Poet of the week

Poet of the Week no. 46 goes to +Skylark Hatee for her spoken word poem Motif and for her active support of POETS and members.

Motif:

Silence bellows forth from naked caves of the world
Listen to the walls exhaling their inflicted violence into bleeding sunsets
Their whispers caught on the edge of a lost wind
Tell of timeless stories etched in stones
For chloroform life burns yet still into the hollow wombs of the earth
Long before you and I crawled out of the caves of life
Into a new light
So that we may traverse the seas of centuries

These chronicles of us
Like fetuses preserved in the oil darkness
Have me inquiring "to what purpose"
What crackle of a narrative wrapped within a spittle of an ember
Shall the theme of my life be

This theme echoing from some cavernous void within me
For I too am being carved into the deep veins of the earth
Embracing the language of stones
Igniting my silence into sparks of fire
Slicing my story into the open jowls of the grottos of life

...motif

© 2017 Skylark Hatee

To listen to Sky's audio poem click Link to original post: https://plus.google.com/107529531771207635882/posts/jKLd2nL5rss

Special Mentions go to:

+Melanie's ghost
+ pa-tri-cia
+Jack Dankof
+Pebble$ Blog

for their poetry and support of POETS. Many thanks everyone!

POETS wishes all members a very happy New Year! May you all be blessed with magnificent muses!

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#POETSPROMPT

You will have noticed our POETS PROMPT category where every Monday a moderator posts a new photo prompt for all members to participate. This week's prompt host is +Arthur Turfa

Everyone is welcome to participate and write a poem inspired by the prompt photo.

Link to the current prompt:
https://plus.google.com/105028533284452620555/posts/ghxccu66tYh

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.

Please don't re-share images that contain the poem of other participants.

Please also use hashtag #POETSPROMPT 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 coordinator +James polamz King

Note that the prompt is not a contest, just fun.

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http://arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk/

Curated by +Arthur Turfa Castalia showcases the créme of POETS.
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If you have a book of poetry you would like promoted on the Poet of the Week post for one week, please let us know.

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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.