W3 Prompt #215: 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:

‘a runicible frolic’ by Artie Camenzind

II. Artie’s prompt: Drifting

Inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem Drifting:

Use either (or both) of these lines as a starting point for your poem:

• “my delicious walk in the rain”
• “what it is that music is trying to say”

You don’t need to quote them directly. Let them guide you toward a memory, a moment of wonder, an encounter with weather, music, or something else that seemed to speak in a language beyond words.

See where the drift takes you.

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, June 15, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

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

‘West/East Combo’ by D. Avery

Grown-up, or: Don’t say

W3 poetry prompt

For this week’s W3 prompt, Deanna encourages us to write a poem inspired by a nursery rhyme. We can use a nursery rhyme character, borrow a line from a nursery rhyme, or let a nursery rhyme lead us to a completely new poem.

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.

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!

W3 Prompt #214: 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:

‘West/East Combo’ by D. Avery

II. Deanna’s prompt: Mother Goose Muse

For many of us, our first introduction to poetry came through nursery rhymes — those strange, playful, memorable verses we heard long before we understood what poetry even was.

For this week’s W3 challenge, you are invited to use a nursery rhyme as inspiration for an original poem. Your poem does not need to rhyme, and it may be written in any form you choose, but please try to keep it to no more than 24 lines.

You might:

Perhaps “Humpty Dumpty” becomes a poem about aging. Perhaps “Jack and Jill” becomes a memory. Perhaps one forgotten line opens an entirely unexpected door.

If you cannot recall a favorite nursery rhyme, a list can be found on this PDF. The Poetry Foundation also has an excellent collection of nursery rhymes available online.

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, June 8, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

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

‘Door shut’ by Reena Saxena

After the rainfall, or: Before shutters rise

A Tanka–Shadorma conversation

W3 poetry prompt

For last week’s W3 prompt, Reena encourages us to combine a Western poetic form with a Japanese poetry form. In this poem, I used alternating tankas and shadormas to create a conversation about continuity, disruption, and the fleeting ways people adapt and connect within a changing Jerusalem.

The tankas draw on the older Japanese tradition’s sensitivity to continuity, impermanence, and everyday human connection, while the more modern shadormas respond in a sharper, more skeptical voice, focusing on interruption, disorientation, and the fragile traces people leave behind.

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.

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!

Never trust simulations alone.

#W3 #W3Rooster

W3 Prompt #213: 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:

‘Door shut’ by Reena Saxena

II. Reena’s prompt: East meets West

For this week’s W3 challenge, writers are invited to combine one Western poetic form with one Japanese poetic form. You may choose any one of the following combinations.

1. Cinquain + Haiku

Cinquain follows the syllabic structure of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.

Haiku may follow any of the following syllabic structures:

• 3, 5, 3
• 5, 7, 5
• Short, long, short

Both parts should either reflect the same theme, or the second part may overturn the first with a shift in mood. However, they should remain connected in some way and not read like two separate poems.

2. Shadorma Haibun

Haibun is tightly written prose, preferably nonfiction, written in first person. Replace the haiku in this format with a shadorma, and feel free to vary its placement.

You may place the shadorma at the beginning, middle, or end.

Shadorma follows the syllabic structure of 3, 5, 3, 3, 7, 5.

3. Limerick + Kyoka

Limerick is a light-hearted five-line verse with the rhyme scheme AABBA.

Kyōka is a playful Japanese verse form with the syllabic structure 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. You may use the following progression as a guide:

• Line 1: exaggerated detail
• Line 2: satirical twist
• Line 3: playful commentary
• Line 4: mocking reflection
• Line 5: comic conclusion

4. Poet’s choice

If you think you can do better by combining other Western and Japanese forms, feel free to experiment. Just let us know the names and syllabic structures of the forms you chose.

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, June 1, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

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

‘brick-breath’ by AJ Wilson