This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday at 9 PM EDT. Friday Fling #135 July 1st 2011 July 4th, the traditional Independence Day celebration of the United States of America, is Monday. It’s a special one, because it’s also the […]
The CPC Triple Crown Challenge ~ hosted by Colleen B Challenge your mind and write a great poem in the process! The beauty of nature often inspires a poet in many ways. Take a look at the picture below and see where your mind takes you. You can write in free verse or a structured […]
OF CRYSTALLINE CASTLES Of crystalline castles, winter fantasy dreams, magical visions captivating me, silver and platinum glistening afar, my gaze transfixed, my heart transported once more to that place that I dream of when the time is just right, where moonbeams and fairy dust paint magic across the sky; that place of ice […]
Since I’ve always found the “Pick-Aparts” such a fascinating challenge and so much more difficult for me than I ever thought they would be, I can hardly ever resist trying a second one. My Second “Pick-Apart Poem” created from 25 words selected from Voo’s featured poem “Forgiveness.” Thanks again to Voo for sharing her talent […]
DAWN’S INFUSION The muted glow of morningflows into my heart,gently piercing the darknessto which I’ve been bound,infusing light and life,renewal at dawnto fragile emotions,dried flowers in the fieldsfloating in the breezesof my yesterdays. And I treasure each moment,the happy and sad,as petal by petal,my heart brought to life once again at dawnwith the sun streaming […]
This was composed for the CPC Pick Apart Poetry challenge. The challenge is to remove 25 words from the featured poem, in this case by Voo, and make your own poem from them. I not only picked the words (actually only 24 different ones), but picked them as they came and them made my poem […]
My “Pick-Apart Poem” created from 25 words selected from Voo’s featured poem “Forgiveness.” Thanks to Voo for sharing her talent with us at “Pick Apart” this month. ESCAPE Escaping these bars, these walls, the darkness holding me; that have made me a prisoner of emotions, a prisoner of me, and into the freedom beyond myself, […]
Greetings and welcome everyone for one more Pick-apart Poetry Challenge! First of all I’d like to say a welcome to “Silver Lining” (a.k.a. Cherie) as one of our new co-hosts for Pick-Apart. Please send her a “Hello” and “Thank you” for becoming part of the Pick-apart Team with Barbara K.! “Silver Lining” (Cherie) ~~~ […]
UPON MOONBEAMS AND STARDUST This day coming to a gentle end, winding down and taking her leave, the sun’s golden hues melting once more into twilight’s glow at the western edge of today, I soon find myself following a moonbeam trail as I join in Luna’s glowing waltz again across the nighttime sky. And as […]
