by Jill Crammond Wickham
The world is full of opposites! Which ones did you work with this week? Even if you did the opposite of our prompt and wrote something else, drop your link in the comments section and share what you’ve written!
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I was turned on to this exercise by the Velveteen Rabbi. Loved it! I’ve titled my poem “Bereshit,” which is the first word of the book of Genesis in Hebrew, basically meaning “in the beginning.”
You’ll find it here:
http://innerlight-radiantlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-beginning.html
Here’s something I wanted to share with you:
http://properjoes.blogspot.com/2009/06/likkle-rhymin-fingy.html
-Andy aka SweetTalkingGuy
Here is my offering:
strings cross with wires
putting my link in the proper place
http://knittingthewind-westering.blogspot.com/2009/05/michelle-at-poetfusion-has-monday-mural.html
For opposites attract-
http://catapulttomars.blogspot.com/2009/05/la-isabelica-cuba.html
Here’s my contribution for RWP #77; I used the hot/cold one
The Inevitable cold
http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2009/06/inevitable-cold.html
Jill….Ten line poem about opposites? You really need a poem…this one is for you.
For Jill: Dissimulation ?;^)
my response to opposites
http://eneri-hot.blogspot.com/2009/06/falling-in-love-with-vampire.html
My submission is called “Far Away, So Close” — http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/06/read-write-prompt-77-opposites-attract.html
Opposites attracting:
Perhaps They Don’t Really Believe It Either
Mine is a revision of an earlier work:
Addie Bundren’s Posthumous Sermon
Clouds, social media, opposites — my head was still
Within the clouds
Alternating extremes of weather: Summer/Winter
Great prompt!
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/06/happiness-and-its-nemesis.html
Anaïs: To love or not to…
just opposites
I wrote two poems for the opposites prompt. Here’s the first:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/forgetremember/
And here’s the second:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/yin-and-yang/
And here’s one I wrote for Read Write Word #17:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/pebbles/
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I wrote this one for the opposite prompt: “hope is contagious”
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/05/lyme-disease.html
I enjoyed this prompt, and I wrote about my friends. My attempt is rough, but I still like it.
It is called Safety Net.
Here’s my slight offering for this week: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/three-epigrams/
i attempted to demonstrate an “opposite” approach to healthcare in this country, hope its not too banal, but i feel very mainstream. thanks!
http://beatnikprose.blogspot.com/2009/05/better-days.html
A little late, but you can’t rush these things…here is my offering for the prompt “Opposites”
http://texas2tennessee.blogspot.com/2009/06/all-i-could-do.html
Didn’t write to the prompt, but it seems to work in a way. Economic Balancing Acts.
A response to having my 3 poems removed from this site.
Alas I fear
I have no blog
My poems
have been assigned
to the bog
Had no idea
they would disappear
from this site
And into the night
Never mind
this poet said
creativity is not dead
It’s time to go
my dear old Flo
without a blog
there is no show
A bunch of poems
I have not seen
A bunch of flowers
maybe you mean
Did not do the prompt, but do have a snapshot poem: Traveling to Arizona | snapshot poem
Rallentanda: I’m so sorry!
Without a URL, comments will often get flagged as spam. I’ll catch them next time.
Just a limerick – not 10 lines -
But it does pertain to OPPOSITES.
JUST JUNE – IMMUNE TO MONSOON
Here is mine….OPPOSITE side of the bench