by Deb Scott
This week uses words offered by Barbara, Nicole, Marian V., Mark S. and Rallentanda
To write to this prompt, pick as many (or few) of these words as you want and write a poem using them. (And if these words don’t suit you, pick your own. Just write a poem, or two.)
Enjoy the week’s words, no matter which ones you use.
Deb Scott is a community director for Read Write Poem. She also co-manages the Read Write Poem Virtual Book Tour. In her other life she loves to hunt for treasure, and tends to leave holes in her backyard, which she disguises as weeding. She blogs at Stoney Moss.
By the way, “motor coach” is really a two-word word, but needed the hyphen to keep it married in the Wordle Tunnel of Love. Otherwise motor ran off with cup and coach got too friendly with magenta.
You know how words are.
Yes, words are strange. Look at what magenta did to me. Here’s something that I couldn’t stop myself from – http://umaathreya.blogsome.com/2010/03/13/magenta-tattoo/
Deb Scott replied:
March 13th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
So glad you were inspired! Be sure to come back next Thursday and post your link at the Get Your Poem On prompt that will be there, waiting for you and everyone.!
Two RWP members Barbara Young and Pamela Villars have reached the Semifinals of ‘Rall’s Weekly Wordle Competition.
Their poems are on my blog if you are interested
in reading them.
ohh… some very tasty word-sound combinations here…
furtive turquoise strumpet fumble….
always intriguing to see what comes up with wordles…
I’m new and confused. I wrote a poem for this RWW #118 but I don’t have a blog. Is there someplace here that I can share it?
Deb Scott replied:
March 15th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Hi Marie,
You don’t have to have a blog. On Thursdays we post a “Get Your Poem On” post and you can leave your poem in the comments. You can see last week’s post and the comments to see how a few people do that.
Hope this helps! Glad you are game to poem with us. (Do check out the About and Help tabs — they give you some information that might clear up a few things. But questions are always welcome!)
Motherveg replied:
March 17th, 2010 at 10:25 am
juliejordanscott:
happens to me quite often…
“furtive turquoise strumpet fumble….”
[...] notes: Poem written in response to wordle over at Read Write Poem. The words are fumble, strumpet, furtive, non pareil, costume, mirror, turquoise, mist, fern, cup, [...]
I wrote this poem in response to RWW. I was unable to use all the words but I got 9 of them, I think.
The Nonpareil
Like a strumpet on her maiden trick
Revealing her magenta blush
He displays his colors to the fern
Who shyly hides in turquoise brush.
Immodestly he flaunts his plume
And skirts from branch to branch
And hopes his flaming colors rise
To capture spring’s romance.
His muted bride on darkened limb
Allows his costumed show
To lure her focus gradually
And let her interest grow.
Furtively she watches him
From shade obscured by morning’s mist
She contrasts tempting plumage
With need for faithfulness.
The Painted Bunting mates for life,
His colors none-the-less,
She needs to choose most wisely
How to best defend her nest.
His feathers shine and mesmerize
It’s true, no other one contends
And in his bright alluring air
Her confidence ascends.
And so with rising certainty
She sees his blooming pride
As evidence of his devotion
To his forever-bride.
Emerging from her hideaway
The courtship starts its dance of fate
And soon above the forest bed
The Bunting has his mate.
Deb Scott replied:
March 16th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Be sure to come back Thursday and leave your link again. More people will see it & so you may get a few more visitors. It publishes at midnight, Central time (US).
Oh. Sorry. I’m still working out how things operate here.
Deb Scott replied:
March 16th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Not to worry! It takes a while to figure out. Truly. It takes everyone a while! Enjoy.
[...] Built around a series of words suggested in the Read Write Poem prompt #118 [...]
[...] This poem was written for Read Write Poem Prompt #118: Digging. This was a wordle prompt, and I managed to use a good percentage of the words. I hope you enjoy [...]
whoops, my reply went awry…I replied to Julie JS but by mistake I posted it to Deb Scotts…(still learning the forum)
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