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Friday, September 24, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CCVII

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Gait, Nudge, and ripen.

Here's mine:

DREAM
I know you saw the missiles coming
but did you see the castles in the sky?
As they gait like horses at full gallop
speeding through the thinning clouds.
If you could dream, you could give my
green tomatoes a nudge to ripen.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

For Camille at Pierrefonds...


TWEET TWEET
Where the clouds hang low in the sky
and the sun lights the countryside blue
 yellow greens into gold
and so the pictures unfold...
When the paint on the canvas is set
the artist sits out in the street
Rue Gagny, Eragny, Camille Pissarro
and the lollipop trees look so neat
Tweet tweet!
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Writer's Island Inception

HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING
Hi everybody, sorry I've not been around for a while. I always find it difficult to find any blogging time during the summer, and this year's been no exception. The bad news is that my schedule is about to get even heavier over the next few weeks, so don't expect to see much of me until mid October.
WRITER'S ISLAND INCEPTION
I like the sound of the word Inception, and I thought I'd write a Haiku, but when I wrote it in my head all I could hear was a rhyme, so perhaps it's a Rhymku, anyway here goes:
RHYMKU
Deception question
Imaculate conception
Think inception think
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AMAZING SENTENCE
So I thought about the above and I came up with an amazing sentence, of course I didn't actually write it, but I kind of abridged it, slightly.

In the beginning was the word, the word was God, the word was made flesh.

FOLLOW THAT
Then I got to thinking that Inception should be in the title of my poem, so I expanded it into a Heyku which is actually spelt AQ which is a weird kind of riddle where the answer is in the question. However, the more I thought about it the more I realised that my Rhymku was already an AQ. So I decided to expand it in a different direction. I chose a NaiSaiKu, where the title is capitalised in the middle, and when I wrote it down I realised it was a palindrome too.
MY NAISAIKU
Deception question
Immaculate conception
THINK INCEPTION THINK
Conception immaculate
Question deception
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FINALLY
I hope you have enjoyed reading this, and may I leave you with the final summation:

My Haiku Rhymku
Palindromic NaiSaiKu
AQ Heyku, phew!
20082+10/1

Thursday, June 24, 2010

World Cup 2010/4

England 1 - 0 Slovenia

Banish the athletes
Let the footballers showboat
The beautiful game
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England settle down
Germany's last game is next
Four more wins will do
23062+10/1

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

World Cup 2010/3

Portugal 7 - 0 N Korea

Hello Ronaldo
Ta-ta Anelka, Kaka
Fabiano, phew!
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Messi or Rooney
Who will the top scorer be
What about Joe Cole?
21062+10/1

Fabiano, phew!
Ta-ta Anelka, Kaka
HELLO RONALDO
Ta-ta Anelka, Kaka
Fabiano, phew!
21062+10/2


Saturday, June 19, 2010

World Cup 2010/2

England 0 - 0 Algeria. 
Better luck next time lads, you only need to hammer Slovenia next week to get through to the last sixteen!

Cape crusade turn off
Front room theatre of dreams
Sofa king useless
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It's not about shorts
White shorts, big shorts, tight shorts, blue...
But who will score first?
18062+10/1

Sunday, June 13, 2010

World Cup 2010/1

England 1-1 USA Never mind lads, we've got another game next week!

Up for the World Cup
England make US look good
Sick as a parrot
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One all, two points lost
England, England, champions
Vuvuzela blues
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Friday, June 11, 2010

World Cup 2010

The World Cup starts today in South Africa.

We wine when we win
England are the favourites
We whine when they lose
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England's Holy Grail 
Barmy army on crusade
To lift the World Cup
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CXCII

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are: Budge, Nimble, and Theory,

Here's mine:
First an American Sentence -
Dave gave her a push, but in theory Dawn was nimble enough to jump.

Summer in theory
nimble and ready to go
although, spring won't budge
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Summer in theory
nimble and ready to go
nimble and ready to go
summer in theory
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SOUTH AFRIKA DREAMS
Nudge the nimble spring on the summer seat
adjust the headphones for the telecast
sit back and relax in the back yard sun
pour another beer from the well of life
England play USA in the first round
and Brasil in the world cup final, phew!
Don't budge, it's just my theory, nimble toes.
02062+10/2

My NanoAmerico^
She told him that she hated cold water. Dave gave her a push, but in theory Dawn was nimble enough to jump. He knew she couldn't swim, but what the heck?
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Bingo rhyme belt due
could be an anagram of
which is an anagram of
Redouble binge myth!
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SINK OR SWIM
The nimble Dawn hated cold water, and Dave knew that in theory she couldn't swim. But the drum kit was always going to take priority in the life boat. Then as he pushed her into the freezing water he realised that her life jacket was punctured. "Budge over", he shouted and jumped in after her.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CXCI

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Abandon, Gradual, and Precise.

Here's mine:
First an American Sentence -
They abandon the steel ship in a precise and gradual fashion.

Followed by an anagramatic Naisaiku..
San Paulo cab ride danger!
could be an anagram of
ABANDON GRADUAL PRECISE
which is an anagram of
Barn dance pairs, glue ado!
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Then something for The American Sandwich game..
 Poetic Flash Fiction in 51 Syllables.
Write a piece of flash fiction in just three American Sentences.
Allen Ginsberg's American Sentence has seventeen syllables.

Your task is to use as few words as possible to fill the sandwich.
DEVIOUS DAVE
Phew, if they hadn't hit an iceberg they would have made it all the way to America. They abandon the steel ship in a precise and gradual fashion. Dave puts down his book, and looks at Dawn, "Do you fancy a cruise?" he asks. 26052+10/1

And finally My Flash 55
THE TITAN ICEBERG
All dressed up in their finery, and no place to go, but down with the sinking ship. One by one they try to abandon the new steel liner, in a precise and gradual fashion. Most of them prepare to meet their maker. "How would you like to go on a cruise?" Dave asks Dawn quietly.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CXC

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Dread, Grasp, and Pacify.

Here's mine:
First an American Sentence -
I dread to think if she will grasp what it will take to pacify him.


Then an anagramatic NaiSaiKu
Gasp! A drip dry face!!
could be an anagram of
PACIFY DREAD GRASP
which is an anagram of
Pig's parade, fad cry!
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 Poetic Flash Fiction in 51 Syllables.
Write a piece of flash fiction in just three American Sentences.

Allen Ginsberg's American Sentence has seventeen syllables.
Your task is to use as few words as possible to fill the sandwich.

WENT BALLISTIC
Dave went ballistic, when he found how much Dawn spent on the credit card. I dread to think if she will grasp what it will take to pacify him. Her pet robot will be the first thing to go, or if not, her marriage.
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Finally my Flash 55
ANDROGYNOUS?
Dave nearly had a heart attack when he found the credit card bill stuffed under the sofa. "I always thought that robots were androgynous, twelve thousand dollars for a sex change is ridiculous!" He screamed, as Dawn ran out of the house. "She'll need a brain transplant when I catch her!" He vowed, chasing her.
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SweetTalkingGuy

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tuesday Challenge??? Phew!!!!

A couple of challenges for you today.
and The American Sandwich game..

Here's my NaiSaiKu:
Man mountain
Triangulation
Pentagon
EQUIANGULAR
Pentagon
Triangulation
Mountain man

The prompt sentence at The American Sandwich game.. is:
Dawn needs to win the lottery before Dave sees the credit card bill.

HERE'S MINE:  
Poetic Flash Fiction in 51 Syllables.

Write a piece of flash fiction in just three American Sentences.
Allen Ginsberg's American Sentence has seventeen syllables.

Your task is to use as few words as possible to fill the sandwich.

CREDIT CRUNCH
Each morning she waits for the postman and hides the letters unopened. Dawn needs to win the lottery before Dave sees the credit card bill. If she doesn't find some money soon, Dave will take her pet robot back.
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What will you write?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CLXXXIX

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Fear, Ignore, and Weightless.

Here's mine:

First an American Sentence -

The fear was that they would ignore the fact that they were weightless in space.

Followed by an Anagramatic NaiSaiKu..

Westlife's Reggae Rhino!
Could be an anagram of
WEIGHTLESS IGNORE FEAR
Which is an anagram of
We hit single for Grease!
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Then something for The American Sandwich game..
In this case it's a NanoAmerico^
When man first went to the moon.
The fear was that they would ignore the fact that they were weightless in space.
So they sent a dog.
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Finally My Flash 55:
MOON WALKING
When we first discovered that it could be possible to travel in space, and even send a man up to the moon. Many people wondered who would be chosen. Would it be a pilot without fear, or a weightless politician, or a super fit athlete? Or would we ignore them all and send a dog?
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Without Boundaries

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CLXXXVIII

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Escape, Hum, and Vibrant.

Here's Mine:
First an American sentence.

Dave told Dawn to hum the hymns and bang the tins, for a vibrant escape.

Then an anagramatic NaiSaiKu ..

Bah! Rap Music Event.
Could be an anagram of
ESCAPE, VIBRANT HUM.
Which is an anagram of
Pub Act! his men rave.
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Or perhaps:

Chav muse: I trap Ben!
could be an anagram of
HUM VIBRANT ESCAPE
which is an anagram of
Vampire eats bunch!
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Followed by:
GAME ONE
Poetic Flash Fiction in 51 Syllables.
Write a piece of flash fiction in just three American Sentences.  

Allen Ginsberg's American Sentence has seventeen syllables.  
Your task is to use as few words as possible to fill the sandwich.

HUM THE HYMNS
Incarcerated but free to write The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Dave told Dawn to hum the hymns and bang the tins, for a vibrant escape. Oscar Wilde would have been proud, as they rose above their situation.
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And finally, my Flash 55:

SOMETHING SPECTACULAR
Create a distraction, light a fire, do something spectacular! How can I disentangle myself from these rusting chains? Incarcerated but free to quote The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Dave tells Dawn to hum the hymns and bang the tins, for a vibrant escape. Oscar Wilde would have been proud, as they rise above their situation.
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 WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

Sunday, May 02, 2010

Writers Island 2010 #1

Written for and posted to Writers Island.
The prompt this week is 'Message in a bottle'

Here's mine:


BALDERDASH
Mike echo sierra sierra alpha golf echo
Dash dash, dot, dot dot dot, dot dot dot,
Dot dash, dash dash dot, dot.
They got my message but they don’t understand
I sent it in a bottle sealed with a cork
They opened it and ate the pickled note
And this is all I got back in the post
Mike echo sierra sierra alpha golf echo
Dash dash, dot, dot dot dot, dot dot dot,
Dot dash, dash dash dot, dot, what?
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This is the note that they ate!
SweetTalkingGuy..

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CLXXXVII

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Depart, Ignite, and rotten.


Here's Mine:
An American Sentence-
Dawn decided to depart before the rotten timbers could ignite.

NanoAmerico^ (an American Sentence sandwiched between two shorter sentences or statements.)
Not wanting to confront Dave. Dawn decided to depart before the rotten timbers could ignite. Her marriage was over. 28042+10

An anagram in the NaiSaiKu style

Granite tent trip ode
Could be an anagram of
DEPART ROTTEN IGNITE
Which is an anagram of
Poet in danger titter
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THE NATIONAL
Dawn didn't want the situation to ignite. It would be practically  impossible to depart once the rotten timbers caught light. And the Country House Hotel on fire, would make the national news. She knew that Dave would find out about her secret affair, and that would probably mean the end of her marriage as well. 28042+10/2

My NaPoWriMo entries are hosted on my SweetTalkingGuy blog
It's never too late to take The NaiSaiKu Challenge? Have you tried it yet??
This is an invite to The American Sandwich game.. 
What will you write? There's lots of NEW games to choose from!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CLXXXVI

Writtten for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Ebb, Negotiate, and Random.

Here's Mine:
First an Allen Ginsberg style American Sentence.

Sometimes she would negotiate the tidal ebb and flow at random.

And for The American Sandwich game.. a NanoAmerico^
which is an American Sentence sandwiched between two shorter sentences or statements.

When the guide wasn't there.  
Sometimes she would negotiate the tidal ebb and flow at random.  
Until the day that she got stuck in the mud.
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Then an anagram of the three words
in the NaiSaiKu style.

Begin mantra ode "To be..."
could be an anagram of
EBB NEGOTIATE RANDOM
which is an anagram of
'Me Baboon' integrated.
21042+10/2
And a little Flash 55 story:
STUCK IN THE MUD
Dave was forever telling Dawn that she shouldn't cross the bay, unless the official guide was present. But the headstrong Dawn wouldn't listen to that kind of advice. Sometimes she would negotiate the tidal ebb and flow at random. Until the day that she got stuck in the mud, and Dave had gone to work.  
21042+10/3

You can read my NaPoWriMo entries on my SweetTalkingGuy bloggage!!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Three Word Wednesday CLXXXV

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Brash, Lubricate, and Saint.

Here's Mine:
In the NaiSaiKu style
Blue's bait train crash
might be an anagram of
BRASH LUBRICATE SAINT
which is an anagram of
Al nets Rabbi's haircut
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And here's a little story
using the three words 
and some of the anagrams: 

LAST THOUGHT
It was the first time the brash Al had borrowed the Rabbi's hand built bike. The seat needed adjusting and one brake block was missing. But big Al was in a rush to get his hair cut. Shirley had promised to lubricate the chain later. 'What a saint' thought Al, just before the fatal crash.

And as submitted to The American Sandwich game.. 

LAST THOUGHT 2
The Rabbi's bike was in need of repair, when the brash big Al rode it.
Shirley promised to lubricate the chain after Al had his haircut.
'What a saint' thought Al, skidding to a halt, just before the fatal crash.
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You can read all my NaPoWriMo entries on my SweetTalkingGuy blog!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 13

NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY 13
The poetry month is still going strong, and there are some belting prompts over at Read Write Poem . You can check the thirteen entries I've made, over on my SweetTalkingGuy bloggage. Today I did one called How To Time Travel Backwards, and yesterday I did a secret code riddle, which was prompted by Carolee over at Read Write Poem.
LAST YEAR
I did NaPoWriMo last year too, and this year I've put hyperlinks each day to the corresponding day in 2009. It's quite fun to clink~da~links and find out what I was doing a year ago. On this day last year my poem was called Whatamigonnado?
PHEW!
So, phew, if you've got nothing better to do, why not surf on over to SweetTalkingGuy and take a butchers hook? Or better still give RWP a whirl and write something new!

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 7

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY CLXXXIV
The words this week are: 
Deviate, Identify, and Saturate.

HERE'S MINE:
Saturday feet at Vine Tide
Could be an anagram of
DEVIATE SATURATE IDENTIFY
which is an anagram of
Tuesday trivia fee, aid tent.
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NAPOWRIMO 2010
Hi everybody, I will only be posting my NaPoWriMo entries on my SweetTalkingGuy blog from today. I've been getting loads of hits here and on STG but not very many comments. I think people are too busy in April, I noticed it last year too. Anyway, thanks for reading and visiting this blog and if you're posting a poem a day, I wish you every success.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 6

NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY 6
 As hosted on my SweetTalkingGuy blog:
And posted to Read Write Poem.

I wrote a NaiSaiKu for The NaiSaiKu Challenge?
and a NanoAmerico^  for The American Sandwich game..

The Tuesday prompt was to write your own American Sentence and choose a Sandwich game to play:

My Sentence: When Dave told her that their pet robot would soon need a new memory.

Here's my NanoAmerico^


"She won't obey me," said Dawn.
When Dave told her that their pet robot would
soon need a new memory.
"Can she have a sex change too?" Dawn pleaded.
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Here's my NaiSaiKu :

Tuesday rain
wets my chewing gum
HAIKU CHEW
wets my chewing gum
Tuesday rain.
06042+10/1

Monday, April 05, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 5

NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY 5
We’ve been in the trenches for a few days, and so Mark Stratton says it’s time to get personal! Here’s Mark’s prompt for Day #5:
Make your poetry personal. I mean, it already is, right? It’s thoughts, observations, deep, dark, personal feelings and stories dressed up in pretty words and oblique descriptions. You get it, and some others get it.
Still others see it as something else entirely, which is great, honestly. We have our own set of filters our lives go through, and this influences how we interpret things. It is part of what makes reading poetry fun and interesting for me.
Today, let’s make poetry really personal. Give poetry, as you write it, a name. Possibly a gender. And a personality. A poet I know has written (and continues to write) a series of poems based on this principle, and I shamelessly ripped it off (with permission, of course) and made a poem I called “Sasha.” Sasha is many things, all at the same time, yet all are Sasha/poetry to me.
So it’s your turn. Give poetry — how you view poetry, what poetry means to you, your poetry — a name. Now write a poem (that) suits your view or vision.

NATASHA
I wrote mine about Natasha, I've mentioned her before in Whatever happened to the corner shop and in Surveillance. Today I asked her what she thought about poets, and she said  'they talk to themselves all day long.' So I wrote down what she said and everytime she said themselves I changed the word to Natasha. It's a bit experimental, so I hope you like it.
HERE'S GOES
As hosted on my
SweetTalkingGuy blog:


I HATE POETS
I hate poets she said, they talk to Natasha all day
and when they're not talking to Natasha
they're talking about Natasha.
I wish I could get a job like that.

Poets are boring Natasha stiff
they're too self indulgent
they spend all their time looking at Natasha
their poetry's not creative, it's just reflective
like the image of Natasha they see in the mirror.
NATASHA
AH SATAN!
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 4

NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY 4
Nelle Lytle encourages you to keep going with your NaPoWriMo poems by writing inside-out or outside-in. She says: I watch too much HGTV, so I have learned (very well) about bringing the outdoors inside and also turning outside spaces into rooms (which is, apparently, more than putting the old sofa out on the front porch).
In our case, writing inside out (or outside in) means setting your physical or metaphorical inner bits out of doors,  to be walked around and looked at from odd angles, as if they were monuments or mailboxes (as an example).  Or it could be transforming your internal organs into flowers or letting a pack of four-year-old’s (human or otherwise) loose in your attic. Write a poem today that illustrates your idea of what is inside-out.

Here's mine:
Using the theme 'inside out' I immediately thought of a NaiSaiKu because the title is in the middle instead of at the top.

So here goes, as hosted on
my SweetTalkingGuy blog :


Vegetables scream
at the Vegan Kitchenette
IN HER LIVING ROOM
at the Vegan Kitchenette
vegetables scream
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 3


NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY 3
It’s daunting to take on a commitment as large as NaPoWriMo, but here you are. Today is Day 3, and you are facing your fears. RWP member Joseph Harker thinks there’s a poem in that; here’s his prompt for you:
Write about something that scares you. It could be tarantulas or your significant other cheating on you or an existential fear of the unknown so long as it unsettles you. Describe it in the most vivid language possible!
Sometimes by articulating our fears, we strip them of their power. (But don’t go too far! A little fear is good to have.)
Here's mine as hosted on
my SweetTalkingGuy blog:

SKULL THUGGERY DIY
I’m afraid of Black and Decker doctors
Doctors chasing me with knives and hammers
Hammers hitting chisels into my skull
Skull thuggery that’s what those doctors do
Do they have to tell you that you might die
Die if you have the op - die if you don’t
Don’t they know that I’m scared stiff already

All ready to have your operation?
Operation knives are sterilised phew!
Phew, there’s no turning back they’re going through
Through my head to improve my brain remove...
Remove my brain? they’ve got to find it first
First thing I thought when they told me of this
This is the worst thing DIY I’m scared.
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Friday, April 02, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 2

NAPOWRIMO DAY 2
It’s Day 2! And Read Write Poem member Therese Broderick has a great prompt for you. (Please don’t expect the introductions to all of our NaPoWriMo prompts to rhyme):
If you love acronyms as I do, your mind has already shortened “Read Write Poem” into “RWP.” But the three letters RWP form known acronyms for at least 31 other phrases, including “Random Weird Person” and “Right Wing Pundits.”
Today’s writing prompt is to type the letters RWP into the abbreviation search field at Acronym Attic and write a poem inspired in any way by one or more of the resulting phrases. You don’t have to use the words from the phrase in your poem, but you can if they fit. GLWI (Good Luck With It)!

Here's mine, as hosted on
my SweetTalkingGuy blog:

RANDOM WRITING PROMPTER
Cher can prompt something wry.
Writer sings random prompt 
prompts wry prompter ranting.
Sings prompt, ran writer home.
Come sing her prompt, wry rant.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 1

 NAPOWRIMO 2010 DAY ONE
Prompted at Read Write Poem:
First up on our prompt-writing roster is Donna Vorreyer, who answered our call for prompts with immediate enthusiasm. Thank you Donna; thank you to all our members who provided prompts!
Donna says she uses this idea all the time for both herself and her students to force new language and connections into drafts.
  1. Put your iPod or iTunes (or other mp3 player) on shuffle. (If you don’t have a music player that shuffles, you can choose CD or album titles at random from your collection by writing several titles down on little slips of paper … works the same way.)
  2. Write down the first five titles that come up. No cheating allowed!
  3. Use all five titles to draft a new poem. They have to be used intact — you can interrupt them with punctuation, but you may not remove or change words.
Shuffle away — the more eclectic your music collection, the better!

Here's my titles:
Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Bohemian Rhapsody, Coney Island Baby, Five Little Speckled Frogs, Where Do You Go To My Lovely.




And the poem which is hosted 
on my SweetTalkingGuy blog:

CONEY ISLAND
watching her every move
waiting to pounce
as she staggers
to bohemian rhapsody
she’s no coney island baby
he thinks as she
slowly inches her way
through the crowds
towards the floor
taking his chance he asks
where do you go to my lovely
she lights a cheroot
who’s askin’ colonel bogey
fancy a quick dance
he pushes for a response
five little speckled frogs
leave it out will yuh
who are yuh anyway
sergeant peppers lonely
hearts club band or what
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Sunday Scribblings

Written for and posted to Sunday Scribblings.

HOW’S ABOUT YOU?

The only headache that I’ve got right now is you…

You smash your thoughts into my brain

It’s rainin’ thoughts of sorts I can’t control

Inside my swede, my padded cell was never like this hell

Well every time I hear you yell it wakes me from the coma and

the coffee cup aroma of your breath makes me wanna puke all over you

what can I do?

The only headache that I’ve got right now is you…

Alchemy would be fine for turning water into wine

And every time that I write something new, you steal the tune

You play it on your radio, and I don’t know which way to go

It’s tough being a genius they tell me but hell what do they know?

Don’t call me – ’cos I won’t come running, baby I’ve got better things to do

How’s about you?

The only headache that I’ve got right now is you…

You’re a pain in my Jackson Pollack’s and beyond

There ain’t no magic stick that I can wand – please tell me that

you’re leaving in the morning, ‘cos another day like this is much too much

and such an’ such and all those clichés that you proffer like the trooper

that they all think you are. Why don’t you disappear and make me happy?

Which way to go?

The only headache that I’ve got right now is you…

You force me to surrender my best line, time after time.

And just when I think you’re leaving, you deceive me once again.

You twist everything I say, tie me in knots, lock me up and throw the key away.

And even if I think I’m doing fine you bug me and you mug me over.

So now’s the time, your chance to cheapskate sour grapes and make fine wine.

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

NaPoWriMo 2010
Okay it's nearly April and that means NaPoWriMo which stands for National Poetry Writing Month. The idea is to write a poem for each day of April. I will be writing one each day on this blog, and posting it to my SweetTalkingGuy bloggage. You can find out more about NaPoWriMo and how you can participate by clinking~the~link to Maureen's site.
IN THE MEANTIME
While you're waiting for this years poem's you can of course check out last years entries. Mine are all listed in the side-bar on SweetTalkingGuy with clickable links to each day. Then again, if you've already read them, you'll find a new one below that I only wrote today. I've thrown in a few Geordie words for good measure, please let me know if you like it.

SKINNY DIPPIN'
I'm gannin down to Whitley Bay
To my hinney in her pink pinny.
We'll climb the light-hoose every day
and live on Fish 'n' Chips.
Me North Sea skinny dippin' hinney
she'll flash her bits to passin' ships
and the Limey sailors on the briney
will toss their caps an' shout 'Cor Blimey!'
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Breaking News!!!

BREAKING NEWS
 I've just been informed that my SweetTalkingGuy blog has been listed in the following article:

We posted an article, "100 Best Poetry Blogs" (http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2010/100-best-poetry-blogs/). I just thought I'd share it with you in case you thought it would appeal to your readers. I am happy to let you know that your site has been included in this list.

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY CLXXXII
The words this week are:
Brazen, Hunger, and Nuzzle

Here's mine:

Brazen
as a Zebra
the calf, sick with hunger
snuggles up and starts to nuzzle
the cow.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Acrostic???

The whole blogging poetry world seems to have gone Acrostic mad of late. Even I who knows zilch about the form, have given in and written one for a competition, (I'll post it on this blog after the winner has been announced). In the meantime I'll leave you with the only other acrostic that I can find on my bloggage - but I'll warn you now before you read it, that last time I posted it, nobody even noticed that it was an acrostic!
COMPETITION
Your challenge is to write an acrostic inspired by the word "wonder." It can be up to 250 words in length. Creativity and cleverness are important. For the prize details and more about acrostics, visit the contest page.
All entries must be received between 12:01AM EST March 1, 2010 and 11:59PM EST on April 30, 2010, the contest deadline. Limit one entry per person. Keep it short but sweet - no more than a title (25 words or less) and up to 250 words. (There is no minimum word count.) Judging will be done by Gotham Writers' Workshop staff. Winners will be notified by email no later than May 30, 2010. The decision of the judges is final.
Get more information and submit your entry at:
     http://www.Writing.Com/gothamcontest


HERE'S MY PREVIOUS ATTEMPT :

ORGANIC POETRY
Organic poetry sounds good to me!
Rhymes but it doesn’t have to don’t you know?
Ghazal, I only tried it once to see...
Acrostic? No not me, I’m much too slow.
Narrative not necessarily free.
Iambic pentameter starts to crow,
Cinquain has two four six eight two to show.
Poetry is much too complicated.
Ode in olden days, she’s set in her ways!
Elegy is no allergy dated,
Tanka haiku,thank you, which way you say?
Renga, Jenga, they all fall down, hated.
Yazoo and Gibbo and all the gang, hey!
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And this was the original post.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Three Word Wednesday

Written for and posted to 3WW
The words this week are:
Pulse, Shard, and Weary.

Here's mine:

Weary of Winter
A shard of exploding glass
Pulse beats into spring

An American Sentence:

With his pulse on the trigger, the weary cowboy shot the shard of glass.

An anagramatic NaiSaiKu:

Pure as dry whales
Could be an anagram of
WEARY SHARD + PULSE
Which is an anagram of
We push red salary
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