Tuesday Tuesday..

THE LOONYVERSE
Wings, flying things
made from bits of five-pointed stars
They're everywhere in the universe,
the multi-verse and beyond
You only have to look upwards
and check out the night sky
Pentagonals, pyramidicals,
triangulation gone sideways
Seven seems to be the numeric
out there with spacey stuff
We can't get enough
we're as mad as the loonyverse.
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Carry On Tuesday July 12th

Carry On Tuesday

Your prompt for Tuesday July 12th
This week, we have the first line of Oliver Wendell Holmes poem Contentment
Little I ask, my wants are few

To read this beautiful poem visit Carry On Tuesday Plus 

Here's my offering:

WHISTLE WHISTLE...

Little I ask, my wants are few 
and nobody knows the answer 
wherever I go, I'll never know 
and you'll follow me for a shilling
and the cow bells will ring - sing sing 
dingaling-ding, ding ding, do-de-do 
don't you know it's true, whistle whistle  
Little I ask, my wants are few

and phew, who can tell the answer

wherever I go, I'll never know

even if ever you were willing

and the Bow bells will ring - sing sing

dingaling-ding, ding ding, dum-de-do

in rhyming slang twang, for you - whit whit...

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Three Word Wednesday CCXLIV

The words this week at 3WW are:
Alter, Fond, and Tranquil.

Here's my offering:

DOLCE LATTE VITA
There was a girl who was fond of cheese
She changed her name to Latte Louise
Tranquil Marian
Cheesetarian
The alter ego of Cheese, Please Tease.
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Three Word Wednesday CCXLIII

The words this week at 3WW are:
Erratic, Luminous, and Omen.

Here's my offering:

Luminous yellow
Erratic as a bullfrog
Must be an omen
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Luminous yellow

Erratic as a bullfrog

MUST BE AN OMEN

Erratic as a bullfrog

Luminous yellow...

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Don't forget - It's never too late to take The NaiSaiKu Challenge? 

Mountain George (RIP).

Writer's Island: Season

MOUNTAIN GEORGE (RIP)

Mountain George, at ninety-three - it's over
Over to us folks that don't understand
Underscore seasons as day turns to night
Nigh on a century for, Mountain George.

Taken before he knew we knew about...
About him living there outside the inn
In the shepherd's hut, miles from nowhere
No one comes unless the post is taken.

George, yes you will be missed by everyone
Every one of us and your friend Olive
Olya, Comrade O, made us remember
Reminding us about you, Mountain George.

George lived the life we wish we could enjoy.
Enjoy yourself in paradise now, George.
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NaPoWriMo 2011

 NAPOWRIMO 2011
Sitting here waiting for midnight in Manchester, April fool? perhaps!
Are they sleepless in Seattle, restless in Rio de Janeiro?
It's exciting and it's fun, it's NaPoWriMo and it's just begun.

I will be posting my NaPoWriMo attempts on my SweetTalkingGuy blog.

Sunday Scribblings #258

The prompt this week at Sunday Scribblings is BIG.

BIG DISCO

Twirly Whirly Shirley

my Champagne Rose

I don’t need no

shampoo to talk to you

A mediocre wine

will surely do

A beer or three to

put me in the mood

My Champagne Rose,

for making love with you

Your dancing feet,

sticky sickly sweet heat

 The big disco beat

warms my heart for you

Remember the dance

that we used to do

Late at night at Pips

in The Roxy Room

With your ball gown

and your stiletto shoes

Everybody knows

you’re my Champagne Rose.!

Why don’t you hit me

with flowers again?

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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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For Camille at Pierrefonds...

Posted to MondayPoetryTrainRevisited

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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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!

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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

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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?

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Fabiano, phew!

Ta-ta Anelka, Kaka

HELLO RONALDO

Ta-ta Anelka, Kaka

Fabiano, phew!

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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO TAKE The NaiSaiKu Challenge?

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?

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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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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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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

ALTHOUGH SPRING WON'T BUDGE

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.
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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

BUDGE NIMBLE THEORY

which is an anagram of

Redouble binge myth!

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Finally My Flash 55

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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The American Sandwich game..

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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Proper Joe's

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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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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.

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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Tuesday Challenge??? Phew!!!!

A couple of challenges for you today.

The NaiSaiKu Challenge?

and The American Sandwich game..

Here's my NaiSaiKu:

Man mountain

Triangulation

Pentagon

EQUIANGULAR

Pentagon

Triangulation

Mountain man

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It's never too late to take The NaiSaiKu Challenge?

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?

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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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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It's Never too late to take The NaiSaiKu Challenge? Have YOU tried it yet?? 

 WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

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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!

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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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My Flash 55

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

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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!

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.

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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.  

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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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FLASH 55

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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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!

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.

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.

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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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Day 5 2009

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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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2009 Day 4

Also posted to The NaiSaiKu Challenge?

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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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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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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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 Day 1 2009