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W3 Prompt #228: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Light Years Away’ by Reena Saxena

the final year grade sheet
once applauded
yellowing in old files

the name on the epitaph
my favorite teacher
acknowledges the flowers

she does not have my number saved
we used to visit each other
unannounced

new buildings mock
memories buried
beneath development

II. Reena’s prompt: Pantoum

This week, I invite you to explore the music of repetition by writing a pantoum on any theme or subject.

A pantoum unfolds in four-line stanzas, with each stanza carrying two lines into the next:

• The second line becomes the first line of the next stanza.
• The fourth line becomes the third line of the next stanza.
• Add new lines in the second and fourth positions, letting the repeated lines gather fresh meaning in their new surroundings.

Continue for as many stanzas as you like. To bring the poem full circle, the final stanza traditionally uses the opening stanza’s third line as its second line, and the poem’s opening line as its closing line.

For inspiration, read my pantoum, “Pockets of Happiness”. Explore this guide to writing a pantoum, and try this handy pantoum-writing tool to keep your repeating lines in place.

Let your lines return—and see what new meanings they gather along the way!

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Sept. 14, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Nigel, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Michelle wrote:

‘Even when I smile’ by Nigel Byng

Red clouds rest on golden skies
Even nature flirts and lies
Promise broken, don’t you cry
Clouds move on, and I just sigh

The sun still shines, heavy rain falls
Nature beckons, and she calls
We respond like Know it Alls
Even trees bow when night crawls

Even when  Kiskadee sings
Question what the day will bring
The pendulum is made to swing
Love may cling, or love may sting.

W3 Prompt #228: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Light Years Away’ by Reena Saxena

the final year grade sheet
once applauded
yellowing in old files

the name on the epitaph
my favorite teacher
acknowledges the flowers

she does not have my number saved
we used to visit each other
unannounced

new buildings mock
memories buried
beneath development

II. Reena’s prompt: Pantoum

This week, I invite you to explore the music of repetition by writing a pantoum on any theme or subject.

A pantoum unfolds in four-line stanzas, with each stanza carrying two lines into the next:

• The second line becomes the first line of the next stanza.
• The fourth line becomes the third line of the next stanza.
• Add new lines in the second and fourth positions, letting the repeated lines gather fresh meaning in their new surroundings.

Continue for as many stanzas as you like. To bring the poem full circle, the final stanza traditionally uses the opening stanza’s third line as its second line, and the poem’s opening line as its closing line.

For inspiration, read my pantoum, “Pockets of Happiness”. Explore this guide to writing a pantoum, and try this handy pantoum-writing tool to keep your repeating lines in place.

Let your lines return—and see what new meanings they gather along the way!

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Sept. 14, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Nigel, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Michelle wrote:

‘Even when I smile’ by Nigel Byng

Red clouds rest on golden skies
Even nature flirts and lies
Promise broken, don’t you cry
Clouds move on, and I just sigh

The sun still shines, heavy rain falls
Nature beckons, and she calls
We respond like Know it Alls
Even trees bow when night crawls

Even when  Kiskadee sings
Question what the day will bring
The pendulum is made to swing
Love may cling, or love may sting.

W3 Prompt #228: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Light Years Away’ by Reena Saxena

the final year grade sheet
once applauded
yellowing in old files

the name on the epitaph
my favorite teacher
acknowledges the flowers

she does not have my number saved
we used to visit each other
unannounced

new buildings mock
memories buried
beneath development

II. Reena’s prompt: Pantoum

This week, I invite you to explore the music of repetition by writing a pantoum on any theme or subject.

A pantoum unfolds in four-line stanzas, with each stanza carrying two lines into the next:

• The second line becomes the first line of the next stanza.
• The fourth line becomes the third line of the next stanza.
• Add new lines in the second and fourth positions, letting the repeated lines gather fresh meaning in their new surroundings.

Continue for as many stanzas as you like. To bring the poem full circle, the final stanza traditionally uses the opening stanza’s third line as its second line, and the poem’s opening line as its closing line.

For inspiration, read my pantoum, “Pockets of Happiness”. Explore this guide to writing a pantoum, and try this handy pantoum-writing tool to keep your repeating lines in place.

Let your lines return—and see what new meanings they gather along the way!

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Sept. 14, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Nigel, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Michelle wrote:

‘Even when I smile’ by Nigel Byng

Red clouds rest on golden skies
Even nature flirts and lies
Promise broken, don’t you cry
Clouds move on, and I just sigh

The sun still shines, heavy rain falls
Nature beckons, and she calls
We respond like Know it Alls
Even trees bow when night crawls

Even when  Kiskadee sings
Question what the day will bring
The pendulum is made to swing
Love may cling, or love may sting.

W3 Prompt #228: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Light Years Away’ by Reena Saxena

the final year grade sheet
once applauded
yellowing in old files

the name on the epitaph
my favorite teacher
acknowledges the flowers

she does not have my number saved
we used to visit each other
unannounced

new buildings mock
memories buried
beneath development

II. Reena’s prompt: Pantoum

This week, I invite you to explore the music of repetition by writing a pantoum on any theme or subject.

A pantoum unfolds in four-line stanzas, with each stanza carrying two lines into the next:

• The second line becomes the first line of the next stanza.
• The fourth line becomes the third line of the next stanza.
• Add new lines in the second and fourth positions, letting the repeated lines gather fresh meaning in their new surroundings.

Continue for as many stanzas as you like. To bring the poem full circle, the final stanza traditionally uses the opening stanza’s third line as its second line, and the poem’s opening line as its closing line.

For inspiration, read my pantoum, “Pockets of Happiness”. Explore this guide to writing a pantoum, and try this handy pantoum-writing tool to keep your repeating lines in place.

Let your lines return—and see what new meanings they gather along the way!

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Sept. 14, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Nigel, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Michelle wrote:

‘Even when I smile’ by Nigel Byng

Red clouds rest on golden skies
Even nature flirts and lies
Promise broken, don’t you cry
Clouds move on, and I just sigh

The sun still shines, heavy rain falls
Nature beckons, and she calls
We respond like Know it Alls
Even trees bow when night crawls

Even when  Kiskadee sings
Question what the day will bring
The pendulum is made to swing
Love may cling, or love may sting.

W3 Prompt #228: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Light Years Away’ by Reena Saxena

the final year grade sheet
once applauded
yellowing in old files

the name on the epitaph
my favorite teacher
acknowledges the flowers

she does not have my number saved
we used to visit each other
unannounced

new buildings mock
memories buried
beneath development

II. Reena’s prompt: Pantoum

This week, I invite you to explore the music of repetition by writing a pantoum on any theme or subject.

A pantoum unfolds in four-line stanzas, with each stanza carrying two lines into the next:

• The second line becomes the first line of the next stanza.
• The fourth line becomes the third line of the next stanza.
• Add new lines in the second and fourth positions, letting the repeated lines gather fresh meaning in their new surroundings.

Continue for as many stanzas as you like. To bring the poem full circle, the final stanza traditionally uses the opening stanza’s third line as its second line, and the poem’s opening line as its closing line.

For inspiration, read my pantoum, “Pockets of Happiness”. Explore this guide to writing a pantoum, and try this handy pantoum-writing tool to keep your repeating lines in place.

Let your lines return—and see what new meanings they gather along the way!

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Sept. 14, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Nigel, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Michelle wrote:

‘Even when I smile’ by Nigel Byng

Red clouds rest on golden skies
Even nature flirts and lies
Promise broken, don’t you cry
Clouds move on, and I just sigh

The sun still shines, heavy rain falls
Nature beckons, and she calls
We respond like Know it Alls
Even trees bow when night crawls

Even when  Kiskadee sings
Question what the day will bring
The pendulum is made to swing
Love may cling, or love may sting.