I wrote these a while back, but they’re so appropriate for this prompt I couldn’t resist.

Oil and Salt

For me the contrast was love/hate and Little Brian and Sable wanted a go.

http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/soul/

how does a parent feel when his child leave the world first than him?

http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/04/room-for-rent.html

an interesting prompt…

poem

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Edit added by Deb: That was weird. Rob was right. So I changed the link to Wine Dark Sea’s poem - I hope it is the right one…I have no idea what happened there!

Some how my first post got messed up with a Wine-Dark Sea post, and the link corrupted??

Contrasting Perspective

Here is my effort.

It’s a bit odd, but wanted to try something different.

Fire and Rain

Gemma

I followed the prompt pretty strictly and this is what I came up with… thanks for a very interesting poetic device!

http://reginaclarejane.livejournal.com/59536.html

Here’s mine.Fractured love Thanks for playing along with something experimental!

Today’s post include the prompt: Vinegar and Olive oil.
http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com

I offer this:

sweetly soured

Christine! I loved. loved this prompt! It is just the thing I needed to begin writing about something difficult. Thanks! I will definitely try this technique again.

Comments/critique always welcome! One For the Record Books

Thanks, Jill! I’ve been trying it out myself. One other similar exercise from Pat Schneider that I’ve been playing with is to write two poems, then line them up one on top of the other, and number the lines, 1,2,3 down the page. Then write all the ones together, all the twos, and then all the threes. You can always go back and change waht doesn’t work. It reminds me a lot of Patchwork poems.

An expat wakes in Malawi, having dreamed of New Mexico.

Emigrant

i hope this fits in with the theme in the prompt:

http://moodsandmetaphors.blogspot.com/2008/04/maybe.html

something short..

voices

Well, since I couldn’t stay up late, my husband posted the link at the wrong place for me!!

here it is again -

http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/detachment.html

for some reason this one was hard for me… i am not sure i like my piece.. i like the premise,, but i am not at all sure i pulled it off…..

the bitter and the sweet

This is the first time I have tried out a prompt. I’m new to poem writing and hope to learn more.
My post is at http://shortsweetpoems.com/?p=54

Another one! Wow, I’m smoking. Don’t take this one too seriously.

http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/dear-alice-42008/

I’m late this week because my granddaughter visited for a couple days.

I really had fun with this and the resulting poem tickled me! This is definitely something I’ll have my poetry-writing students try.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Mine

A Study in Contrasts–Day 22 (Yes, I am hanging in there!) This is another based on a wonderful painting by Rick Mobbs called Tapestry. Can’t make a link, but just click on my name.

Here is my effort for this weeks prompt:

http://vixensden.com/?p=464

kind of thick, but i like it ok.

senztema: yournlivejournal wouldn’t let me post my identity; so, i want to let you know i’ve posted the first comment re: this poem. jan

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A little late to the party, but here’s mine:

http://thisgirlremembers.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/revelations/

I didn’t follow the prompt entirely faithfully as I didn’t alternate lines, but it certainly follows the spirit of the prompt. It’s good to write again.

Here’s my study in contrasts:

FRIENDLY FIRE, at Nickers and Ink

Blessings all,
Linda
Nickers and Ink

OK, I confess. I didn’t do the alternating lines either.

Instead, I wrote a series of haikus on a subject that’s a study in contrasts.

Irresponsible conspicuous consumption, and our ecosystem, do not mix! It is completely outrageous to think they ever could.