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February 2023 Poem of Friendship

Welcome to the second poetry challenge of the new year! We’ll continue the tradition of February verse to celebrate friendship. The Day of Love and Friendship is celebrated in México, Colombia, República Dominicana and Panamá. Your February challenge is to write a tanka poem about a dear person or companion animal. Where do you go together? […]

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A Wee Family Farm

Thanks to Sadje for inspiring this photo story prompt. Write a 10 word story about the photo. G-rated. (En español más adelante) 10 Word Story Wee family farm, still ploughed with miniature horses at dawn. Write your story in the comments below, or link to this post. Happy pastoral imaginings! ¡Olé! –Rebecca 🐎 🐎 🐎 […]

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December 2022 Poetry Challenge Poets

Tis the season to count blessings. I am thankful to get to know the poets who’ve participated in the poetry challenge. The dodoitsu was a new form for most of us. I like the poems you created using this Japanese style syllabic form. Thanks to the regulars and to the new participants! This month we […]

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December Poetry Challenge 2022

I believe it was yesterday we wrote our November poems. This month we’ll try a Japanese poetry form; dodoitsu. It is non-rhyming, with a humorous twist. (información en español abajo) Dodoitsu has four lines: 7 syllables, 7 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Please write about harvest or nature. You have until December 11 noon CST to place […]

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December 2022 Poetry Challenge

I believe it was yesterday we wrote our November poems. This month we’ll try a Japanese poetry form; dodoitsu. It is non-rhyming, with a humorous twist. To be continued, with an example, on Tuesday…

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November 2022 Poetry Challenge Haiku

Thank you, writers for joining the poetry challenge this month! We received a bumper crop of haiku, all of them wonderfully written. Poets from the United States, Scotland, England, Pakistan, India, Canada, and Nigeria participated this month. Welcome all. As always, the poems are in the order I received them and all poems are the […]