If this important historical Black poet were better known, her works might have made a banned book list somewhere by people who have never read her works because of who she was and what she wrote about.
Category: poetry
What Did You Major In?
When you were in grad school
what was your major?
What did you study
was it a subject or pleasure?
Poetry Break Day–January 13
Are you a poet
but did not know it
This is your chance
so try not to blow it
Today is the day
for better or verse
As bad as you may be
Somebody is worse
Doggerel is easy
some limericks are too
sonnets require effort
so may not be for you
People like rhythm
most also like rhyme
Words set to music
make it really sublime
I can write words
but can not write notes
this poem is now ended
cause that's all she wrote
Reblog of 25 November–a Powerful and Unexpected poem by Luisa Zambrotta.
Precocious
Definition: (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.
Precocious is a mixed blessing In a baby walking and talking can be a cause for celebration In a teen sexual exploits maybe not a cause for jubilation Adults are grown No longer part of the defin'ation.
Third Poetry Prompt Results
3. Lyrics and Musicality
Choose a catchy song that you enjoy and rewrite the lyrics, but stick to the rhythm and meter. Try to go way off topic from what the original lyrics were about. You can play the song while you work on the exercise or search for the lyrics online and use those as your baseline. The idea is to get your mind on the musicality in your writing.
Home of the chocolate bar There is a store in the neighborhood They call the Chocolate Bar It draws chocoholics from all around I can walk, don't need a car My mother liked her candy bars Milk chocolate was her choice I'm not that particular If it's chocolate, I rejoice The only thing a chocoholic needs Is to get another fix I don't care if it's a Snicker's bar Or a broken off part of a Twix O Weight Watchers tell your members not to do what I have done to finish a bag of snack size bars before Halloween had begun
Second Poetry Prompt Results
2. Metaphors and Similes for Life
Make a list of significant life events: birth, death, graduation, marriage, having children, starting your own business. Next, come up with one metaphor and one simile for each of these events. Remember, a metaphor is when we say one thing is another thing. A simile is when we say one thing is like another thing.
Metaphor: Life is a dance.
Simile: Life is like a dance.
Tip: Choose metaphors that are visually interesting. A dance is easy to visualize.
Bonus exercise: Write a poem about one of your life events using only the metaphor or simile you have chosen. When it’s done, your poem should be a bit ambiguous; a reader will wonder whether the poem is literally about the metaphor or metaphorically about the life event.
Bookworm's Life for me Chewing through words and problems One page at a time Librarians are like bookworms solving problems with people and books.
First Poetry Prompt Results
1. Alliteration and Assonance Lists
Create a list of word pairs and phrases that are built around alliteration or assonance. Remember, alliteration is when words in close proximity start with (or contain) the same consonant sound (as in pretty picture). Assonance is when words in close proximity echo vowel sounds (bent pen). Try to come up with at least ten of each. The more, the better.
Bonus exercise: Use the words from your lists to write a poem.
Before Betty became Betty Elizabeth excelled every time she shared fancy candy until unfortunate circumstances enhanced extreme need to change her name
Verbal Flatulence
The politician's lies and lack of sense reminds me of verbal flatulence. It has the reek of last night's dinner Hope this loser is not the winner.
Profitable or Prophetable?
Are you able to predict the future? Can you make money from it? If you can do both you maybe a prophet who can profit from your ability as a mentalist.
Equinox Eve
Fading summer light and warmth Pushed aside by ascending autumn Blown on Ophelia's strengthening breeze as she pushes up the Atlantic seaboard Walking the new outdoor labyrinth with its angular turn-arounds and masculine energy Before entering the labyrinth wind has blown in a brown leaf resting against the stone and a stalk of wheat. By the time I walk, wind has blown the leaf away
Later on the hill top swing wind has blown a second leaf my way this time accompanied by a bright shiny copper penny.
Autumn Makes Its Mark
Like blurry plimsoll lines bands of red mark autumn's first stakes on the mountain
Meandering Hawk
Appearing in and Out of view, circling, soaring Patterns in the sky
Do You Have Appeal or A-peel
If you are more what you see is what you get you may be more appeal But if you have many layers than we've seen yet you may have more a-peel.
Soporific Saturday
Irregular breeze meanders in through open windows carrying intermittant birdsong and late season cicada clicks. Nature’s sounds blend easily with harmonica and guitar on the radio. Humid remnants are the only sign of six-days of heat, broken by last night’s thunderstorm like waves against rocks. Desire for a chilled wine wrestles with the languid poetry trickling out letter by letter-- wine wins
August 30 Blue Moon-Super Moon
Blue moon, super moon Overcame me, made me swoon Or was it the Blue Cheese I chose to consume?
A Blue Moon is typically defined as the third full moon in a season that has four full moons, although the term is sometimes also used to refer to a second full moon in a single month.Â
https://www.space.com/blue-moon-supermoon-august-2023
Supermoons, meanwhile, refer to when a full moon coincides with perigee, the point in the moon’s orbit when it is closest to Earth. At those times the moon appears slightly larger and thus brighter, though it usually isn’t noticeable to the casual observer. This happens because the orbit of the moon isn’t a perfect circle; while the average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) this time the moon will be 221,942 miles (357,181 kilometers) away. We call this a supermoon, but in reality the moon can be that close at any time – it’s just more notable when it coincides with the full phase
If the moon is made of cheese, does the cheese turn into blue cheese during a blue moon?
A-Shirts
A-shirts Wife beaters Singlet Tank top Sleeveless T-shirt Same shirt Much different connotations Whats in a name?
Cold War Reenactors
When was the last time you were young and small enough to get down on the ground crawl under a desk to kiss your ass goodbye?
Up the Downspout
Tenacious vine Defies gravity to climb To the rain gutter
Spider Trampoline
Spider staycation Bouncing from web to web Just hanging out
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