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  1. O.C.D.

    One’s Control Delusion
    Overwhelmed with Cognitive Dissonance
    Only Creating Disharmony
    Overreacting to Circumstances of the Day
    Oblivious to Creeping Dementia
    Over Compensating for Disorder
    Organizing Chaos by Design
    Odd Conduct Displayed
    Often Causing Difficulty
    Overruling Commonsense Decisions
    Our Consuming Debilitation
    On Constant Duty
    Oh, Catastrophic Daydreams!

    Instead, let’s work to make it stand for Old Condition Defeated!

    #OCD #poetry #poem #poemsofMastodon #Tautogram

  2. We had to share just one more snippet today from our upcoming Inaugural Issue release (FEBRUARY 15)! This gem comes from an irreverent new #poem by Meredith MacLeod Davidson.

    We can’t wait to share this issue with y’all!

    #litmag #litmags #literaryjournals #literary #literature #literarymagazine #litmagazine #litmaglove #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #poemsociety #poet #writingcommunity #literaturelover #poetrylovers #poetryisnotdead #poetsofmastodon #poemsofmastodon

  3. Another #EkphrasticPoetry entry I whipped up this afternoon

    Prompt: Sally Mann “Black Eye”
    (USA) photographic negative 1991, printed 1992
    Gelatin silver print

    Note: trigger warning for ideas surrounding childhood trauma and death (poem in following toot under content warning.

    All feedback welcome. If you have any images you’d like me to write a poem for, let me know.

    #PoetryIsArt #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryByNona #PoetryMastodon #poet #PoetsOfMastodon #poem #PoemsofMastodon #PoemsByNona #writing #WritingIsArt #WritingCommunity #writer #WritersOfMastodon #childhood #ChildhoodTrauma #child #death #ekphastic #image #SallyMann #photography

  4. This is my first poem for 2023. If you have any feedback (good or bad) I’d love to hear it.

    Prompt: Christopher Burket “Forest Light, Colorado”
    (USA) 2006

    Ye, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …
    No.
    Stop.
    There is no valley here,
    Nor shadow,
    Nor death
    That holds a light to that which I see before me –
    Tall trees;
    Golden light;
    Cool, aching breeze against my cheek
    That reminds me
    Of all the promises
    Dropped like leaves
    From broken branches
    Onto the decaying souls
    Of yesterday’s summer
    While fresh life springs forth,
    Against odds
    And autumn’s steady march
    Into that cold winter gloom,
    High above the world –
    Verdant and new
    Atop the slender legs of arboreal giants
    Who wait for no man
    Nor beast,
    Nor dark deity painted white,
    As they reach
    To worship a sun
    That regards theirs existence
    As the elephant regards the ant.

    #WritingIsArt #writing #WritingCommunity #writer #WritersOfMastodon #PoetryIsArt #poetry #PoetryMastodon #Poems #PoemsOfMastodon #EkphrasticPoetry

  5. I’m excited that the #EkphrasticPoetry group I’m in has started up again this week. I’ve been very lazy over the Christmas / New Year period about writing anything new so it’s good to have some external accountability and validation.

    Shout out to any #publishers looking for poetry, I have many ready to go for multiple books (both published on my blog and unpublished) so please reach out if you’re interested.

    #WritingIsArt #writing #WritingCommunity #writer #WritersOfMastodon #PoetryIsArt #poetry #PoetryMastodon #Poems #PoemsOfMastodon

  6. Some people love their time in the military, others do not. I’ve known people in both camps. I know people who still serve. This won’t reflect everyone’s perspective, it’s just one perspective.

    nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.c

    Let me know what you think, especially if you’re current or former military.

    #poem #PoemsByNona #poetry #PoetryByNona #PoemsOfMastodon #PoetryMastodon #PoetryCommunity #writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryIsArt #WritingIsArt #Military

  7. I wrote this just as before the summer of 2020/2021 in Australia. The summer before had been horrific and this was for all the firefighters (paid and volunteers) and those who lived through the bushfires defending homes, buildings, livestock and loved ones. This summer has been much milder but the fear of another like 2019/2020 hangs over everyone, especially those who live close to fire prone areas.

    If you have a moment, please read the full poem.

    nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.c

    #poem #PoemsByNona #PoemsOfMastodon #poetry #PoetryByNona #PoetryMastodon #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForPurpose #PoetryIsArt #writing #WritingCommunity #WritingIsArt #WritersOfMastodon #fires #bushfires #australia #summer #SummerFires #SummerInAustralia

  8. Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar is a recent shot, literally taken a couple of days ago. I love my city, I just wish it wasn’t filled with people when I want to take photos 😂

    The poem is “Requiem for a Society” and while I haven’t put a #ContentWarning on this post as a whole, I will suggest a CW for the poem as it deals with mental health (I’ve struggled with whether to say exactly what the issue is because I don’t want to ruin the end but I don’t want to upset anyone either). Maybe send me a private toot if you’re unsure about whether you want to read it.
    nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.c

    As always, let me know what you think, or what you’d like to see/read in the future.

    #photo #photography #cityscape #sydney #buildings #manmade #centrepoint #poem #PoemsByNona #PoemsOfMastodon #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryByNona #PoetryMastodon #writing #writer #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #MentalHealth