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he slowing down within what s around you i find when i think the word still there is a moment that feels so i know it has to do with the i and the ll s possibly the initial s but that s as far as i ve gotten the meanings though they are of interest because they are quite varied when i hear still i think unmoving a logical offshoot then is the meaning quiet we can have tranquility or noiselessness a little harder to see is the meaning even yet as in still i don t know about going into the storm to see how that works and to look more closely at etymology and meanings i have given you two links as to what to do with the word choose one meaning and have the poem reflect that meaning or looking at the pages i gave you or another you prefer use several synonyms within the body of the poem but not the word still or create an image that embodies stillness choose words that sound still or go your own way play with that and i look forward to seeing what arises i shall see you thursday for links and next tuesday for another prompt happy writing all 21 comments posted by margo roby on 01 03 2016 in poems poetry tags poems poetry poetry prompts still poetics serendipity 25 feb 12 56 p m san antonio listening to cracklin rosie sung by neil diamond hello all late you say well yes i walked a fast mile and a half in the cold morning air and was recovering read felt lazy however here are some things to investigate 1 the first is a correction to the post i gave you last week dale of right hand pointing apologises and says here s a revision of the call for submissions for our may issue the main change is related to our referring to 5 7 index cards when it turns out that the larger index cards are actually 5 8 so if you were out there frantically looking for 5x7s it s not your imagination there are none 2 our second is from she writes and mostly pertains to prose but can be adapted to poetry for those of you submitting especially chapbooks and who think they are at final draft stage check these ten things 3 for all you writers in the new jersey area and what with short distances there must be a whole lot of you consider a one day writing getaway with peter murphy and his gang his getaways are at the top of my writing bucket list okay get to it i will see you tuesday for a prompt and next thursday for more links happy writing everyone 4 comments posted by margo roby on 25 02 2016 in links poetry writing tags final drafts peter murphy poems poetry she writes poem tryouts stop and smell that rose 23 feb 10 52 a m san antonio listening to paul simon s album graceland one of my favourites hello all we seem to think it s spring down in this part of texas the trees are suddenly green and the birds are going nuts clearly none of them watch the weather channel because the forecast says we freeze tonight temperatures are dropping for the next several days so let us find our peaceful spot visually yes it is image day yay i am posting an image and you may respond to the scene you see but if you want some fun find a site with paintings and sift through until you find the painting that makes your insides relax post the painting with attribution with your poetic response to it whenever i come across the monet below i pause and everything in me slows down and relaxes if i were to pinpoint what affects me it s the boat something about the way it faces its colour its bare mast and the still water find your peaceful spot and i look forward to seeing them and reading your poems the poem does not have to have anything to do with you or with the painting but should probably involve peacefulness in some way i shall see you thursday for links and next tuesday hello march for our next prompt happy writing all 41 comments posted by margo roby on 23 02 2016 in exercises poems poetry tags monet peaceful poems poetry poetry prompts poetics serendipity 18 feb 10 34 a m san antonio listening to songs from the broadway musical alexander hamilton hey ho people i am back from an eating trip to atlanta granted san antonio has some good restaurants atlanta is all about food and we were spoiled for five years i am somewhat more roly poly than when i last spoke to you this might ugh involve exercise meanwhile let s see what we have 1 this first is more a reminder we know the words that should not appear in our writing but i know i get lazy with my prose and if i get lazy with my prose i might get lazy with my poetry besides the layout is fun check out jennifer frost s infographic five weak words to avoid and what to use instead any former students reading this will be laughing they know this list well 2 i grant you this next one is only of interest generally unless you live near or in or are going to visit chicago also you d need to be interested in american literature with all those caveats i still think it s exciting news the guardian posted an article about an american writers museum the first of its kind that will open in chicago in 2017 of interest the poetry foundation is one of the affiliates and is said its media director elizabeth burke dain committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture 3 trish hopkinson s where to submit nontraditional and traditional poetry is as all her articles are full of helpful information if you haven t wandered around her blog get yourself a hot drink or a cold one get comfortable and click the archives or scroll back through 4 speaking of non traditional read the interview six questions for lise quintana editor in chief allie marini batts managing editor nonbinary review then check out the links to the right beware once you start going through the other six s for you might find an afternoon gone see you tuesday for our next prompt and thursday for more links happy writing everyone 4 comments posted by margo roby on 18 02 2016 in links poetry writing tags nonbinary review poems poetry poetry links trish hopkinson weak words poetics serendipity 04 feb 8 49 a m san antonio listening to kananaka sung by keali i reichel who has one of the loveliest voices i have heard hello everyone we have another mild sunshiny day to enjoy i hope things are as mild where you are shall we get to it 1 the first link was sent to me by sasha palmer the paris review posted a piece of correspondence from horace walpole to horace mann in 1754 regarding the invention of the word serendipity the piece is short and fun to read 2 i receive right hand pointing s newsletter and they have two items of interest in the latest issue the first is their latest volume of poetry of particular interest because it is their first haiku issue the second is a rather interesting call for submissions check it out because i can see several of you wanting to give this a try 3 galley cat s latest infographic is about the weird writing practices of authors by maryann yin i love their infographics so you will often see them here brief and to the point today but plenty to play with the blog and i will be dark for ten days or so i will see you again probably thursday after next for more links happy writing all 2 comments posted by margo roby on 04 02 2016 in links poetry writing tags galley cat infographic poems poetry serendipity poem tryouts lights out 02 feb 8 51 a m san antonio listening to cool water sung by marty robbins hello everyone how s things we have blue sky sunshine and a promise of 62 as our high gorgeous not that i trust san antonio s weather two days ago it was so hot we stopped at sonic for malteds in january for crying out loud enough chitchat let s begin in the past couple of weeks we have had our electricity go out a couple of times as work is being done in the neighbourhood when we lived in jakarta especially the early years losing our electricity was a common event and could last as long as two days we have been known to move into a hotel as i sat in the quiet of last week s outage i noticed again how still the world becomes without electricity how quiet almost the quality of a snow silence an unscheduled outage is what we re looking for think back over your life to times when the electricity went out unexpectedly jot notes on the things you couldn t or could do because of the loss of various electrical appliances not to mention lights how much of a nuisance was it how helpless did you feel or did you revel in having no choice about certain things if you want go universal and comment on the dependency we have on electrical items the specific outage i remember best happened in hong kong my senior year in high school outages were rare and this one happened at night as i was writing an essay due the next day i sat on the living room couch with my mother s smith corona typewriter on my knees and two candles on the coffee table i got the assignment done feel free to mash up your memories if you have lived your life without an electricity outage you will need to adapt this prompt i will see you thursday for stuff and then the blog will be dark yes an electricity outage heh heh heh for a couple of weeks while skip and i head to georgia for our atlanta fix happy writing all 28 comments posted by margo roby on 02 02 2016 in exercises poetry tags electricity poems poetry poetry prompts power outage poetics serendipity 28 jan 9 18 a m san antonio listening to on broadway sung by george benson hello all i made it apparently life has decided to resist happening today speaking of which i hope those of you hit by jonas in the eastern united states are digging yourselves out having missed a couple of weeks worth of links let s get to it having missed a couple of weeks worth of links let s get to it 1 if you have not come across the collection of essays that are maria popova s brain pickings then you need to check it out i am giving you a link to tell you what it s about and a link to what she thinks are the best picks of the year if you want the quick what it s about popova describes brain pickings as a cross disciplinary lego treasure chest full of pieces spanning art science psychology design philosophy history politics anthropology and how these different disciplines illuminate one another to glean some insight directly or indirectly into that grand question of how to live and how to live well if you have nothing else to expand your brain with see under life happens pickings will give you some of everything and all connected to our creative selves 2 from an article in the new yorker by pauline bock they first had the idea for the machines one afternoon in 2013 they were taking a break in the hall of their office building buying a snack from a vending machine one of them they don t recall which one said that the vending machines should offer short stories instead of drinks and candy they had a prototype by 2014 sounds like science fiction no no viv we expect you to go to grenoble and report on this read the article and you will be charmed while wondering why your city doesn t have such a machine how about one that offers poems it has to be easier 3 galley cat offers us ted ed lessons for writers to kick off 2016 by maryann yin need i say more have fun with these and i shall see you tuesday for a prompt and next thursday for more links happy writing everyone 9 comments posted by margo roby on 28 01 2016 in links poetry writing tags brain pickings galley cat poems poetry short story machine poem tryouts more abandoning 26 jan 8 19 a m san antonio listening to maroon 5 singing one more night hello everyone thursday life happened again this time in the form of an electrical outage we ve had the electrical people in the neighbourhood since november tearing everything up laying cable replacing transformers my florida brother swears it s a cia setup i hadn t done the maths right last week so today is our image prompt yay remember a couple of weeks ago when i mentioned that mark windham had tagged me for a photo he knew i d like it gave me the idea for the abandon prompt here s why the photograph comes from a facebook page that collects abandonings among other things respond to any part of the photograph or to the whole i may or may not see you thursday i don t trust thursday anymore i will see you next tuesday for another prompt happy writing all 45 comments posted by margo roby on 26 01 2016 in exercises poetry tags abandoned poems poetry poetry prompts poem tryouts join in 19 jan 9 47 a m san antonio listening to that old black magic sung by peggy lee for most of my growing up years i gave dad lee s newest album for christmas hello all my apologies for the non appearance thursday life happened it has that habit doesn t it today s prompt is one you can have fun with list all things you can think of that join the conjunctions of life obvious bridges not so obvious the ear canal 1 be literal 2 be metaphorical that s an option literal people not a must i can feel your panic 3 weave a couple of the not so obvious joins together 4 use joining things as a motif a thread throughout the poem the joining things can be a small part or the entire focus of what you write i m looking forward to what you come up with i will see you thursday for stuff and tuesday for our next prompt happy writing everyone 32 comments posted by margo roby on 19 01 2016 in exercises poetry tags conjunctions poems poetry poetry prompts older posts email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 859 other subscribers x marks the spot search come gather words with me recent posts poetics serendipity poem tryouts be still my beating heart poetics serendipity poem tryouts stop and smell that rose poetics serendipity archives archives select month march 2016 february 2016 january 2016 december 2015 november 2015 october 2015 september 2015 august 2015 july 2015 june 2015 may 2015 april 2015 march 2015 february 2015 january 2015 december 2014 november 2014 october 2014 september 2014 august 2014 july 2014 june 2014 may 2014 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