2023 Poem-A-Week Discussion Thread

[Lyricalli]

Calli "Otherside" is really, really good. Such strong and fluid evocative writing! Also I love that song,

Thank you! It's one of those songs that I've known forever, but it was just around, if that makes sense. A friend of mine recently started playing it at his gigs, so I really started listening to it. Then, somehow... poem. I was a little on the fence about it, so your compliment is very much appreciated.

 

[Piscator]

Calli's last lines deserve much more than a

 

[Mrtenant]

The poems this week are outstanding. You guys inspire me to want and try to write better.

 

[Lyricalli]

Calli's last lines deserve much more than a

Y'all are spoiling me. Thank you

 

[Ambient4190]

Wonderer67:

In '2023 Poem a Week Proposal' dated Dec 27,2022 Angeline writes "Just do your best. If 52 (or however many) first draft poems work for you, fine". Difficult to write a ready to be published poem in a week!

You get to spend so much time outdoors it seems (I'm jealous) - there are a million topics outdoors alone i.e. seasons, animals, grass, plants, trees, werewolves, elfs, fairies.....

Glad you aren't quitting! I hope no one else drops out. Wish more would join!

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

godessofglee wasn't joking in her latest poem in A Poem a Week. Lots of internal rhyming. Loved it.

 

[Angeline]

Kudos to all of you who are writing here. I feel like there's synergy developing between and across poets: people are picking up on each other's poems and getting inspired, in some cases seeming to me to push out of their comfort zones. I'm seeing more form work and folks experimenting with rhyme. Mrtenant, I think your latest works really well. Elegant rhyming! And Other Man is terrific with rhyming word play. Your poems kind of remind me of the poet Piet Hein and his "Grooks" (a style he came up with that is very appealing). Tzara even when you're uninspired you rock. And GP is unfailingly inspiring, even if she's just reminding us that inspiration is out there. I hope I find some! The last few weeks have been a real slog for me. Ugh.

If you haven't posted for a while please come back whenever the spirit moves you. I'm only counting my own poems. Ain't no shame in this game!

 

[Wonderer67]

Wonderer67:

In '2023 Poem a Week Proposal' dated Dec 27,2022 Angeline writes "Just do your best. If 52 (or however many) first draft poems work for you, fine". Difficult to write a ready to be published poem in a week!

You get to spend so much time outdoors it seems (I'm jealous) - there are a million topics outdoors alone i.e. seasons, animals, grass, plants, trees, werewolves, elfs, fairies.....

Glad you aren't quitting! I hope no one else drops out. Wish more would join!

Thank you. I dunno, I don’t feel very confident about my writing at all. I’m just getting it out there, I suppose.

Feeling better this week about it.

I don’t think I was thinking too seriously abt quitting. Maybe it’s more of a testament to the talent I see on these poems. There are some amazingly strong ones.

 

[Wonderer67]

I’m on a writing kick and the words are coming to me.

Question: I have some poems, but it’s somewhat grim content. I almost don’t want to post it and think I may just keep it for myself.

Not sure, but would love to hear what you think. It’s kind of ugly.

 

[Mrtenant]

I’m on a writing kick and the words are coming to me.

Question: I have some poems, but it’s somewhat grim content. I almost don’t want to post it and think I may just keep it for myself.

Not sure, but would love to hear what you think. It’s kind of ugly.

I hear you. Your choice. You are a good writer. No mistake. I think about this exercise from the standpoint that Angeline first posted about.

To me, it is a body of work that I could put into a chapbook by year end. I said something along the lines of no sadness. I have steered away from the darkest stuff that I've made since this all started, and just filed those away and try to stick to my expectations of myself. To me, one poem, can stand alone all on its own well enough. But a body of work, of several poems, is something else entirely. It shows a growth and change over time in a sort of progression.

As a member of the audience for this exercise, I am enjoying everything that everyone is writing. So much of it it is so evocative. The wordsmithing has been fantastic.

 

[Lyricalli]

I’m on a writing kick and the words are coming to me.

Question: I have some poems, but it’s somewhat grim content. I almost don’t want to post it and think I may just keep it for myself.

Not sure, but would love to hear what you think. It’s kind of ugly.

In reply to your comment before this, about being confident about your writing... I'm not sure how many of us are, to be honest. There's always someone/something that we can compare ourselves to that make us feel like we're lacking, but if we also use that as motivation to improve our own voice, I think that's okay. When it comes down to it, the only one who has your voice is you, and I think that means something.

As for grim content, there are some threads in this forum where that material might fit, if you decide that you do want to post it, but don't necessarily want to put it in the Poem a Week challenge. One that comes to mind is 13 o'clock, but there may be others that fit whatever your themes are, or you could start a new one, as long as your poems are within the boundaries set by Lit.

 

[Ambient4190]

...my drawal is impacting mines countin' on fingers & toes thus:

5 (4,5,6..)
7 (6,7,8..)
5 (4,5,6..)

LOL!! ..have a miighty fiine weekn'd ya'll

 

[Piscator]

@Wonderer67 it is what it is.

Thank you. I dunno, I don’t feel very confident about my writing at all. I’m just getting it out there, I suppose.

Feeling better this week about it.

I don’t think I was thinking too seriously abt quitting. Maybe it’s more of a testament to the talent I see on these poems. There are some amazingly strong ones.

Wonderer - just write and see where it goes - you have a wealth of experience to draw on and we alll have our own style.

Here's i bit I wrote on the subject a while back. I hope it helps.

This ain't my day job​

Some people go to therapy
myself, I write bad poetry
and if I show too much of me
please do not think the less of me.

From anonymous cubes throughout the land
we pen iambic pentameter with nervous hand
then sent using elegant HTML command
with push of a button - whole continents spanned
this isn’t in budget, this wasn’t planned
and worse than that, it doesn’t scan
but it is.

Some people go to therapy ,
myself, I write bad poetry
and lest you think the less of me
I mask it all with irony.

Quite a while back to be honest, I haven't knowingly touched HTML for years.

 

[Ambient4190]

QTR1 DOWN! (first quarter complete)

Congratulations All!!

Anyone on the fence about joining the challenge - please jump in!

Love reading everyone's poems

....on to 2nd QTR

 

[Piscator]

Angeline's Transcendent is,

 

[Piscator]

Angeline's Transcendent is.

 

[Angeline]

Angeline's Transcendent is.

 

[Wonderer67]

QTR1 DOWN! (first quarter complete)

Congratulations All!!

Anyone on the fence about joining the challenge - please jump in!

Love reading everyone's poems

....on to 2nd QTR

Wow! Im amazed by all of the great work here. Feeling better about my own work. This has been a good challenge for me. There’s been no shortage recently of words spilling into paper and onto computer screens.

Good luck in the second quarter, all.

And if anyone else ways to join in, I sez c’mon in, the waters nice.

 

[Piscator]

Welcome all new writers - great to see new peop;e in PFD.

 

[Ambient4190]

'Shake it Off'

..a perfect segue to Monday morn - put on a suit, armor (make-up), and get back in the fight..

thank you Mrtenant

 

[Lyricalli]

@Tzara, Love, or Something is delightful, and I truly enjoyed that unexpected twist of an ending. That was a giggle I didn't even know I needed tonight.

 

[Tzara]

@Tzara, Love, or Something is delightful, and I truly enjoyed that unexpected twist of an ending. That was a giggle I didn't even know I needed tonight.

Thanks, Calli.

 

[Mrtenant]

'Shake it Off'

..a perfect segue to Monday morn - put on a suit, armor (make-up), and get back in the fight..

thank you Mrtenant

Awesome. That's what its all about. Glad you liked.

 

[Angeline]

We're eighteen weeks into the challenge and I'm so impressed by the poems and the way you're hanging in there! The core group is keeping it going and I still hope others will join in or rejoin. Everyone is welcome!

Btw GP I think your "After the Typhoon" is absolutely beautiful. You've been very successful (as has Tzara) in using a variety of narrators in your poems. I find that difficult (using a voice not "me"), but you've conquered it. I'm gonna have to push myself to try.

Oh and I know this isn't the right thread, technically but I'm really enjoying reading Butters here again: beautiful writing as always. I love your chicken poem in Writing Live!

Keep it going poetry fam: may the muses be with you all!

 

[Ambient4190]

....yes, OtherMan, you are 'known'

your words
your style
your tone
your thoughtfulness

we all are actually - those who participate

(admittedly sometimes i have to read your poems 3x LOL!)