Friday, November 5, 2021

Cressida de Nova: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai # 1855

Cressida de Nova: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai # 1855: "People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be u...

My night dreams can be pretty wild.
My stories are dreams that I have control over.
To a degree.

November PAD Challenge 2021: A Special Dream (Choka)

 

Image by mostafa meraji from Pixabay

sometimes I dare dream
that someday we will accept
people as they are
fat or thin, black, white, or brown
short, medium, tall
with love and respect for all
only acceptance
will allow healing to start
put an end to shame
stopping the bitter harvest
self-loathing and tears
that are the direct result
of teaching people
to be ashamed of themselves
halt the bitter harvest now

~ornery owl~


Prompt: I Have a Dream

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Prompt: Write a Special Poem


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Thursday, November 4, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: Party Crashers

 

The Queen Xenomorph initially appeared in the movie Aliens (1986)
I threw some sparkles and stars on the image 

Content Warning: fantasy gore

the weather outside may be frightful
but nothing can bust up a party
quite like the discovery of a nest of xenomorphs

you may find it miserable
to be gathering beechmast while sleet is soaking through your shoes
while the only sight you wish to see is your bedstead

be sensible and bestow upon your will a ferrule of encouragement
pull up your muffler and silence contrary thoughts
that may lead you to investigating odd ruins

for though you may believe yourself to be clever like a fox
should you penetrate a xenomorph's nest
you will become an unwilling host
as the worst kind of party crasher
prepares to rock your body

The chestburster first appeared in the movie Alien (1979)

~Ornery Notes~
This poem would have been perfect for my October Helloween Poetry Bash. However, the stars were not right. I didn't have the correct prompts aligned. In any case, when you're me, every day is Helloween. 

Also, I had an Aliens-related dream last night that reminded me how much I loved writing Aliens fan faction. I haven't got time for it now, but I will gladly write it again if I ever do.

If you write fan fiction, don't let anyone tell you that it isn't "real" writing. It is. A great deal of what I write might be categorized as Lovecraft fan fiction. I'm okay with that.


Prompt: The Weather

Prompt: Write a party poem


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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021 Day 3: As Fall Leaves Fall

 

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

as fall leaves fall
in this season of contemplation
I reflect on summer's fading song
a ghoulish trick of light challenges me to consider
the voices of those who have been and gone
the laughter of spirits gives me no fright
so long as they come to heal my wounds
I welcome them into the scarlet ring drawn on the floor of my dwelling
at damp dusk the ceremony begins
the clock chimes and the truth is on trial
will I embrace the belief that upon the demise of my body
my soul will fly free like a bat from its cave
soaring over dark mountains
until the sun once again shines on the cornfields
and bees emerge from the hive to spread pollen far and wide
or were the spirits I have seen in my time only a mirage?

~Ornery Owl~

Prompt: Fall Leaves Fall

Prompt: Write an As (blank) poem

Prompt: contemplation
Style: Free Verse



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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: The Accidental Tourist

 Buckle up, Soul, and get ready

To careen down to yon planet and inflict your incendiary presence

A rare seed trespassing in plastic lives

Hoping to expand shallow minds with your pluck

Will those you stick to like glue love and embrace you

As you pray their taste for you ripens rich in time

Will you survive your incarnation in this crude habitat?

Or will you collapse and buckle 

Under the weight of their hate as they crush you like flowers

Your blood flowing scarlet to the sea in the heat of the sun

How quickly the accidental tourist is forgotten 

To those with hearts rotten like compost

~cie~



Prompt: Write a ready/not ready poem


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Monday, November 1, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: Dear Me As I Used To Be

 

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“Whatever you do, you can’t do that.”
Dear Me as I Used to Be, just wanting to experience all the colors life offers
your vivacious grin faded like verdant summer
for so few ever viewed you through unprejudiced eyes
let this Samhain be your time of restoration, for you are as worthy as all souls
open your eyes and see, Little Sister, you aren't a mistake

~me to myself~


Prompt: All Souls

Prompt: Mistake

Prompt: Look at Little Sister

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Prompt: Write a correspondence poem



Prompt word: Restore

Prompt: the photo at the top of the post

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Enheduanna's Daughter : Get —

Enheduanna's Daughter : Get —: Poetic Asides  prompt 10   for April poetry month 2021 is the same as the title of my poem.  Get — knotted, rooted, shafted, stuffed. (We wo...

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