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| HATE THE HAITIANS? WDC people are sharing misinformation, their fears and their hatred on facebook (they are more respectful here). My responses need to be measured so I don't feed the fear. One of my responses [edited] is found in "Hate the Haitians?"  in "Blogville " [XGC] Any comments over 13+ should be posted there, not here. |
Won The Cramp. (Yes, it could use an edit but The Cramp is 24 hours max.) I post it in full here to show a different form/approach.
End of summer When the goldenrod blooms and our swollen tears fall, footballs fly though cool air. Do not fumble or fall. When Edith Piaf warbles and autumn leaves fall, old aching legs give out as we stumble and fall. With crisp air and frost, burning leaves signal it's fall, and then pumpkins are carved, their wide grins mouthing "fall". At the end of summer comes the harvest of fall. Before the sleep of winter we're glad that it's fall. © Kåre Enga (16.September.2024) 16 lines It's structure is similar to a ghazal. 16 lines (or 8 divided alexandrines). An article about the ghazal and how to write one:
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I was looking for something else and came across this from Covid Times (warning: it has a bad case of alliteration):
So I entered it into
just in time. Deadline is the 14th. More entries are welcomed. |
| Just an important reminder to Americans that there's an important presidential debate tonight at 9 pm WDC time on ABC and elsewhere. [corrected... "pregame" starts at 20:00.] |
| I added two entries for those who need to rant at a higher level than 13+... "Drama Queen versus Cat Lady " "Debates..." |
| The Weather Channel is doing 24 hour non-stop as Huricane Fancine churns towards New Orleans or just to the west for landfall Wednesday morning. Evacuations recommended in Louisiana along the coast. There's always multiple diasters at once.  |
Wordsmitty ✍️  - The Weather Channel literally falls all over themselves with storms. I sort of miss that, now that I don't have TV. Jim Canotore and thunder snow were always humorous. We are dry and warm. Just a spark and I swear all of Montana would self-combust. |
| Goals can be clouds in the sky. No one blames you if you don't have wings that fly. But... objectives... Objectives must be met on the ground one by one — until slow by slow the goals are won. |
Keeping to my goals, I posted a prose-poem (like a haibun but not... so I call these gzaibun) in b-item form:
and wrote to the Writer's Cramp... but I didn't like the song and disliked the prompts. Still... "Too slow or too swift? " ... if you have a chance to read, please leave a comment, short or long. |
| Just a house-keeping note: "Thank you but... I wish you would have reviewed my 19 year old blog of almost 2,000 entries instead of rating it based on a solitary entry... That said, I may make this effort into a ratable reviewable item some day. Until then, a comment would've been more appropriate imho." I should be thankful. This happened twice recently (and only occasionally over the years). It's very easy to make this 'mistake' and I've made it as well.  Most mistaken reviews have been kind.  These recent ones were.  Yes, I've been blessed. Out of 107 ratings I've only received a one-star once. This old blog "L'aura del campo", my first, has 114,684 views and is mostly used for poetry these days. So... please comment on entries, that's what they are there for, and stay aware of what you're reviewing and rating. Items are great for reviewing; entries are best commented on (and you can even choose to send comments privately). |
Just achieving my daily goals:
I wanted to use the painting but you'll have to click on the link. Newly written after reading Langston Hughes "Necessity". "All I had to do was stay White" One 'bad' word... |
I promised to write a new poem everyday and make a poem into a reviewable bitem.
This following piece is new and was inspired by a gift from you-know-who. I'll probably rework it into a poem. "Bejeweled camel (random thoughts)" |
August was a stressful month for me but I did write... and enter contests!
Who knows whether any will be festooned with ribbons; but, what remains unwritten remains unread. We can only be remembered by what we do. |
I struggled with this but I finally finished!
Unfortunately I'm the only entry and there's only one day left...
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I'm almost done with my vampires and wolves for
Are you?  2 days to go!  |
| To innerlights muse soars after reading her blog: "Life goes on whether we are ready or not. I need a reminder that I should publish a book of poems and another of short stories. I sure have enough to choose from! It's a few minutes before midnight here... sleep has been an issue for me. "My Gaze and Knights" could be a prompt or a title. " So I quickly scribbled: My eyes have seen the glory of myopia, glazed over with a filter that reduces faces to beauty and light. It takes getting up close with a bad attitude to see ugly. Unless... well... we've all experienced ugly. It tends to come out of the mouths of critical "entities" that cannot love themselves... those robots and reductionists not willing, or maybe not capable, of embracing the imperfections of humanity. Heaven help us humans and the familiars that guard us with their lives and guide us with their light. Not all knights wear armor, not all are strong and masculine. That small child over there? You know... the one you didn't notice playing in the mud... will lead a nation to battle when they grow up. A pen will be their light-sword and the darkest nights will cloak their glorious deeds. |
I'm saddened when I see so few entries to a contest.
offers a weekly contest with musical prompts. The rules are not difficult but entries must be posted by Thursday at 5 pm. So... today... the 15th. New prompts Friday for the 22nd. I wrote my poem in very little time; but free verse is easy for me when it flows. Perhaps others should try this. |
For those of us who have been entering poetry week at The Cramp and writing pantoums, haibun and whatever Bianca tortures us with...  REMEMBER THIS CONTEST!
Wiiners and losers welcomed! Make Brenpoet happy by entering traditional form poems (if in doubt as to what that means read the rules and if still in doubt send her an email - I have doubts about haibun). Every judge looks at poems with their own eyes and hears it with their own ears; so, don't be shy! Enter now... |
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The prompt sounds interesting. Looking forward to reading them all. 
All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others