poetry prompt – Page 4 – Susan Joy Clark

Creative Life, Poetry

Cabin in the Woods, #Paint Chip Poetry Rondelet

Cabin in the Woods

Sweet cabin mine,

Hidden among the forest trees,

Sweet cabin mine,

Surrounded by divine design,

By day, I observe honeybees,

By night, a firefly’s light I see,

Sweet cabin mine.

The challenge from Linda Kruschke of Another Fearless Year this week is to write a rondelet, using one (or more) of the pictured paint chip colors, and using “cabin in the woods” as a title.

According to The Poetry Dictionary by John Drury, a rondelet is …

RONDELET (ron-deh-lay’; French, “little rondel”) A form consisting of seven lines, with a refrain and only two rhymes. The rhyme and refrain scheme is AbAabbA (capital A = refrain). The refrain lines (A) each contain four syllables; the other lines (a and b) each contain eight syllables.

Creative Life, Poetry

Carnival Ducky — A Limerick

There once was a carnival ducky,

Who wasn’t so terribly lucky,

Each night, as he swum,

He was shot in the bum,

But my, that ducky was plucky!

It’s fun to be silly. This was written for Carrot Ranch Literary Community’s Anyone Can Poem limerick challenge.

Creative Life, Poetry

The Reluctant Adventurer

I would really like to travel,

And I would like to stay at home.

I would like to have adventures

But don’t want to do them alone.

I would like to go exploring,

But I don’t like getting lost.

I would risk a business venture,

But I am fearful of the cost.

I relate to Bilbo Baggins,

Reluctant adventurers we.

A little worried of troubles

That I can or can not foresee.

In spite of all these worries,

In fresh waters, I dip a toe,

While stretching my parameters

As far and wide as they will go.

Just as I was ready to post, I noticed this quote and image in my WordPress Reader feed from Elena of Short Wisdom. It seemed so appropriate. Check out Elena’s site for other quotes.

This poem was written for the dVerse Poetics challenge, with the requirement that it had to include the word “risk.”

Creative Life, Poetry

Into and Out of the Blue, #Paint Chip Poetry

So, here is another paint chip poetry challenge from Linda Kruschke. We were challenged to use 10 out of 15 of these paint chip colors from the picture below in a poem form of our choice. My last and only other time using this prompt, I only had to choose two. This seemed much more challenging, but it can’t be harder than magnetic poetry, can it?

I look in your eyes,

deep pools of blue,

reflecting clear skies

just before the rain,

and suddenly,

out of the blue,

my gray world

has turned technicolor,

and I’m on the

yellow brick road,

lined with sunflowers

and watermelon vines,

soaking in the sunshine;

my universe somersaulted —

a total eclipse.

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Butterfly Friend, #Decima, #Haiku, #Ronovan Writes Challenge

Butterfly lights upon my cheek,

It seems to make itself at home,

Freezing like a sculpture of Rome,

I welcome it; its friendship seek,

Though I am strong, and it is weak.

A mosquito’s friendship I’d reject,

A honeybee, I would protect,

Although in a more distant way,

My butterfly’s welcome to stay,

A better friendship, I suspect.

wings flutter in air,

wisps of antennae tickle,

a butterfly’s kiss

This was written for Ronovan Writes decima challenge. The requirement was to put “cheek” in the A rhyme line. Ronovan suggested tying the decima in with the haiku challenge, using the words “air” and “wisp.”