Poet of the Week no 63 goes to +Jack Dankof for his poem "Every Oasis" and for his support of POETS and members. Link to original poem:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114927096071162308813/posts/BwoJB8upWCM
Every Oasis
So much of our history has been written in memories camouflaged as love
When really,
Anyone else would have clearly seen the disaster we were creating
It was great in the beginning,
(At least I think so,
After all that's happened I have to wonder how clear my thinking really is)
But like everything else,
Beginnings lead to endings
And God knows we had plenty of our own
Each ending would leave me feeling disowned and alone
And I would wonder why I always went back when I knew that this is where I would find myself,
Isolated
My heart barren and desolate
Afraid of every feminine smile
Trying to decode what her body language really means,
God I just want to give up and lock my heart away
How can I ever drink the from the waters of love again
When every oasis in this desert is poisoned.
Jack Dankof
Copyright©jdankof2017
Special mentions go to:
+Lori Carnegie Ryan
+BK Trone
+dilip vyas
+Sourav Biswas
for their poetry and support of POETS.
Thank you, everyone!
___________________________________________
Members' Publications
Let The Pen Speak For PEACE: A Poetry for Peace First Anniversary Anthology Paperback compiled, edited, initiated by : +Manuelle Augustine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1521104867/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_VDIbzbHAFP8V6
"Poetry for Peace, a literary group created, shaped and designed on April, 2016 for promoting peace is celebrating its first anniversary this month, April 2017. This global garden of poets aims at creating a worldwide environment in which every member’s pen speaks for peace. Since the day of its creation it has been a comfortable zone for lovers of peace and an open window to the creative world of poetic literature. The globe has fallen sick. What it needs right now is nothing but peace. Terrorism is the fatal virus that has infected the whole world. Terrorists who belong to no nation or no religion attack innocent people anywhere all of a sudden only to prove their existence, a satanic way to bring darkness to the world. It is not our purpose to explicate what prompt a man to become a terrorist but to stand for peace, saying that neither violence nor terrorism can lead him to his goal. A worldwide non-violent war against terrorism has been initiated by Poetry for Peace and our poetic soldiers are penning in support of it. Noble purposes pave new ways to reach the goal. Poetry for Peace’s main purpose prompted its creator to choose themes, inviting the members to write on them every month. Positive responses from eminent poets of the globe were a great contribution to the literary world. Encouraging the poets belonging to various nations to write on and advocate for peace, Poetry for Peace has come up into publishing its First anthology, ‘Let The Pen Speak For Peace’, a compilation of theme events, on the auspicious occasion of its first anniversary. The selected poems of One Hundred eminent poets from seven theme events have been included in the anthology. As the theme events are all about peace, the readers will be able to explore the world of peace that every civilized mind dreams of. Our adorable poets have expressed their feelings on ‘What is Peace?', 'A World Without Peace', Terrorism', 'Remembering 9/11', 'A Call For Peace', 'Images of Peace', and 'Let the Pen Speak for Peace.’ The anthology will give the world the key message that humanism is a must if this planet is to continue to be the ultimate shelter for rational beings. We can explore the space, we can build restaurants in Moon and Mars in near future but we must not forget that we are the children of the same Creator. People may seek and find their own ways to worship Him. We call them religions which teach us to love His children; there is no place of hatred in them. We must try to understand ourselves, scrutinizing our own activities irrespective of caste, creeds, colours, religions and geographical boundaries in order to rebuild our mindsets that can think of living in a world of peace. Hearty congratulations to the Admin Team in their extraordinary strong determination, whose unceasing efforts to make the members/Poets encouraged and motivated through the constructive comments on the poetic works submitted and published in the group wall; inspiring budding poets, in addition to the eminent poetic personalities to keep on writing. Standing always as a source of encouragement Poetry for Peace Admins has compiled and edited the anthology "Let The Pen Speak For Peace" to greet the group members and the peace lovers of the world of literature on the auspicious occasion of Poetry for Peace’s first birth anniversary. It is an utmost hope, that the readers will love to read the verses of the poets and be encouraged and be inspired to support and be a part of the Peace Advocacy through the power of the Pen..."
Another shout out for +Maxie
Bleeding Ink: A poetry Compilation Paperback & Kindle– by Robert J Maxie Jr (
+Maxie )
https://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Ink-Compilation-Robert-Maxie/dp/1545218137
"In this book, Is a collection of poems. Words coming directly from the heart. Conceived in the mind and the heart of a sixteen year old boy. Every word is a heartbeat. Each poem is a work of art in its purest form...honest emotion.
"Bleeding Ink is Robert Maxie Jr's first book. A sixteen-year-old writer, Robert has been writing poetry since the age of seven. You can find his poetry in spoken word form on his YouTube page Maxie and his Instagram robertmaxie"
___________________________________________________
f you have a poetry book you would like us to promote on this Poet of the Week post for one week, please post the details together with the sales point link (e.g. Amazon) in the Members' Publications category, thank you.
_____________________________________________
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS
POETS now has two weekly poetry PROMPTS.
#POETSLINEPROMPTS will be posted fresh every Wednesday. Members are given a poetic line to weave into their words
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS The weekly POETS photo prompt will continue as before under a new name and hashtag: #POETSPHOTOPROMPTS which will be posted as usual every Monday. Everyone is welcome to participate, the more the merrier. Please use the correct hashtag and post in the respective categories.
Everyone is welcome to participate and write a poem inspired by the prompt photo or line.
Please will all prompt participants download and use the image provided by the current week's prompt moderator, and state that the photo is used with permission of that person.
A poster will be provided for each new line prompt. Please use the poster with your poem. You will find these in the respective categories: POETS PHOTO PROMPTS OR POETS LINE PROMPTS.
Please also use hashtag #POETSPHOTOPROMPTS OR #POETSLINEPROMPTS and do invite at least one or two others to take part too. Everyone is welcome to take part, with or without an invitation.
Please send any queries to our prompt coordinators:
POETS PHOTO PROMPTS - +James polamz King
POETS LINE PROMPTS - +karen hayward
Note that the prompts are not contests, they are intended to inspire poetic writing and fun.
________________________________________________
Visit Castalia - POETS blog
http://arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk
Curated by +Arthur Turfa
Castalia showcases the créme of POETS
________________________________________________
Give POETS FEEDBACK
If you would like to tell us what you think about POETS, either positive or negative - give us praise, or tell us what we could do better, please use our online feedback form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeInbdeUzmuJTpXihf3XtLbq2uiNR__29u7KQHI00E3ksCKVA/viewform
________________________________________________
Criteria for Poet of the Week Selection:
1. The poet has not been PoW recently.
2. The poet has written a great and original poem.
3. The poet spends some time reading and commenting to encourage and support other members.
4. Mastery of the the language in which the poet writes is also important, although we should make some allowances in terms of spelling/grammar for people using English as a second language.
Visit
Castalia
arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114927096071162308813/posts/BwoJB8upWCM
Every Oasis
So much of our history has been written in memories camouflaged as love
When really,
Anyone else would have clearly seen the disaster we were creating
It was great in the beginning,
(At least I think so,
After all that's happened I have to wonder how clear my thinking really is)
But like everything else,
Beginnings lead to endings
And God knows we had plenty of our own
Each ending would leave me feeling disowned and alone
And I would wonder why I always went back when I knew that this is where I would find myself,
Isolated
My heart barren and desolate
Afraid of every feminine smile
Trying to decode what her body language really means,
God I just want to give up and lock my heart away
How can I ever drink the from the waters of love again
When every oasis in this desert is poisoned.
Jack Dankof
Copyright©jdankof2017
Special mentions go to:
+Lori Carnegie Ryan
+BK Trone
+dilip vyas
+Sourav Biswas
for their poetry and support of POETS.
Thank you, everyone!
___________________________________________
Members' Publications
Let The Pen Speak For PEACE: A Poetry for Peace First Anniversary Anthology Paperback compiled, edited, initiated by : +Manuelle Augustine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1521104867/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_VDIbzbHAFP8V6
"Poetry for Peace, a literary group created, shaped and designed on April, 2016 for promoting peace is celebrating its first anniversary this month, April 2017. This global garden of poets aims at creating a worldwide environment in which every member’s pen speaks for peace. Since the day of its creation it has been a comfortable zone for lovers of peace and an open window to the creative world of poetic literature. The globe has fallen sick. What it needs right now is nothing but peace. Terrorism is the fatal virus that has infected the whole world. Terrorists who belong to no nation or no religion attack innocent people anywhere all of a sudden only to prove their existence, a satanic way to bring darkness to the world. It is not our purpose to explicate what prompt a man to become a terrorist but to stand for peace, saying that neither violence nor terrorism can lead him to his goal. A worldwide non-violent war against terrorism has been initiated by Poetry for Peace and our poetic soldiers are penning in support of it. Noble purposes pave new ways to reach the goal. Poetry for Peace’s main purpose prompted its creator to choose themes, inviting the members to write on them every month. Positive responses from eminent poets of the globe were a great contribution to the literary world. Encouraging the poets belonging to various nations to write on and advocate for peace, Poetry for Peace has come up into publishing its First anthology, ‘Let The Pen Speak For Peace’, a compilation of theme events, on the auspicious occasion of its first anniversary. The selected poems of One Hundred eminent poets from seven theme events have been included in the anthology. As the theme events are all about peace, the readers will be able to explore the world of peace that every civilized mind dreams of. Our adorable poets have expressed their feelings on ‘What is Peace?', 'A World Without Peace', Terrorism', 'Remembering 9/11', 'A Call For Peace', 'Images of Peace', and 'Let the Pen Speak for Peace.’ The anthology will give the world the key message that humanism is a must if this planet is to continue to be the ultimate shelter for rational beings. We can explore the space, we can build restaurants in Moon and Mars in near future but we must not forget that we are the children of the same Creator. People may seek and find their own ways to worship Him. We call them religions which teach us to love His children; there is no place of hatred in them. We must try to understand ourselves, scrutinizing our own activities irrespective of caste, creeds, colours, religions and geographical boundaries in order to rebuild our mindsets that can think of living in a world of peace. Hearty congratulations to the Admin Team in their extraordinary strong determination, whose unceasing efforts to make the members/Poets encouraged and motivated through the constructive comments on the poetic works submitted and published in the group wall; inspiring budding poets, in addition to the eminent poetic personalities to keep on writing. Standing always as a source of encouragement Poetry for Peace Admins has compiled and edited the anthology "Let The Pen Speak For Peace" to greet the group members and the peace lovers of the world of literature on the auspicious occasion of Poetry for Peace’s first birth anniversary. It is an utmost hope, that the readers will love to read the verses of the poets and be encouraged and be inspired to support and be a part of the Peace Advocacy through the power of the Pen..."
Another shout out for +Maxie
Bleeding Ink: A poetry Compilation Paperback & Kindle– by Robert J Maxie Jr (
+Maxie )
https://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Ink-Compilation-Robert-Maxie/dp/1545218137
"In this book, Is a collection of poems. Words coming directly from the heart. Conceived in the mind and the heart of a sixteen year old boy. Every word is a heartbeat. Each poem is a work of art in its purest form...honest emotion.
"Bleeding Ink is Robert Maxie Jr's first book. A sixteen-year-old writer, Robert has been writing poetry since the age of seven. You can find his poetry in spoken word form on his YouTube page Maxie and his Instagram robertmaxie"
___________________________________________________
f you have a poetry book you would like us to promote on this Poet of the Week post for one week, please post the details together with the sales point link (e.g. Amazon) in the Members' Publications category, thank you.
_____________________________________________
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS
POETS now has two weekly poetry PROMPTS.
#POETSLINEPROMPTS will be posted fresh every Wednesday. Members are given a poetic line to weave into their words
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS The weekly POETS photo prompt will continue as before under a new name and hashtag: #POETSPHOTOPROMPTS which will be posted as usual every Monday. Everyone is welcome to participate, the more the merrier. Please use the correct hashtag and post in the respective categories.
Everyone is welcome to participate and write a poem inspired by the prompt photo or line.
Please will all prompt participants download and use the image provided by the current week's prompt moderator, and state that the photo is used with permission of that person.
A poster will be provided for each new line prompt. Please use the poster with your poem. You will find these in the respective categories: POETS PHOTO PROMPTS OR POETS LINE PROMPTS.
Please also use hashtag #POETSPHOTOPROMPTS OR #POETSLINEPROMPTS and do invite at least one or two others to take part too. Everyone is welcome to take part, with or without an invitation.
Please send any queries to our prompt coordinators:
POETS PHOTO PROMPTS - +James polamz King
POETS LINE PROMPTS - +karen hayward
Note that the prompts are not contests, they are intended to inspire poetic writing and fun.
________________________________________________
Visit Castalia - POETS blog
http://arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk
Curated by +Arthur Turfa
Castalia showcases the créme of POETS
________________________________________________
Give POETS FEEDBACK
If you would like to tell us what you think about POETS, either positive or negative - give us praise, or tell us what we could do better, please use our online feedback form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeInbdeUzmuJTpXihf3XtLbq2uiNR__29u7KQHI00E3ksCKVA/viewform
________________________________________________
Criteria for Poet of the Week Selection:
1. The poet has not been PoW recently.
2. The poet has written a great and original poem.
3. The poet spends some time reading and commenting to encourage and support other members.
4. Mastery of the the language in which the poet writes is also important, although we should make some allowances in terms of spelling/grammar for people using English as a second language.
Visit
Castalia
arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk
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