Showing posts with label clout chasing is a disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clout chasing is a disease. Show all posts

Saturday, May 6, 2023

The Fool #8Sunday

   



Genre: Poetry

Heat Level: Poetic

Blurb

Poetry; a unique and beautiful way to express feelings and ideas. Weaving words into perfect poetic prose, these authors remind you of your childhood, bring comfort from the hardships of life, fiercely spur emotions, and tell tales of old. All lovers of poetry will find a favorite here!

Featuring poetry by the following authors: John Grey, Kellee Kranendonk, J.E. Feldman, Debbie Hadow, Nina Padolf, Dibyasree Nandy, Brianna Witte, Nnadi Samuel, Rhiannon Bird, Sunayna Pal, Christopher R. Muscato, Vanessa Bane, Edward Cody Huddleston, Prathyush Devadas, Ed Ahern, and Cara Hartley.

Snippet

the fool

The fool climbs a lonely path to the moon

hoping her dreams will be realized soon

seeking amnesty and adulation.


The fool gazes into the gloom

falling from the trail to her doom

pulled away from the truth by deception.


Falling for the twin lies

the promise of popularity coupled

with the belief that she was worthless.


She wasted her life chasing the approval

of the teeming masses

who couldn’t care less about anyone...


Save for themselves.

Buy Link

http://books2read.com/SoulInk1

The e-book is currently available for pre-order. It will be released on June 23, 2023.

Pre-Order Price $1.99

Ornery Owl is Outstanding in her Field
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Sunday, November 6, 2022

November PAD Challenge 2022: Day 6: Clickbait News and Toxic Trends

 

Image by John Hain from Pixabay

who should we sacrifice

to uphold our hallowed principles du jour?

will eight victims be enough

to satisfy the blood lust of today’s trendsetters

so quick to jump on the bandwagon

playing to the cause célèbre of the moment for clout?

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~


Image by Amy from Pixabay

prompts used

Prompt word: Play


Today's prompt: Write a poem using the words “eight”, “hallowed”, and “sacrifice”.


Write a news poem.

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Consider this deep progressive house mix for your poetry-creating background music. Here's the link in case you can't see the player.














Wednesday, April 13, 2022

April PAD Challenge/NaPoWriMo Day 13



A good 13th day of poetry creation to you. Today I've selected a little piano suite from our old friend Claude Debussy to inspire us.

I really wish that I could share today's poem. I'm especially pleased with it. It contains the kind of snarky wisdom that many people in this day and age of clout chasing could do with hearing. Alas, the world will have to wait to read this sage rhyme until the status of my chapbook is determined by the wise editors at The Temz Review.

How to be Amazing

Prompts used


Write an "everything is going to be amazing" poem.

Write a piece using the word yodel in 57 words.

Write a "how to (blank)" poem

That's all she wrote for this time. Happy poeming!

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Ornery Owl is in Stealth Mode