POET OF THE WEEK
April 18th 2018
Celebrating you guys is the best part of my week, being able to shout from the rafters about the level of talent, skill and poetic essence here in our community is an absolute honour!
So, this week we are celebrating the brilliantly talented +Keith Duerk his work speaks for itself, fresh dynamic themes, rich vivid language, amazing imagery and to top it all Keith has such an encouraging and supportive presence here in the community.
"Dyspeptic Skeptic"
Doubt is a necessity
Without it we can't do
But too much doubt keeps out
The astonishing and new
Thoughts and ideas
By their very nature change
Scientific axioms
Don't even stay the same
Being humbly agnostic
Is charming and kind
Don't try to hide your ignorance
And keep and open mind
(c) Keith Duerk 2018
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....
+Edward Means blessing us with beautiful snippets of imagery through the craft of haiku, a wonderfully talented poet, his presence within the community is truly valued
+David Ode A superb member of the POETS team, David is blessing our screens with super hot, sensual poetry leaving a beautiful trail of love along his way, thank you David, for all that you give to POETS :)
+Allan Ball this weeks #poetslineprompts co-host Allan is very much a valued member of the POETS community, his poems of a deep soul level love, are a blessing to all that read as his his very presence, thank you Allan :)
+Miss Poet Miki our lovely Miki, leaving a trail of beautiful friendship as she maneuvers through the community leaving behind her beautiful haiku's, short stories and wonderful poetry, thank you Miki :)
Shout outs to the old and the new!
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.
250 words Fiction
I love this category, it is a great way to express a little deeper than poetry and absolutely brilliant exercise for keeping inspiration rich and fresh, this week we are shouting out to our lovely ladies +Miss Poet Miki and +karen hines
Famous poets/poems
Huge thank you this week to +Miss Poet Miki for sharing a wonderful Sylvia Plath poem with us and the wonderful Mr +Keith Duerk for sharing a wonderful quote by the celebrated humanist Mr Poggio Bracciolini.
Extended thank you to our wonderful moderator Mr +Kenneth Wisseman for continuing to share with us fabulous pieces of poetry with commentary, expanding our knowledge a little more each day. Thank you guys :)
Your collections
Good luck to our wonderful Mr Sourav +Sourav Biswas we are looking forward to seeing the direction that Sourav takes this project and feel certain it will be a major success, to show your support simply click through the link
https://plus.google.com/+SouravBiswasTeddy/posts/g8t7kACPHof
Spoken word
Charlie and Skylark +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson +Skylark Hatee are keeping our spoken word category alive with their fabulous creations this week, however this week an extra shout-out to our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas she has been sharing some of her fabulous creations...if you haven't had the chance yet, do check her out, her spoken word voice is utterly beautiful, and a shout-out to +Beau Blue for sharing with us his wonderful creation, thank you guys :) :)
haiku/tanka
What a wonderful week, you guys have been hot hot hot, a shout-out to our wonderful haiku writers who are keeping alive this wonderful art +Kenneth Wisseman +Lucky Triana +Edward Means +Nicholas Klacsanzky
+Wendy - Empathic Tigress +Miss Poet Miki +Bubbly +Eva Limbach thank you!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful contributions throughout the week :)
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 not been poet of the week 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.
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.
April 18th 2018
Celebrating you guys is the best part of my week, being able to shout from the rafters about the level of talent, skill and poetic essence here in our community is an absolute honour!
So, this week we are celebrating the brilliantly talented +Keith Duerk his work speaks for itself, fresh dynamic themes, rich vivid language, amazing imagery and to top it all Keith has such an encouraging and supportive presence here in the community.
"Dyspeptic Skeptic"
Doubt is a necessity
Without it we can't do
But too much doubt keeps out
The astonishing and new
Thoughts and ideas
By their very nature change
Scientific axioms
Don't even stay the same
Being humbly agnostic
Is charming and kind
Don't try to hide your ignorance
And keep and open mind
(c) Keith Duerk 2018
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....
+Edward Means blessing us with beautiful snippets of imagery through the craft of haiku, a wonderfully talented poet, his presence within the community is truly valued
+David Ode A superb member of the POETS team, David is blessing our screens with super hot, sensual poetry leaving a beautiful trail of love along his way, thank you David, for all that you give to POETS :)
+Allan Ball this weeks #poetslineprompts co-host Allan is very much a valued member of the POETS community, his poems of a deep soul level love, are a blessing to all that read as his his very presence, thank you Allan :)
+Miss Poet Miki our lovely Miki, leaving a trail of beautiful friendship as she maneuvers through the community leaving behind her beautiful haiku's, short stories and wonderful poetry, thank you Miki :)
Shout outs to the old and the new!
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.
250 words Fiction
I love this category, it is a great way to express a little deeper than poetry and absolutely brilliant exercise for keeping inspiration rich and fresh, this week we are shouting out to our lovely ladies +Miss Poet Miki and +karen hines
Famous poets/poems
Huge thank you this week to +Miss Poet Miki for sharing a wonderful Sylvia Plath poem with us and the wonderful Mr +Keith Duerk for sharing a wonderful quote by the celebrated humanist Mr Poggio Bracciolini.
Extended thank you to our wonderful moderator Mr +Kenneth Wisseman for continuing to share with us fabulous pieces of poetry with commentary, expanding our knowledge a little more each day. Thank you guys :)
Your collections
Good luck to our wonderful Mr Sourav +Sourav Biswas we are looking forward to seeing the direction that Sourav takes this project and feel certain it will be a major success, to show your support simply click through the link
https://plus.google.com/+SouravBiswasTeddy/posts/g8t7kACPHof
Spoken word
Charlie and Skylark +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson +Skylark Hatee are keeping our spoken word category alive with their fabulous creations this week, however this week an extra shout-out to our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas she has been sharing some of her fabulous creations...if you haven't had the chance yet, do check her out, her spoken word voice is utterly beautiful, and a shout-out to +Beau Blue for sharing with us his wonderful creation, thank you guys :) :)
haiku/tanka
What a wonderful week, you guys have been hot hot hot, a shout-out to our wonderful haiku writers who are keeping alive this wonderful art +Kenneth Wisseman +Lucky Triana +Edward Means +Nicholas Klacsanzky
+Wendy - Empathic Tigress +Miss Poet Miki +Bubbly +Eva Limbach thank you!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful contributions throughout the week :)
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 not been poet of the week 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.
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.
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