Poets' Practice Pad (Forum) http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums.php/item_id/1013410-Poets-Practice-Pad Thanks, [Link To User staine] [Link To Item #1624173] [Link To Item #1624319] [Image #1722422] [Link To Item #1569967] [Link To Item #1530602] [Image #125249] [Image #748946] image by SMS Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:18:47 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2162415 Bitem linking does take some getting used to. [Link To Item #1723339] [Image #1713886] [Image #6000] Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:10:01 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2162113 Robert Lee Brewer on Poettues (from Writer's Digest) has a chapbook challenge for November. It is a good opportunity for our poets to step in the limelight and maybe get a chapbook out. I can't participate because I'm doing the NaNo. Anyhow, take a look: [Link: 'http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/2010/09/24/2010NovemberPADC...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:32:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2152574 Forgive... As I mused Upon an old grudge, I sighed. 'If Today was Your Last Day' Floated in, Jarring my thoughts As familiar words Washed over me, "Would you call those friends you've never seen? Reminisce old memories? Would you forgive your enemies?" The question Loomed, Playing out Within my psyche, Yet I knew ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:19:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2110634 re:number 18 You say it's Love? Love is what you say you have for me Yet where it is I have yet to see. You take it for granted that I really am there You treat me like a doll on a shelf You really don't care I can see you watching me From far away You only get closer when it is convenient for you You are only happy with me when thin...[Read Full Post] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:19:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2110580 I'm glad you liked it. I liked the prompt to be sure. It took me right to the scene. Copenator out! [Link To Item #1651638] Now open for package and GP donations through 7-3. Auction bids begin 7-2. Visit my friends Custom Sig shop. I'm not just a friend, I'm a customer too. [Link To Item #1478986] [Link To Item #1659763] [...[Read Full Post] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:25:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2110568 Your fog took my breath away. Thanks, Steve. My reviewing criteria: A three-star rating means average. My opinions are only opinions. [Image #1645926] shareable image no:1645926 If you send your review returns to RAOK, you're welcome to use this sig. [Link To Item #1569967] [Link To Item #1530602] ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:24:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2110271 Folding in upon itself. Blocking out any view. It's thick and dewy wet. Like breathing water ashore. Of where it goes or from whence it comes, One can but guess and to the mist succumb. The sky invisible and the ground ethereal. Golly gee it's like pea soup around here. Bump! "Ouch. That tree wasn't there a minute ago. Ah, ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:23:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2110191 It is true, Joy, and my boss would not appreciate it. She's kind of not that kind of person. She would focus on the wanting to quit part which is really not an option. She is nice and sweet up front but then she is a back stabber when you're not looking so I'd rather not supply any daggers. I like your forum. I may drop by from time ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:08:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2067686 Oh, yes, Steve, where would we be without cashiers! If this is your real job and not fiction, show this poem to your manager. I hope he/she appreciates you. Thanks for an eye-opener poem. [Image #1645926] shareable image no:1645926 If you send some or all of your review returns to RAOK, you're welcome to use this sig. [Link T...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:38:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2067250 I Am A Cashier by Steve Cope 03-30-2010 Prompt #33, Poet's Practice Pad I am a cashier at Walgreens Working overnight you find many scenes. From nine-thirty p.m. to seven-thirty a.m., some times My home is filled with a myriad of characters. You have your drunks Who can't pull up their trunks. You have your punks Who look like they...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:54:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2067128 [Link To Item #1651872] [Image #1379784] [Image #1389625] Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:01:23 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2054689 I just finished a poem that has been in revision, or at least, shut down for a while. I have been reworking it over the last few days, and though it needs more work, I'm sure--it feels done for now. I place it here because I believe that Prompt #22 may have been its Genisis. [Link To Item #1558723] [Image #1379784] ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:48:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2032449 I hope no one will mind, but this is not from any of the listed prompts - it's a submission to another contest, but... it's MY FUNNIEST POEM...EVER! I really wanted to share it with all of you! [Link To Item #1635229] Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:11:38 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2024017 Superb! A scary narrative poem a la Poe. Thanks for writing for the prompt. I hope you write more. [Image #1629706] [Link To Item #1569967] [Link To Item #1530602] [Image #1621835] [Link To Item #1214629] [Image #125249] [Image #748...[Read Full Post] Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:02:09 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2018611 Poet's Practice Pad Prompt: #39 [Write a poem from the perspective of a person, seeing ghosts as he or she walks through a haunted house.] -------------------------- She walked in rags torn and frail bowing her head beneath a veil toward the bricks she treaded lightly through the wall turning slightly a petal soft cry w...[Read Full Post] Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:04:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2018508 Oh, A paradelle! Delightful! Way back when, (probably 6-7 years ago) we had a paradelle fad going on this site. I think I still have a couple of those poems somewhere in my port. It is difficult to write but so much fun and one can get so many different meanings from a few words. You did a wonderful job, Nova. [Link To Item #1569967] [Image #1343104] [Link To...[Read Full Post] Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:55:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1940248 [Link to Book Entry #659082] Sláinte agus Síocháin, Health and Peace, NOVAcatmando [Link To Item #1531383] Come visit my Plog: [Link To Item #1520310] [Image #1496364] [Image #1379784] Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:32:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1940096 The sniveling worm that you are, forgotten and clueless, you stay in the garage out of my sentimentality instead of slithering on the street then stopping out of breath, and refusing to make a left. The only reason I keep you is because once upon a time you carried my kids, their teammates, and the only dog I had. No dawdling engine can match your performance, your clums...[Read Full Post] Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:48:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1924874 [Link To Item #1552184] [Image #1379784] [Image #1389625] Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:04:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1896532 I loved this. I loved how you told the truth about ghosts or rather real people. [Link To Item #1530602] [Image #1461096] [Image #1514072] [Image #1219461] [Image #1455498] [Image #748946] image by SMS ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:51:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1887536 Great poem. Quite original, too. [Link To Item #1530602] [Image #1461096] [Image #1514072] [Image #1219461] [Image #125249] [Image #748946] image by SMS ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:50:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1887535 Prompt # 39: Write a poem from the perspective of a person, seeing ghosts as he or she walks through a haunted house (variation of). [Link To Item #1547195] [Image #1379784] [Image #1389625] Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:52:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1887488 Prompt #19: Write a poem about repetion, of things, events, ect. repeating themselves. Pay attention to the idea that everthing may repeat itself, but not in the same way. [Link To Item #1547124] [Image #1379784] [Image #1389625] Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:12:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1887350 Delightful! And funny, too. Well, sort of, in a creepy crawly way. Ka-RAOK-e! [Image #1537013] [Link To Item #1530839] [Link To Item #1530602] [Image #1461096] [Image #1219461] [Image #1514072] [Image #997276] [Image...[Read Full Post] Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:25:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1884874