POET OF THE WEEK
June 6th 2018
Happy happy Wednesday everyone!
This week I want to celebrate the work of +Edward Means in his poetry he utilises imagery, captures moments and creates vivid short pieces of writing that are striking and perfectly fitting to the photographs that he shares along side. Well done Edward, it is a pleasure to read your work and a pleasure to have you within our community
One synonymous
one unusual
one's simply say,
focus is beautiful.
Edward S Means Jr.
5/30/2018.
Special mentions
+John Duffy John delivers us masterpieces of writing time and time again, a talented wordsmith his writing is striking, sensual, romantic, spiritual and flexible! His encouragement within the community is felt by many, thank you John.
+Fifi Lagachette If you've not checked out Fifi's writing...then do, he writes in his native tongue and provides an English translation below, his poetry is beautifully diverse and well written, it is a pleasure to have Fifi within our community
+Larry Norris - Smouldering Soul Larry is our very own King of romantic poetry, he captures the true depth and beauty of love to absolute perfection and his encouragement and support of others is amazing, thank you Larry, it is an absolute pleasure to have you among us.
+linda bradley todd Linda is a beautifully talented lady, her imagery is vivid, striking and always adds an extra layer of depth to her poetry. Linda is a superb member and moderator, always sharing encouraging words with her peers, it is a pleasure to have Linda within our team and community.
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.
Oh how I love the shout-outs
Micro-fiction
This is a great category for exploring writing exercises such as free writing/stream of conscience writing, as well as using poetic techniques within your narrative prose. Our shout-out this week goes to +Wendy - Empathic Tigress who wrote an amazing piece of fantasy fiction that is so very worth a read!
Famous poets/poems
Thank you to +michael\holmes\hodgin * +Paul Stump and +Michael Dodd for sharing with us some classical poetry/highlighting legendary poets. For many this category offers a chance to widen their knowledge base and explore new voices and styles, thank you kindly guys for your shares!
Collections
Shout-out to our new comer Mr +Rob Skyhawk please do check out his posts in the collections/publications category where you will find his links, lovely to have you here Rob, I've a feeling you're gonna fit in just fine :)
Original Art/photography and music
Always lovely to experience the artwork of +Ricky Dowrick a very talented gentleman, thank you Ricky, and a shout-out to our talented +Edward Means
Collaborations
It's lovely to see some collabrations to celebrate this week, shout-out goes to +Lynn Terry and +Parrot Wingate on their superbly written piece, +CB Fall and Robert on the uniting of their voices in there skillful write and a shout-out to +Wendy - Empathic Tigress and +Phil Hall on their beautifully crafted piece.
Well done guys :)
Spoken word
Firstly a shout-out to +John Duffy John, is exploring a new project idea celebrating poetry as spoken word globally, please do take a moment to click through to his profile where you can gather more information :)
and secondly a shout-out to the extremely talented +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson who is continuing to gain recognition for his work and talent...well done Charlie :) and a shout -out to +John Lars Zwerenz on his spoken word piece this week.
Well done guys
haiku
Thank you +Nicholas Klacsanzky +Bukusai Ashagawa and +Sotir Georgievski for your contributions to our haiku category over the week, such highly skilled writers, you create wonderful imagery through your haiku writes :)
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 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.
June 6th 2018
Happy happy Wednesday everyone!
This week I want to celebrate the work of +Edward Means in his poetry he utilises imagery, captures moments and creates vivid short pieces of writing that are striking and perfectly fitting to the photographs that he shares along side. Well done Edward, it is a pleasure to read your work and a pleasure to have you within our community
One synonymous
one unusual
one's simply say,
focus is beautiful.
Edward S Means Jr.
5/30/2018.
Special mentions
+John Duffy John delivers us masterpieces of writing time and time again, a talented wordsmith his writing is striking, sensual, romantic, spiritual and flexible! His encouragement within the community is felt by many, thank you John.
+Fifi Lagachette If you've not checked out Fifi's writing...then do, he writes in his native tongue and provides an English translation below, his poetry is beautifully diverse and well written, it is a pleasure to have Fifi within our community
+Larry Norris - Smouldering Soul Larry is our very own King of romantic poetry, he captures the true depth and beauty of love to absolute perfection and his encouragement and support of others is amazing, thank you Larry, it is an absolute pleasure to have you among us.
+linda bradley todd Linda is a beautifully talented lady, her imagery is vivid, striking and always adds an extra layer of depth to her poetry. Linda is a superb member and moderator, always sharing encouraging words with her peers, it is a pleasure to have Linda within our team and community.
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.
Oh how I love the shout-outs
Micro-fiction
This is a great category for exploring writing exercises such as free writing/stream of conscience writing, as well as using poetic techniques within your narrative prose. Our shout-out this week goes to +Wendy - Empathic Tigress who wrote an amazing piece of fantasy fiction that is so very worth a read!
Famous poets/poems
Thank you to +michael\holmes\hodgin * +Paul Stump and +Michael Dodd for sharing with us some classical poetry/highlighting legendary poets. For many this category offers a chance to widen their knowledge base and explore new voices and styles, thank you kindly guys for your shares!
Collections
Shout-out to our new comer Mr +Rob Skyhawk please do check out his posts in the collections/publications category where you will find his links, lovely to have you here Rob, I've a feeling you're gonna fit in just fine :)
Original Art/photography and music
Always lovely to experience the artwork of +Ricky Dowrick a very talented gentleman, thank you Ricky, and a shout-out to our talented +Edward Means
Collaborations
It's lovely to see some collabrations to celebrate this week, shout-out goes to +Lynn Terry and +Parrot Wingate on their superbly written piece, +CB Fall and Robert on the uniting of their voices in there skillful write and a shout-out to +Wendy - Empathic Tigress and +Phil Hall on their beautifully crafted piece.
Well done guys :)
Spoken word
Firstly a shout-out to +John Duffy John, is exploring a new project idea celebrating poetry as spoken word globally, please do take a moment to click through to his profile where you can gather more information :)
and secondly a shout-out to the extremely talented +Charlie Ricketts-Johnson who is continuing to gain recognition for his work and talent...well done Charlie :) and a shout -out to +John Lars Zwerenz on his spoken word piece this week.
Well done guys
haiku
Thank you +Nicholas Klacsanzky +Bukusai Ashagawa and +Sotir Georgievski for your contributions to our haiku category over the week, such highly skilled writers, you create wonderful imagery through your haiku writes :)
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 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.
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