Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate. The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15minutes, inspire … Continue reading Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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Summer’s Grip Releasing, By Donna Matthews
Summer's Grip Releasing is #15 in this collection I'm calling, very simply, 100+ Poetic Forms.
The Symbiotic Life, By Donna Matthews
The Symbiotic Life is #14 in this collection I'm calling, very simply, 100+ Poetic Forms.
Our Hearts, By Donna Matthews
Writing a Golden Shovel Poetry Form from Henry David Thoreau's Journal, Dec 20, 1851 - The trees indeed have hearts.
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: Tuesday, August 25, 2020n
Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate. The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15minutes, inspire … Continue reading Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: Tuesday, August 25, 2020n
I Am on Fire, By Donna Matthews
Today's poetry form is called Diminishing Verse Poetry. From Brewer, "The main rule of diminishing verse poetry is to remove the first letter of end word in the previous line." For example: Line one ends with grad, line two rad, and line three ad. Read here for some examples. I Am on Fire for 50 … Continue reading I Am on Fire, By Donna Matthews
Warrior, By Donna Matthews
Today's poetry form is called Concrete Poetry. Huh?? From Brewer, "Concrete poetry is one of the more experimental forms available...they use space and sound to communicate. Concrete poetry is more visual than other poetic forms." Honestly, I found this one quite difficult. But I also found in it an opportunity to combine this entry with … Continue reading Warrior, By Donna Matthews
Imagining Peace, Documenting Reality-Devereaux Frazier
where’s the nearest chair electrical? my nerves death by torture? my brain these memories, these inconsistencies I’m hot, then cold, tired of the young and the old way of doing things, this life, these times death by choice, sexy suicide everybody’s grasping for the clitoris thinking they’ve found they key to happiness but they’re jacking … Continue reading Imagining Peace, Documenting Reality-Devereaux Frazier
Alive, By Donna Matthews
Today's poetry form is called Cinquain. From Brewer, "A nifty five-line poetic form from Adelaide Crapsey. Inspired by tanka, the cinquain is comprised of two syllables in the first line, four in the second line, six in the third, eight in the fourth, and two in the fifth." Other considerations include the freedom of adding … Continue reading Alive, By Donna Matthews
Live Like You Were Dying, By Donna Matthews
Recently, I started a personal challenge to explore and write in 100+ different poetic forms. To assist me in this journey is Robert Lee Brewer's The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms where he gives the form and an example. Where Will Our Story End is #7 in this collection I'm calling, very simply, 100+ Poetic … Continue reading Live Like You Were Dying, By Donna Matthews
