Poet of the week

Poet of the Week 42 goes to +Laughing waters for her selection of tanka, and for her dedication to POETS and support of the members. Laughing Waters has been hard at work studying the arts of haiku and tanka for some time and it is looking good!

Few moody tanka

spiny turtle
atop the river rock
sunning out
watching the leaves
swimming by my clothes

single snowflake
landing in my footprint
shivers in light breeze
moonlight shadows
my late night show

midnight sky
blooming with
meteor showers
falling around me
clusters of snow

white freshness
of the morning air
so brisk and crisp
your bath robe
against my bare skin

starry night
snow chirping
under my steps
this old house stairs
singing a happy tune

raven's feathers
with the blue undertones
shining in the moonlight
chrysanthemum petals
you sprinkle all over me

dark streets
winter's blackout
nothing but darkness
I can see when blinking
you still near the edge

frost on the window
slowly melting away
all that flowers
your fingers drew
my name in the snow

November 2016(C)Laughing waters words and photo



Special Mentions go to:

+Momolu Freeman
+Maham S.
+Kanta roy
+Clarity R. Mapengo

for their poetry and support of POETS. Many thanks everyone!

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+Isabella Kramer  on Castalia blog:
arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk/

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Poetry Book Promotions:

If you have a book of poetry you would like promoted on the Poet of the Week post for one week, please let us know.

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#POETSPROMPT

You will have noticed our POETS PROMPT category where every Monday a moderator posts a new photo prompt for all members to participate. This week's prompt host is +karen hayward

Everyone is welcome to participate and write a poem inspired by the prompt photo.



Please will all prompt participants download and use the image provided by the week's prompt moderator, and state that the photo is used with permission of that person.

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

Please also use hashtag #POETSPROMPT 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 coordinator +James polamz King

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

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Poetry Contest

+Visions In Verse runs a monthly poetry contest:
https://plus.google.com/+Visionsinverse/posts/Wwb9HMBXTDw

Poets, song writers, rappers, inspirational and other creative writers are invited to enter November 2016 Poetry Contest with the theme gratitude.

visionsinverse.com

You just about have time to enter for this month so hurry!
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Please visit POETS blog Castalia:
http://arthurturfa.blogspot.co.uk

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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.