Week 70 Poet of the week goes to the extremely talented +Bruce Newman for his poem, Modes of Pretense and his continuous support of the POETS community and our wonderful members.
An insightful exploration into the need for rapid and direct action rather than the slow pretense to which we have sadly become accustomed.
Modes of Pretense
How to repackage reality
Quisling question most salient
How to spin original issue
To say what was never meant
One would think that poverty
Or sex slave abominations
To abolish with fervent intent
Would fire the hearts of nations
But all the fertile context ground
Was plowed for pretext seeds
And no matter how we package it
A weed is still a weed
So even though the energies
Drained to artifice are immense
The only choices it leaves us
Are Gordian modes of pretense
© Bruce Newman
https://plus.google.com/111341962928770108705/posts/ERq8ukgzn3E
Special mentions go out this week to:
(for amazing poetry and/ or great support within the community)
+Phil Hall
+James polamz King
+Prasanna Kumar
+dilip vyas
Well done guys!
Many thanks everyone!
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.
POETS the Original can now be found and liked on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/poetstheoriginal/notifications/
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.
Book release:
Arthur Turfa, ACCENTS
https://plus.google.com/collection/gpkuBE
POETS now has two weekly poetry PROMPTS.
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS will be posted fresh every Wednesday. Members are given a poetic line to weave into their words.
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS 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. You will find these in the respective categories: POETS PHOTO PROMPTS OR POETS LINE PROMPTS.
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 - +karen hayward +Dianne Woodin
Note that the prompts are not contests, they are intended to inspire poetic writing and fun.
Give POETS FEEDBACK
If you would like to tell us what you think about POETS, either positive or negative - give us praise, or tell us what we could do better, please use our online feedback form:
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An insightful exploration into the need for rapid and direct action rather than the slow pretense to which we have sadly become accustomed.
Modes of Pretense
How to repackage reality
Quisling question most salient
How to spin original issue
To say what was never meant
One would think that poverty
Or sex slave abominations
To abolish with fervent intent
Would fire the hearts of nations
But all the fertile context ground
Was plowed for pretext seeds
And no matter how we package it
A weed is still a weed
So even though the energies
Drained to artifice are immense
The only choices it leaves us
Are Gordian modes of pretense
© Bruce Newman
https://plus.google.com/111341962928770108705/posts/ERq8ukgzn3E
Special mentions go out this week to:
(for amazing poetry and/ or great support within the community)
+Phil Hall
+James polamz King
+Prasanna Kumar
+dilip vyas
Well done guys!
Many thanks everyone!
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.
POETS the Original can now be found and liked on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/poetstheoriginal/notifications/
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.
Book release:
Arthur Turfa, ACCENTS
https://plus.google.com/collection/gpkuBE
POETS now has two weekly poetry PROMPTS.
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS
#POETSLINEPROMPTS will be posted fresh every Wednesday. Members are given a poetic line to weave into their words.
#POETSPHOTOPROMPTS 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. You will find these in the respective categories: POETS PHOTO PROMPTS OR POETS LINE PROMPTS.
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 - +karen hayward +Dianne Woodin
Note that the prompts are not contests, they are intended to inspire poetic writing and fun.
Give POETS FEEDBACK
If you would like to tell us what you think about POETS, either positive or negative - give us praise, or tell us what we could do better, please use our online feedback form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeInbdeUzmuJTpXihf3XtLbq2uiNR__29u7KQHI00E3ksCKVA/viewform
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