Poet of the week May 16th 2018
This week we have the absolute honour of celebrating a superb poet, and highly respected member of our community +gutter punk his vivid imagery never fails to impress us, Matt is an active member, engaging within the poems as well as being interactive within prompts, well done Matt, it is a great pleasure to celebrate you.
The Mute Earth
Through the thickets of haunting spirits
In the netherworld of being
my forest, dark; alone I creep
'Neath the creaking trees
where the sod, meets the soul
And the earth,
The earth speaks in mute ambers
It was along the shore of darkness
Like a star in the night
She was that, of a rainbow
Glistening, in his dark, dark clouds...
(c) matt aguilar
Copyrighted material
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...
+David Ode blesses our screens with some superbly intense and delicate sensual poetry exploring the theme of love and soul, his presence and support is great appreciated, always a kind word for another, an absolute pleasure to have David on the POETS team and within our community.
+Mad Poetry I have only recently discovered this superb poet and his writing, fresh, diverse and with amazing diction and bloody amazing imagery, if you haven't had a chance yet to read his work..do..just do. Well done Mr Mad :)
+Lori Carnegie Ryan Lori, consistently produces outstanding poetry, blessing our screens with thought provoking imagery and depth, a blessing within our community her presence is an air of positive energy, well done Lori.
+Marilyn Ward It is my pleasure to pause and celebrate Marilyn, a superb poet consistently producing poems with depth, heart and truth, Marilyn's presence is felt daily by myself and so many other poets here within our community...well done Marilyn.
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.
Micro-fiction
It is always lovely to see a category being used by some new faces...new in the sense that they are trying a new style, so this week I am pleased to do a shout-out to the awesome writer Mr +gutter punk and the lovely +Lori Carnegie Ryan as well as the brilliantly talented +William Evans and +Manish Pandey as well as our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas and the lovely +Michelina Di Martino Thank you guys!
Famous Poets
I love, love, love to see this category being used as reading classic poetry is without a doubt, how we learn and develop as poets and writers, soooo shout-out this week to our Wonderful resident Mr +Kenneth Wisseman and our brilliant +David Ode as well as our superbly talented +Paul Stump well done guys, thank you!
Publications
You guys have had a busy, busy week!! Click on teh name to go through to their profile and check out their publications guys and gals, a shout- out to our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas who has this week published her first book, well done sweety! +Sameera Iradat well done Sameera on producing your book, how very excited you must be! +Sourav Biswas Sourav, well done and good luck on this exciting journey you are embarking upon and well done Mr +Chidi Anthony Opara
Original art/music/photography
A busy busy week I see for you guys!! A shout-out to the talented +Trippie Hippie a superbly presented piece. Well done to our lovely +Toni TW and the hugely talented and diverse +John Duffy and +Giulio Z. thank you guys and gals :)
Collaborations
Our lady +Bubbly has been super busy this week interacting and engaging and collaborating with our members, well done Bubbly :) and a shout out to our lovely gal +Cherry A well done ladies!
Spoken word
Wow...just wow...an amazingly busy week in the spoken word category!! Shout outs to the brilliantly talented +Sourav Biswas a brilliant piece! Well done +JAHMARthePOET a great spoken word and presentation! Always a pleasure to shout out to the brilliantly talented, awesome poet and friend Mr Ulf +Ulf Wolf and next up is the brilliantly talented +William Evans I always love when we have new diverse energetic voices coming through and William is one them, if you've not checked him out, just click on his name guys!!
Our beautiful +Skylark Hatee always a pleasure and journey to engage with your spoken word pieces Skylark. This week we are also shouting out the brilliantly talented and published Mr +Arthur Turfa well done Arthur, lovely as always to engage with your work. +AB Poetry a shout-out for consistently producing amazing pieces of spoken word poetry, well done. +Reginald Jacob it was a pleasure to hear your poetry this week, a great presentation such a joy to engage with, thank you....and a shout-out to our wonderfully talented Mr +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson. Thank you guys and gals!!
haiku
Our haiku category has been busy busy busy this week guys, shout-out to the wonderful +Lucky Triana blessing our screens with amazing imagery, and our wonderfully talented +Eva Limbach the amazing +Wendy - Empathic Tigress brilliantly talented +Bukusai Ashagawa and +Nicholas Klacsanzky and our wonderful lady +Michelina Di Martino and delightfully talented Mr +Sotir Georgievski well done guys and gals
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.
This week we have the absolute honour of celebrating a superb poet, and highly respected member of our community +gutter punk his vivid imagery never fails to impress us, Matt is an active member, engaging within the poems as well as being interactive within prompts, well done Matt, it is a great pleasure to celebrate you.
The Mute Earth
Through the thickets of haunting spirits
In the netherworld of being
my forest, dark; alone I creep
'Neath the creaking trees
where the sod, meets the soul
And the earth,
The earth speaks in mute ambers
It was along the shore of darkness
Like a star in the night
She was that, of a rainbow
Glistening, in his dark, dark clouds...
(c) matt aguilar
Copyrighted material
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...
+David Ode blesses our screens with some superbly intense and delicate sensual poetry exploring the theme of love and soul, his presence and support is great appreciated, always a kind word for another, an absolute pleasure to have David on the POETS team and within our community.
+Mad Poetry I have only recently discovered this superb poet and his writing, fresh, diverse and with amazing diction and bloody amazing imagery, if you haven't had a chance yet to read his work..do..just do. Well done Mr Mad :)
+Lori Carnegie Ryan Lori, consistently produces outstanding poetry, blessing our screens with thought provoking imagery and depth, a blessing within our community her presence is an air of positive energy, well done Lori.
+Marilyn Ward It is my pleasure to pause and celebrate Marilyn, a superb poet consistently producing poems with depth, heart and truth, Marilyn's presence is felt daily by myself and so many other poets here within our community...well done Marilyn.
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.
Micro-fiction
It is always lovely to see a category being used by some new faces...new in the sense that they are trying a new style, so this week I am pleased to do a shout-out to the awesome writer Mr +gutter punk and the lovely +Lori Carnegie Ryan as well as the brilliantly talented +William Evans and +Manish Pandey as well as our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas and the lovely +Michelina Di Martino Thank you guys!
Famous Poets
I love, love, love to see this category being used as reading classic poetry is without a doubt, how we learn and develop as poets and writers, soooo shout-out this week to our Wonderful resident Mr +Kenneth Wisseman and our brilliant +David Ode as well as our superbly talented +Paul Stump well done guys, thank you!
Publications
You guys have had a busy, busy week!! Click on teh name to go through to their profile and check out their publications guys and gals, a shout- out to our wonderful +Jennifer Salinas who has this week published her first book, well done sweety! +Sameera Iradat well done Sameera on producing your book, how very excited you must be! +Sourav Biswas Sourav, well done and good luck on this exciting journey you are embarking upon and well done Mr +Chidi Anthony Opara
Original art/music/photography
A busy busy week I see for you guys!! A shout-out to the talented +Trippie Hippie a superbly presented piece. Well done to our lovely +Toni TW and the hugely talented and diverse +John Duffy and +Giulio Z. thank you guys and gals :)
Collaborations
Our lady +Bubbly has been super busy this week interacting and engaging and collaborating with our members, well done Bubbly :) and a shout out to our lovely gal +Cherry A well done ladies!
Spoken word
Wow...just wow...an amazingly busy week in the spoken word category!! Shout outs to the brilliantly talented +Sourav Biswas a brilliant piece! Well done +JAHMARthePOET a great spoken word and presentation! Always a pleasure to shout out to the brilliantly talented, awesome poet and friend Mr Ulf +Ulf Wolf and next up is the brilliantly talented +William Evans I always love when we have new diverse energetic voices coming through and William is one them, if you've not checked him out, just click on his name guys!!
Our beautiful +Skylark Hatee always a pleasure and journey to engage with your spoken word pieces Skylark. This week we are also shouting out the brilliantly talented and published Mr +Arthur Turfa well done Arthur, lovely as always to engage with your work. +AB Poetry a shout-out for consistently producing amazing pieces of spoken word poetry, well done. +Reginald Jacob it was a pleasure to hear your poetry this week, a great presentation such a joy to engage with, thank you....and a shout-out to our wonderfully talented Mr +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson. Thank you guys and gals!!
haiku
Our haiku category has been busy busy busy this week guys, shout-out to the wonderful +Lucky Triana blessing our screens with amazing imagery, and our wonderfully talented +Eva Limbach the amazing +Wendy - Empathic Tigress brilliantly talented +Bukusai Ashagawa and +Nicholas Klacsanzky and our wonderful lady +Michelina Di Martino and delightfully talented Mr +Sotir Georgievski well done guys and gals
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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