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  1. 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?

    Kindly note: All entries for the W3 poetry prompt must be the original work of the submitting author. AI-generated poetry is not permitted.

    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.
    #Community #CreativeWriting #Drama #Moments #Poem #Poetry #Prompt #Restrictions #Syllables #W3
  2. Mother’s Day, or: Jerusalem for generations

    A ‘Dectina Refrain’

    home
    once more
    with loved ones
    this Mother’s Day
    Baka night jasmine
    the shuk loud and busy
    old stones absorbing the sun
    windmill turning through the twilight
    Jerusalem for generations
    home once more with loved ones this Mother’s Day

    Dectina Refrain

    • Syllabic: Ten lines – 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 syllables;
    • Refrain: The 10th line is comprised of the first four lines all together as one stand alone line in quotation marks.

    W3 poetry prompt

    For this week’s W3, Dawn encourages us to compose mother-themed dectina refrains.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #DectinaRefrain #Family #Israel #Jerusalem #Love #Mother #MotherSDay #Poem #Poetry #Visit #W3
  3. Bread, or: A breadth of taste

    A Sijo

    at the long table, hands
    place bowls, wind threads, and pluck the strings;
    a child tries a new word for bread
    steadies the bowl as someone pours;
    he asks which ones are theirs—
    he tastes from each one in its turn

    W3 poetry prompt

    For this week’s W3, Yvette encourages us to step away from reality and imagine something entirely new. We are to compose poems that explore a fictional world—utopian or dystopian, our choice.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Culture #Curiosity #Difference #Exploration #Learning #Poem #Poetry #Sharing #Sijo #Utopia #W3
  4. Incoming, or: Push notification

    A ‘Cameo’ poem

    phone screens 
    flare up, an alert 
    ringing across Jerusalem 
    Zoom meeting 
    participants brace, alert for 
    sirens—ready to shelter— 
    mobile 

    W3 poetry prompt

    For our W3 prompt this week, Lesley encourages us to compose poems in the cameo form:

    • Form: Cameo;
      • Heptastich (a poem in 7 lines);
      • Syllabic: 2-5-8-3-8-7-2 syllables per line;
      • Unrhymed, but end words should be strong.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Cameo #Danger #Iran #Israel #Jerusalem #Poem #Poetry #Sirens #Terrorism #W3 #War
  5. Incoming, or: Push notification

    A ‘Cameo’ poem

    phone screens 
    flare up, an alert 
    ringing across Jerusalem 
    Zoom meeting 
    participants brace, alert for 
    sirens—ready to shelter— 
    mobile 

    W3 poetry prompt

    For our W3 prompt this week, Lesley encourages us to compose poems in the cameo form:

    • Form: Cameo;
      • Heptastich (a poem in 7 lines);
      • Syllabic: 2-5-8-3-8-7-2 syllables per line;
      • Unrhymed, but end words should be strong.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Cameo #Danger #Iran #Israel #Jerusalem #Poem #Poetry #Sirens #Terrorism #W3 #War
  6. What happens if one ignores the errors shown by validator.w3.org while writing html?

    #html #w3 #WebErrors

  7. What happens if one ignores the errors shown by validator.w3.org while writing html?

    #html #w3 #WebErrors

  8. What happens if one ignores the errors shown by validator.w3.org while writing html?

  9. W3Rooster does not trust…

    W3Rooster does not trust default router assumptions. Every contract is tested against dry-run swaps, reversed routes, and edge-case fee paths to ensure no unexpected pair fallback occurs. #W3Rooster #W3 #Blockchain

    w3rooster.com/w3rooster-does-n