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Reverse Poetry: Reverse poetry is a poem that can be read forwards one way and have a meaning, but also be read backward and have the same or different meaning. Truth of Life (Verse) I’m glad the dawn always seems promising No matter how tormenting the night had been I am … Read more
Frank Hubeny has given the prompt at dVerse to write a soliloquy. He says: Write a poem where you talk to yourself weighing different alternatives or where you try to find an explanation for something that doesn’t make sense or where you simply express how you feel about something. You are saying this mainly to … Read more
Our prompt for today (optional, as always), takes its inspiration from the idea of a poem as a sort of tiny play, which can be performed dramatically. In the 1800s, there was quite a fad for monologue-style poems that lend themselves extremely well to dramatic interpretations (this kind of work was basically Robert Browning’s jam). And … Read more
Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of the possible. What does that mean? Well, take a look at these poems by Raena Shirali and Rachel Mennies. Both poems are squarely focused not on what has happened, or what will happen, but on what might happen if the conditions are right. Today, … Read more
Day 2 prompt is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends on a question. Today, we have been challenged to write a poem that similarly resists closure … Read more
dreams keep us afloat when turbulent waves of time ally wrath of fate questioning our true mettle to crack mystery of life The post follows the prompt words “mystery” and “dreams” given by Elsie for her Weekly Tanka Challenge #70.
I witnessed a very unpleasant episode yesterday where I saw a very resilient and independent woman in a pool of tears. It was the most unexpected reaction from a woman of her ability and character that left me scouring for answers even in my sub conscious at night. I would like to narrate the … Read more
This is my second take on the prompt given by dVerse. The prompt was so intriguing that I couldn’t resist sharing all the questions that keep bothering me from time to time. Bjorn hosted the dVerse on Tuesday. He was inspired by the “ he book of Questions” by Pablo Neruda, to give us a prompt to write poems … Read more
Bjorn is hosting the dVerse today. He was inspired by the “ he book of Questions” by Pablo Neruda, to give us a prompt to write poems consisting only of questions. We should leave the answer to the reader. We can write a poem consisting of a single question or many. We can fill our questions … Read more
Lack of direction, not lack of time is the problem. We all have twenty four hours in a day – Zig Ziglar We have advanced towards the third week in our expedition of “Focus”. It’s time we must gather from the experience of others. Let’s explore what legendary proclaimed on the importance of … Read more