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W3 Prompt #212: 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:

‘brick-breath’ by AJ Wilson

raised from clay and sweat
i lean beneath green tangled vines
my mouth -
shaped almost like a question
keeps darkness folded carefully inside

once
barefoot children tumbled through me
laughing mud and apple-juice
their shadows jingled brighter than rain
lovers pressed initials
into my ribs of fired earth
while birds stitched afternoon above me

now
silence roots itself at my feet
seasons drop feathers and brittle leaves
while i
watch sunlight fracture
through wild branches

still
i stand - openly closed
foxes sleeping within my shadow
each dusk
sunlight breaks in thin pieces
and silence enters wearing the smell
of vanished gardens

II. Ange’s prompt: One-syllable challenge

For this week’s W3 challenge, writers are invited to capture a dramatic moment in just a handful of lines — a storm breaking, a glass shattering, a door slamming, a sudden realization, or any instant where something changes sharply or unexpectedly.

You may write in any poetic form, with the following restrictions:

1. Your poem must be between 5 and 8 lines long.
2. Every single word in the poem must be one syllable long.
3. You are allowed one multi-syllable word — but it must appear as the very last word of the poem.

Have fun with the tension this creates. Sometimes the smallest words carry the greatest force.

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, May 25, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

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

‘Flood Tide’ by Srijita (Hope)

Ma,
your love
rages loud
through all your loss.
It does not whimper.
It does not hesitate.
How does your heart carry on
knowing the softness it will miss?
Your strength swells, a river in flood tide.
Ma, your love rages loud through all your loss.

Good #Edinburgh things: today, the cherry blossom is out, and so is this new track from Boards of Canada 😍

Inspired by @brianbilston I tried to turn this post into a Haiku but find myself defeated by the impossibility of determining how many syllables there are in the word Edinburgh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bghDcbzfEU

#Music #Syllables

Hype for the Future 94A: Syllables Required to Pronounce Numbers in American English

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/hype-for-the-future-94a-syllables-required-to-pronounce-numbers-in-american-english/

Noticing someone with a double-barrelled last name and long first name.

Made me remember a person I met with a triple hyphenated last name! Must've been tough to wield day-to-day!

A #poll…

For your regular every-day name, eg introducing yourself (not your full legal name) how many syllables does it take to say it?

#names #syllables

🔥 Germany's latest "freedom" move: slap a hefty €8,400 fine for a few pesky #syllables. Maybe they should fine themselves for the 403 Forbidden error instead—because nobody wants to read that either. 😂🚫
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/e8400-fine-for-three-words-germanys-latest-assault-on-free-speech/ #Germany #Freedom #Fines #Humor #403Forbidden #HackerNews #ngated

@art @pluralistic
:-) spelling error, its got 2 ts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

en-shit-ti-fi-ca-tion its got more #syllables that some of the phrases (they dont really speak in complete sentences) used by #conservatives.

Its important that we teach our young correct spelling, dont want them to grow up spelling like a conservative.

#enshittification

In my books and courses, you're not just learning words; you're embracing the essence of Hebrew by mastering the perfect pronunciation and intonation. This could not be more important, because in Hebrew, like in the words "rice" and "packing" (present tense, singular masculine), the stress on different syllables completely changes the meaning of the word. And these words are not a single case. Far from it!

That's where my PSP (Phonetic System for Pronunciation) comes into play. It's a game-changer in language learning. I've designed this system to guide you effortlessly through the nuances of Hebrew pronunciation. How?

By marking the stressed syllable with a ' sign. It makes it crystal clear which syllable should be emphasized. This "small" detail makes a massive difference in ensuring you’re understood correctly, sound just like a native speaker, and most importantly - say the right word.

#languagelearning #hebrew #rice #packing #languagecourse #syllables

@stancarey catalá knows síl·labas very well! (see also pel·lícula, parcel·la, etc - these to differentiate from spanish ‘elle’) #syllables #catalá

What the hell are syllables anyway

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/25/english-do-syllables-exist-linguists

#language #linguistics #phonology #phonetics #syllables