Poet of the week 06/09/18
Happy Thursday Ladies and Gents : )
This week we are celebrating the ladies!
This week I would like us to join together and celebrate the loveliness that is +Donna Flowers her poetry is raw, filled with honest emotions and edgy, he is an amazing member of our community, actively encouraging and supporting her peers with wonderful engagement and superbly uplifting comments. Thank you Donna :)
Tormented.
A tormented mind, torments the mind.
Hanging on by a tether, of leather, that should be attached to the bed.
Your whips hit my skin like ice.
No love there.
Punished..
For Something I never did.
The love blocks the difference between love and pain.. Such sweet disdain.
Hurt me. I like it. Maybe too much.
Glutton for punishment.
A need for love even in this way.
Emotion ridden soul eraced.
Hurt me. Lay your teeth on my flesh.
Broken.
All you wanted was the flesh.
I see this now.
A sow for your bar b que.
On a spit you leave me like Prince Vlad.
I at one time, thought I had, love.
So my tormented mind, torments my mind..
I'm left hanging on a tether, that should be leather, attached to your bed.
Here i sit ... Alone.
Tormented
© Donna Flowers 9.5.18
Special mentions
I have a great round up this week of superb special mentions...but first let me remind everyone how to yourself noticed and considered for the Poet of the week post
1. Interact and engage with your fellow poets. We here at POETS pride ourselves on the interactive environment we offer our members but ultimately we are only as good as you are willing to engage.
2. Write great poetry!
Different ways to ensure your poem is great are...make it fresh and diverse, avoid cliches, use vivid imagery - including similes, metaphors, figurative language, use consistent language, broaden your genres, themes, topics, forms and structures and perhaps most important is edit your poem before posting
3. Comply with the communities regulations, ensure your work has a copyright, ensure you correctly give credit to any artwork/images that are not your own, ensure you type in the poem when using a blog link/image/youtube video.
Okay soooo...Special mentions. This week, I want to mention those poets who inspire us consistently, who bless our poetic minds time after time. So much talent, so much soul, so much spirit in their writing, in their support to their peers, in their encouragement of others...
+Kira Shimoni Fulks Kira blesses us with amazing pieces of art complimented with her tremendous poetry, always such amazing rich imagery it is always a delight to read her work, see her art and even more so to engage with her. Thank you Kira for being a part of our community.
+Marilyn Dancing Deer Ward I think we would be hard pushed to find anyone who has not been blessed by Marilyn's presence within the community. She is a truly amazing poet and photographer with a kindness for encouraging and supporting her fellow writers that truly shines. Thank you Marilyn :)
+Skylark Hatee Skylark produces consistently amazing poetry, well thought out, skillful diction carefully crafted imagery her poetry is always an absolute delight to read and she always has kind, special words for her peers that I know offers so much encouragement and support. Thank you Skylark, always a delight to have you among us.
+Rasma Raisters Rasma writes the most incredible, emotive and beautiful pieces of poetry, offering her reader a trip though her words and deep into her imagery as well as being a wonderful source of encouragement and support for her peers. Thank you Rasma.
Shout outs to the old and the new!
Let me start this weeks shout outs by letting you guys know how you can get yourself mentioned in this section. It's easy, correctly use one of the following categories, whilst also complying with the POETS guidelines and I will happily give you a shout out :)
Shout out time! This is to allow us to pause and pay respect to those poets taking poetry outside of the box, driving creativity into new arenas, and equally, those poets that stand proud within the poetic roots that have created the very foundations we write from today...
Collections and publications
+dalesahlberg has been blessing us this week with some more of his amazing work, if you haven't yet checked out his work i highly recommend that you do!
Original art/photography and music
Shout outs this week go to the rather amazingly talented Toni +Toni TW for her amazing digital artwork, and also to the brilliantly talented +Ellen Waters who simply wows me with her skills and the brilliantly talented Mr +Edward Means thank you guys!
Collaborations
Great work +CB Fall and Jennifer Lynn!! Always lovely to see writers collaborating together to create a new voice. Thank you
Spoken word
+M. S. Harvey Michael has been sharing with us some absolutely superb pieces of poken word poetry this week, he truly is worth listening to, hearing the poem really dos add a new level of depth to the piece. Well done Michael, always a pleasure to hear your work. +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson Mr Charlie has also been sharing with us his amain pieces of rap/poetry, it is always a delight to hear/read Charlie's work, always vivid imagery and raw language!! Well done guys
haiku/tanka
This week we have had the very wonderful and extremely skilled +Eva Limbach step up to become our haiku category master, she will help you guys where ever she can toward improving skill, understanding or developing ideas further. An extremely talented writer herself it is our absolute pleasure to have her on team. This week we are shouting out to the very talented +Lothar M. Kirsch +Sotir Georgievski +Nicholas Klacsanzky +Miss Poet Miki and +Bukusai Ashagawa thank you very much guys and gals :)
Thank you guys for a fabulous week of poetry
Also want to say thank you to my moderator team!
From the POETS team, well done everyone, another amazing week of creativity spilling across keyboards, through screens and out into the big wide wilderness of life
Criteria for Poet of the Week Selection:
1. The poet has written a great and original poem.
2. The poet spends some time reading and commenting to encourage and support other members.
3. 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.
A huge welcome to all our new members this week, from the POETS team
Prompts
Monday - #poetsphotoprompts
Wednesday - #poetslineprompts
Saturday and Sunday - #POETSFLASHBACKWEEKEND
These are not contests, they are simply a way to expand your inspiration, interaction and to have some poetic fun.
Happy writing all
Karen, Bubbly, Jennifer Kathir and the POETS team.
#poetoftheweek #poets
Happy Thursday Ladies and Gents : )
This week we are celebrating the ladies!
This week I would like us to join together and celebrate the loveliness that is +Donna Flowers her poetry is raw, filled with honest emotions and edgy, he is an amazing member of our community, actively encouraging and supporting her peers with wonderful engagement and superbly uplifting comments. Thank you Donna :)
Tormented.
A tormented mind, torments the mind.
Hanging on by a tether, of leather, that should be attached to the bed.
Your whips hit my skin like ice.
No love there.
Punished..
For Something I never did.
The love blocks the difference between love and pain.. Such sweet disdain.
Hurt me. I like it. Maybe too much.
Glutton for punishment.
A need for love even in this way.
Emotion ridden soul eraced.
Hurt me. Lay your teeth on my flesh.
Broken.
All you wanted was the flesh.
I see this now.
A sow for your bar b que.
On a spit you leave me like Prince Vlad.
I at one time, thought I had, love.
So my tormented mind, torments my mind..
I'm left hanging on a tether, that should be leather, attached to your bed.
Here i sit ... Alone.
Tormented
© Donna Flowers 9.5.18
Special mentions
I have a great round up this week of superb special mentions...but first let me remind everyone how to yourself noticed and considered for the Poet of the week post
1. Interact and engage with your fellow poets. We here at POETS pride ourselves on the interactive environment we offer our members but ultimately we are only as good as you are willing to engage.
2. Write great poetry!
Different ways to ensure your poem is great are...make it fresh and diverse, avoid cliches, use vivid imagery - including similes, metaphors, figurative language, use consistent language, broaden your genres, themes, topics, forms and structures and perhaps most important is edit your poem before posting
3. Comply with the communities regulations, ensure your work has a copyright, ensure you correctly give credit to any artwork/images that are not your own, ensure you type in the poem when using a blog link/image/youtube video.
Okay soooo...Special mentions. This week, I want to mention those poets who inspire us consistently, who bless our poetic minds time after time. So much talent, so much soul, so much spirit in their writing, in their support to their peers, in their encouragement of others...
+Kira Shimoni Fulks Kira blesses us with amazing pieces of art complimented with her tremendous poetry, always such amazing rich imagery it is always a delight to read her work, see her art and even more so to engage with her. Thank you Kira for being a part of our community.
+Marilyn Dancing Deer Ward I think we would be hard pushed to find anyone who has not been blessed by Marilyn's presence within the community. She is a truly amazing poet and photographer with a kindness for encouraging and supporting her fellow writers that truly shines. Thank you Marilyn :)
+Skylark Hatee Skylark produces consistently amazing poetry, well thought out, skillful diction carefully crafted imagery her poetry is always an absolute delight to read and she always has kind, special words for her peers that I know offers so much encouragement and support. Thank you Skylark, always a delight to have you among us.
+Rasma Raisters Rasma writes the most incredible, emotive and beautiful pieces of poetry, offering her reader a trip though her words and deep into her imagery as well as being a wonderful source of encouragement and support for her peers. Thank you Rasma.
Shout outs to the old and the new!
Let me start this weeks shout outs by letting you guys know how you can get yourself mentioned in this section. It's easy, correctly use one of the following categories, whilst also complying with the POETS guidelines and I will happily give you a shout out :)
Shout out time! This is to allow us to pause and pay respect to those poets taking poetry outside of the box, driving creativity into new arenas, and equally, those poets that stand proud within the poetic roots that have created the very foundations we write from today...
Collections and publications
+dalesahlberg has been blessing us this week with some more of his amazing work, if you haven't yet checked out his work i highly recommend that you do!
Original art/photography and music
Shout outs this week go to the rather amazingly talented Toni +Toni TW for her amazing digital artwork, and also to the brilliantly talented +Ellen Waters who simply wows me with her skills and the brilliantly talented Mr +Edward Means thank you guys!
Collaborations
Great work +CB Fall and Jennifer Lynn!! Always lovely to see writers collaborating together to create a new voice. Thank you
Spoken word
+M. S. Harvey Michael has been sharing with us some absolutely superb pieces of poken word poetry this week, he truly is worth listening to, hearing the poem really dos add a new level of depth to the piece. Well done Michael, always a pleasure to hear your work. +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson Mr Charlie has also been sharing with us his amain pieces of rap/poetry, it is always a delight to hear/read Charlie's work, always vivid imagery and raw language!! Well done guys
haiku/tanka
This week we have had the very wonderful and extremely skilled +Eva Limbach step up to become our haiku category master, she will help you guys where ever she can toward improving skill, understanding or developing ideas further. An extremely talented writer herself it is our absolute pleasure to have her on team. This week we are shouting out to the very talented +Lothar M. Kirsch +Sotir Georgievski +Nicholas Klacsanzky +Miss Poet Miki and +Bukusai Ashagawa thank you very much guys and gals :)
Thank you guys for a fabulous week of poetry
Also want to say thank you to my moderator team!
From the POETS team, well done everyone, another amazing week of creativity spilling across keyboards, through screens and out into the big wide wilderness of life
Criteria for Poet of the Week Selection:
1. The poet has written a great and original poem.
2. The poet spends some time reading and commenting to encourage and support other members.
3. 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.
A huge welcome to all our new members this week, from the POETS team
Prompts
Monday - #poetsphotoprompts
Wednesday - #poetslineprompts
Saturday and Sunday - #POETSFLASHBACKWEEKEND
These are not contests, they are simply a way to expand your inspiration, interaction and to have some poetic fun.
Happy writing all
Karen, Bubbly, Jennifer Kathir and the POETS team.
#poetoftheweek #poets
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