by Jessica Fox-Wilson
It’s that time again, to revel in our donated words and create masterpieces from their syllables. So, let’s get started! This week’s words came from generous souls Fiona, Michelle and Sam.
If you want to play along, all you need to do is use as many (or as few) of the words as you like and create your very own poem out of them. After that, you can share your brilliance in the comments Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post.
Please, please, please save your poems until then. Since this prompt will serve as our weekly prompt, we really want your poem to get as much attention as possible.
If you want to help out with the Read Write Word prompt, we can really use your words. Please send a list of your favorite words to info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org. We’d love to use them in a future prompt.
Now, get writing!
Jessica Fox-Wilson is a senior contributor and columnist for Read Write Poem. Her work includes the Read Write (Word) Prompts every month and the Just One (Book) Thing column. Visit her at her blog, Everything Feeds Process.
http://littlemisscatterbrain.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-feel-like-prompt.html
Pigeons in the rain
lost birds loiter under the damp fur sky
slump of clouds, thump of thunder,
their little watch fob hearts drum
in their feathered breasts
to have the acuity to hear
that purring beat,
akin to a seer
at a séance,
sanguine,
yet flaming.
http://intothewoode.blogspot.com/2009/07/at-close-of-day-poem-prompt.html
LOOVED these words!!!
Please, please, please save your poems until Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post. Since this prompt will serve as our weekly prompt, we really want your poem to get as much attention as possible.
I get so excited about these wordles, I just can’t seem to help myself…and didn’t read the post very well, either! I’ll pay better attention next time, I promise!
We have no hearts
we lost them in the economic slump
the homeless loiter about
while madam in fur and manolo blahniks
click clacks across the road
to the beauty parlour
reemerging with flaming red hair
a contrast vision to the pale winter sky
She drives in chauffeured car to a seance
held monthly in the latest venue
examining her varnished nails and glossy pages with sanguine interest nonchalant
completely oblivious that acuity and erudition
will forever elude her
and her poodle coiffeured mind
Sorry but I just had to write it instantly otherwise I cant remember it . If I have to struggle it doesnt seem to work.. the poems just zap out themselves. I’ ll put it on the next Thursday post as well. They are never exactly the same anyway.Sorry Dana.
No worries. We’re just trying to train people to post on the right posts, otherwise the whole community — especially new participants — get confused.
[...] poem was inspired by Read Write Poem Prompt #83: use as many or as few of the following words as you want. I used heart, slump, and sky. Loiter [...]
[...] piece is my response to Read Write Prompt #83, which uses words provided by Read Write Poem participants. I am exploring strange narrators [...]
wow love those words *grab a note to write a poem again* yeepeee
[...] Dance. Since I want to start off fresh with the prompts, I figure that I may as well start with the Read Write Word prompt I help to organize. They are my favorites, after all. Below is my [...]
10.
I’d prefer to be described as a strange poet myself
rather than narrator
Great words!
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/07/dear-rwp-and-getting-my-poem-on-with.html
Flower of the valley
So many words inside my broken heart
I can’t say them, I can feel them
I tried to forget my awful past
But eyes of spite make that forbidden
I called you to rescue me but you didn’t answer
Flower of the valley!
Make from my soul your shelter
Flower of the valley!
I ask you to love me
Love me as you wish
Make my world a sea
And let me swim as a fish
Melt in my mouth like the snow
Dance in my heart
Make me forget my sorrow
Let your warmth in my blood runs too fast
Flower of the valley!
I want you to be my storm
Flower of the valley!
I want you to be my own home
Be my wealth and my misery
Be the moon, the trees and the winds
Be my reality, my fantasy
Be the sun, the oceans and the fields
Change my name and my history
Let your leaves wipe my tears
Burn the papers of my identity
Your love can wreck all my fears
Flower of the valley, oh! Flower of the valley
Love me just for seconds
I don’t ask you to love me for ever
Make me smile only for moments
Your love will make me feel safer
Be the earth that I walk on
Treat me as the harp is treated
Stay with me, don’t leave me alone
Melt in my body as the candle is melted
Flower of the valley!
Why on earth don’t you answer?
Flower of the valley!
I want you to be my lover…