Sorry this is late, folks! Deb set the the publish date wrong.
by Ren Powell
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Here’s mine: ttp://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/shells.html
Here’s mine, correct URL this time:
http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/shells.html
I’ve missed a couple of weeks, but back now. You’ll find mine in my Monday magazine post:
Life
Thank you Ren for your prompt this week. I indeed spoke freely about something that matters deeply to me and that is the plight of many women around the world who are abused “Because I have a vagina…”
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/i-hav/
It is something I had written sometime back. I rewrote quite a bit before re-posting:
ignomorous ignominy
I wrote for those, right here in my city, and many U.S. cities, and cities round the world, who do not write for themselves — but must be elevated in words. Courage
For a cause -
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/female-foeticide.html
mine
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/04/scars-of-war-children.html
For the innocent: #14
For the soldier: #13
Mine’s titled
Taxes
http://artpredator.wordpress.com
I wrote it a few years ago as part of the 3:15 experiment.
Okay, fellow poets.
Finally got the blog up and running for your viewing ejoyment.
Just writing at the moment. See what you think. Organic is as Organic does.
http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com
They keep telling us there’s
Nothing to Fear
What a wonderful prompt for this week- thanks…
http://reginaclarejane.livejournal.com/57773.html
http://moodsandmetaphors.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-what-end.html
Mine doesn’t exactly fit the prompt, but it’s got the right spirit.
Thanks, Ren, for this prompt. I sent a more specific poem about a Cambodian girl to Protestpoems.org.
I think here I’m speaking for all of us who want to work for peace, but might not know where to begin.
a metta meditation after an imaginary conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama
Thanks, Christine! I got it.
Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m a day behind on NaPoWriMo. Hopefully after supper tonight I’ll have a chance to get caught up.
Morning Smiles
I found this site through a link on Dave’s site (ViaNegativa.us). Here’s mine of a few days ago. It has nothing to do with your fine prompt.
http://slowreads.com/verseandi.html
Here’s one I came up with . . . to answer several prompts at once:
ON THE ROAD – RACING AHEAD AND LOOKING BACK, at Nickers and Ink
Blessings all,
Linda
Nickers and Ink
Speech
Working till 2am and having a weekend that is everyone else’s Monday and Tuesday, has thrown this sista off, but I’m adjusting and glad to be reading again and I even cranked out a draft this week.
draft
Great prompt! Thanks!
Here’s mine:
http://9to5poet.com/2008/04/15/under-the-wire/
I think this is the first time I’ve participated here. This is my piece. Thanks for the inspiration!
The Congo
Well, since today is Tax Day, I couldn’t help the comparison I made.
Check it out.
here’s mine
lost child
Here is mine
http://vixensden.com/?p=441
Okay, so I took a long hiatus from this, but hey, I scribbled something down and figured it might be worth something. Come look at it!
http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keyboard-41508/
Be well!
D
I changed my poem a bit, here is the revised version:
The Congo (Revised)
Late as ever…..
This is an older poem that I think “speaks freely”.
love-bd
Oh darn. My link did not work. Will try again.
The Mandela
love-bd
Forget the link above. It is to the old poem…..
The Mandela
love-bd
better late then never
Peace,Love & Poetry
http://corinnez.blogspot.com/2008/04/hold-my-bones.html
April 17th
A poem a day, no problem.
Last night someone dear to me appeared in my thougths.
See what came out of that visit.
The departed never leave but they touch us when we call them.
http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com
Thanks!
daughters of eldorado
http://seashelllz.livejournal.com/97507.html
Can Only Speak for Me
I thought hard about this prompt. It seems to me that any man, woman and child anywhere, any time, can speak, and increasingly, anywhere in the world, people are speaking in ways that others around the world can hear. Different places may set up obstacles, and those obstacles may make the speakers more determined to speak…
So this is about people who choose to speak.
Thanks for making me think!
I have been quite stirred about the number of child soldiers in the world.
Here is a nonet I wrote.
I’ve never seen your child’s face
Gemma
Late, late, but here is a poem about Nasab’s wife, Sahar, The Special Representative Regrets.
Thank you for the work you do, Ren, and the thoughtful prompt. (I’ve sent the poem onto ProtestPoems.org.)