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Words cannot describe the visual poetry prompt but try to anyway.
Roger Hodgson of Supertramp wrote The Logical Song so let’s write an analytical poem this week. It seems rather unpoetic, doesn’t it? Consider that on definition of analysis is “the separation of a whole into its constituents for examination and interpretation”. Isn’t that also one definition of poetry? I’ll be posting my analytical poem to … Continue reading
This week let’s write an ordinary poem. It could be about an ordinary day, an ordinary event, an ordinary life. Nothing spectacular, nothing fancy, just an ordinary poem.
This week let’s write a poem about tuning. It could be about tuning a musical instrument, tuning a car, a radio or even tuning up the human body with exercise and eating right. Here’s a quick poem I scribbled out which I’ll be submitting to my monthly workshop for review and fine tuning. Getting … Continue reading
Let’s write a poem about poverty this week. It could be about a poverty of ideas or morals or, of course, the obvious: a lack of wealth. Below is a poem I wrote while I was in Brazil for a month during the 2014 World Cup. Salvador da Bahia Without much effort I chose not … Continue reading
To celebrate Labor Day in the United States, here’s a close-up of a statue. What do you make of it? If you post your poem in the comments below, I’ll reveal the context of this public art.
This afternoon there will be a solar eclipse and the path of totality is not far from the home of Living Poetry. How could we not write an eclipse poem today? Here’s one I wrote at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ Science Cafe last week. Call me Endymion When someone says “Beautiful day” I … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem about invention. It could be the act of invention or maybe a particular invention that has impacted our lives, either positively or negatively.
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