Sunday, August 29, 2010

Prompt 131: Empty

Thanks to Snow White for this week's prompt, empty. And thanks for the poem and image.


You
Silver lining
In my cloud of life..

You
Ray of hope
In my gloomy days..

You
The rainbow
In my colorless life..

You
My teacher
Of life's many hues..

You
Who taught me
Affection, care, happiness..
Fights, sadness, disappointment..

You
Left me one day..
I realised that you taught me
About all colors of life.

You forgot just one color..
Emptiness


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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Call for Prompts

It's time again to solicit poetry prompts from our regular participants. Please offer your prompt in the comments box. Just one prompt per person, please!


Sunday, August 22, 2010

Prompt 130: Pensive

The prompt pensive comes to us from Stacy Wilson of Inkwell Whispers. Here are her wonderful words and image.


quieter thoughts
stones smoothed
by the river



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Sunday, August 15, 2010

The Link Problems

Every Saturday night I check to make sure that the OSI post has published properly and that Mr. Linky is working. I miss a few nights. Once, a chicken was squawking outside the garage at midnight and I had to run out and see why. There was a fisher cat in the barn and the hen had escaped its clutches. But it took two hours to make sure the chickens were secure again, to make sure the fisher cat was back up on the mountain, and to get that girl back to bed. Returning to the computer, I found problems with Mr. Linky at 2 AM that night and had to stay up even later to fix it!

Last night I saw that Mr. Linky wasn't working and that the OSI blog was loading extremely slowly. I knew the loading problems were caused by Mr. Linky. But often these problems clear up overnight, so I went to bed confident that all would be well.

All is not well, as you can see. I've reached the end of my patience with Mr. Linky. I pay for their service and have been loyal. Their tech support is quick and good. But the problems continue and I don't want to deal with problems when there are other linking services that don't seem to have problems.

Therefore, without even consulting Sandy, I will be switching to inlinkz.com, which is the same linking service used by SkyWatch, Haiku Heights, and other memes. The change over may be messy. I hope you continue to have patience with the change over and with me. I want your links to be quick and easy to input and I want them available all the time to other readers. I never want you to feel frustrated or have you return again and again and attempt to input your link.

I am going to put inlinkz on today's Prompt 129: Beginning starting right now. I will add each of you manually. But I will be putting your e-mail addresses as noreply@noreply.com. Be sure that you update and fix this next week in your link. I will also choose an iconic graphic from your blog to identify your link. The page will continue to load slowly until I can delete the Mr. Linky script. I won't be able to delete that script until I have completed entering your links from your e-mails. Please be patient and hang in here with us! I should've done this change over months ago and I apologize for not doing so. I am skipping church and will sit with this until it is fixed.

Please put any new links into the inlinkz widget (the blue button under Mr. Linky). OR you can simply put your link URL in a comment text field. Thank you!

Best wishes —
Andree

UPDATE 11:18 AM
Our problems are fixed! We have inlinz now and it works beautifully.
Just be sure that next week you make sure your URL and e-mail are correct.
Thank you
so much!!

Prompt 129: Beginning

Leo of I Rhyme Without Reason sends us this poem written by his sister, who also sends the image for the prompt, beginning.
Thank you, JSW and Leo!


I lay so barren
No one to care
For my soul
An empty mind
With no life
A virgin beauty
Giving birth to
Unseen hearts
I wait for love
From the hands
I hold lovingly
From those lips
Nourished daily
By my bosom
Endless a wait
For those hands
Rip my modesty
Stab my babies
Bare my heart
Without regret
Not an ear listens
To my silent plea
They continue
To ravish my soul
As each day ends
Melancholy holds
Heart in chains
Intuition senses
A return to past
Beginning beckons
As the final end

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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Prompt 128: Connoisseur

This week's prompt, connoisseur, comes from Amity of Dreams are my Reality. Here is our friend's beautiful offering:

When I grow up....

I wish to be a writer and poet
My thoughts, feelings and emotions
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will write from the heart

When I grow up....

I wish to be a sketch artist
My imagination, crayons and canvas
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will draw from the heart

When I grow up....

I wish to be a painter
My illusions, brush and boards
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will paint from the heart

When I grow up....

I wish to be a sculptor
My hands, chisel and rock
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will carve from the heart

When I grow up....

I wish to be a pianist
My fingers, the notes and lyrics
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will play from the heart

When I grow up....

I wish to be a singer
My voice, imagination and flair
Are my instruments to create a masterpiece
And I will sing from the heart

I believe from the heart that....

Hard work, patience, inspiration
Imagination and creative juices
Are my other tools that come in handy
To craft a perfect masterpiece

I believe from the heart that....

Talent, interest and heart
The three in perfect unison
Helps me fashion a thing of beauty
And create immortal masterpieces

That would make me a connoisseur!

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Prompt 127: Cocoon

Tammie Lee of Beauty Flows brings us this week's prompt, cocoon. Here is her beautiful poem:

Born of Petals

imagine
being born in a cocoon made of petals

deep in the forest
treasures behold
petal by petal
cocoon takes hold
filled with protection
nutrition and more
essence is planted
her spirit and body are born
delicate
fragrant
sunlight imbues
pink lavender golds
body and spirit are fused
she
a blossom born of petals
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