Tag Archives: Another POV

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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To My Eye

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads, The Eye of the Beholder ~ Micro Poetry The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but you may write in fewer than 10 lines all … Continue reading →

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Sick of War

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

Written for:  Poetics Aside November 2015 Challenge – Day 9 Write a mistake poem. We all should be fed up with war, Young lives lost, families grieving The world is sinking; we need an oar Let’s have a country we … Continue reading →

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