

Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 WINDOWS.

windows inside never disclosing our worst side

windows inside never disclosing our worst

windows inside never disclosing our

windows inside never disclosing

windows inside never

windows inside

windows

open, the windows

and let, what

is inside,

outside.

My starter for ten, entitled WINDOWS was inspired by, well, these windows in a railway station during a recent journey. What will your take on the keyword WINDOWS 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.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/640s and f/13 and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, a window on my soul – if i had one)

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.

poetry 101 rehab: flora

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

joined
speared
potted
changed

How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 FLORA.

Surprised by Flora

They had come to walk

Found hope

My starter for ten, entitled FLORA was inspired by an unexpected find. What will your take on the keyword FLORA 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.

(images shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, just to show I also have a “light” side 🙂 )

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.

poetry 101 rehab: exposition

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write 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 take part, 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 EXPOSITION.

new exposition

even those who do not see

come to find

My starter for ten, entitled EXPOSITION, is an attempt at expression in the form of a Japanese haiku. What will your take on the keyword EXPOSITION 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.

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.

poetry 101 rehab: reflections

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post?

If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author.

Tell us 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 REFLECTIONS.

What do you see?

What do you see, when you look
in the mirror,
or
in the water?

What do you see?

What do you see, when you look
back,
and think?

What do you see?

What do you see, when you look
me,
in the eye?

What do you see?

My starter for ten, entitled REFLECTIONS was inspired by yes, you guessed it, a moment of reflection.

What will your take on the keyword REFLECTIONS 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.

The Poetry 101 Rehab was created by Mara Eastern.

poetry 101 rehab: driving

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Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post?

Then join this blogging challenge, Poetry 101 Rehab, created by Mara Eastern.

How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author.

Tell us 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 DRIVING.

DRIVING

driving miss daisy

driving me crazy

driving miss daisy

driving me crazy

driving miss daisy

driving is crazy

driving miss daisy

i must be crazy

and now,

it’s all gone,

. . . hazy

My starter for ten, entitled DRIVING was inspired by enduring several hours of solo driving.

What will your take on the keyword DRIVING 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.

poetry 101 rehab: smoke

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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!

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 SMOKE.

SMOKE

There was an old man who liked to smoke
Who moved away because of some folk
Who went and found his very own space
Bid farewell to the rat race
And looked into the distance taking one last smoke

My response, an attempted limerick entitled SMOKE was inspired by observing a moment of smoking. What will your take on the keyword SMOKE 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.