Poet of the week

Poet of the Week no. 61 goes to +Yatta Fleet for his untitled poem "Look into my eyes and see the desert's song . . ." an expression of a boy's grief and pain caused by his absent father, and for his support of POETS and members.

Link to original poem
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104730884662957470013/posts/Jw81Dsmtrpu

Look into my eyes and see the desert's song,
anticipate the long-awaited rain that never came and quenched my growing thirst for my father's love.... he was too busy chasing lust to see the pain he was causing his son..... too blind to see the storm rising up like the desert's torrid air, how could he not notice my stoic demeanor and cold stare!

Didn't have to be this way, I shouldn't be in this mindstate, you should've had more love for me, you should've cared!

Sad song in my heart still growing from the day I was old enough to wonder why my father was willfully always gone.... kinda sad, kinda mad, ghetto child thinking he's been had...... cried so many nights that my heart was bare while the other kids breathe easily outside my polluted air!

YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE!

I don't know how to love you, where do I begin?

How can I begin when this pain won't end!
Poem and image ©¥atta Fleet

Special Mentions:

+karen hayward
+ken newman
+Sister Francis
+edward Bray

for their poetry and support of POETS. Thank you everyone!

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Members' Publications

In anticipation of +Arthur Turfa's next poetry book "Accents," we have a preview of the stunning cover. Says Arthur:

"Cover Reveal! Blue Deco will release "Accents" on or around 19 May 2017. Carol Worthington-Levy did the cover (her second for me), and Colleen Nye worked on it as well. Stunning! "

If 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.

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#POETSPHOTOPROMPT
#POETSLINEPROMPT

Announcing some changes in POETS PROMPTS. We have an additional weekly prompt in which members are given a poetic line to weave into their words. #POETSLINEPROMPTS will be posted fresh every Wednesday. 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.

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

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 - +Dianne Woodin

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

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The latest poem on Castalia, POETS blog:
"Madly, deeply..." by +Chris Frazier

http://arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/madly-deeply.html

Congratulations Chris Frazier!
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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.

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