Tag Archives: Another POV

Visions

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #237 – Motivation:  Perspective Today, we look at the idea of perspective as a motivation. As poets, we can all look at a scene or situation and compose many different views of what we … Continue reading →

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The Royal Chair

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Written for:  the Sunday Muse #23 How dare they leave me outdoors where floating fog threatens to dampen my demeanor. The Czarina would never have treated me to so callously. Ah, but those days of royalty are past. Although times … Continue reading →

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Rock’s POV

Posted on November 21, 2017 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #45 – Rock  (posted by Mish) Use it as a verb. Rock us gently or rock our world. Use it as a noun. Is it a polished precious stone, a beach treasure or … Continue reading →

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Visit Me

Posted on April 1, 2017 by

Written for:  dVerse Poetics:  From Nature’s Point of View  (posted by Mish) Write a poem from the perspective of one of nature’s gifts…a tree, a wildflower, a leaf in the wind or even through the eyes of a wise old … Continue reading →

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Straight From The Fish’s Mouth

Posted on September 5, 2016 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #264 Words:  precise, threat, veiled, ignorant, tapestry, sparkle, bee, mutable, lightness, cuttlefish, flake shine No, not a cuddlefish, a cuttlefish. What an ignorant flake. Do any of us look cuddly to you? We are … Continue reading →

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My Ed

Posted on August 24, 2016 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub-Poetical Spouses  (posted by Kim) The challenge for this week’s Poetics is to take a character, fictional or non-fictional, and re-write their story from the point of view of their husband or wife. “Dame Carol Ann … Continue reading →

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Shaman haiku

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #858, Throat Songs of the Steppes In Mongolian throat singing, the performer produces a fundamental pitch and — simultaneously — one or more pitches over that. The people of Tuva have a wide range of throat singing vocalisations, and were the pioneers … Continue reading →

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Her Own Thoughts

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads – Capturing Thoughts Today’s challenge is to choose one of the following paintings and give voice to the subject’s thoughts. Is there joy, boredom, worry? Are there any hints in the painting itself?  … Continue reading →

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Hope It Is Only a Rumor

Posted on November 12, 2015 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 11 Write an animal poem.  A poem that is either about an animal, involves an animal, or is from an animal’s perspective. Your choice. (A decuain:  poem of ten lines, ten … Continue reading →

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All The Bells and Whistles

Posted on November 11, 2015 by

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 10 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a technology poem and/or an anti-technology poem. Cells, bells, drones, email, Instagram, Facebook. Digital scales and cameras, clocks with red lights. Green light-your computer sleeps, while you … Continue reading →

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