Welcome back to the second last monthly Poppy's Prompt!
The Rules:
- Include (or reference) one or more of the five words in a poem
- Share the link in the comments
- Submit as many as you want
The Previous Editions:
The Prompts:
- Veil
- Maple
- Halcyon
- Horizon
- Shell
Thanks for stopping by! :)
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Poppy
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My Favorite Essay
I return to this essay each spring, scattering my ink under Eliot’s. I remember Dr. Evans’s shock at my love for Eliot. It seemed incongruent with my love of Mark Twain and Steinbeck and all of those early loves who stole my heart with strong voices. Eliot employs voice differently than fiction writers, and for me, the voice of “Tradition and the Individual Talent” feels like the canon itself is speaking, directly to me, as if I am the recipient of a love letter from literature itself. When Wally (Dr. Evans) referred to Eliot (and Emerson and Hume) as stuffy old bastards, it was my turn to react with shock. I’m sure I looked at him like he had three heads or a tuba growing out of one ear. I feel an intimacy when I read Eliot. “Journey of the Magi” brought me to tears the first time I read it.
By Harper Lewisa day ago in Writers
Comments (22)
I took inspiration from Veil, and this is what came 🥰😘 https://customer-opinion.top/poets/the-muse-yh1oa20a69%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
I just published this using all the words. Please excuse the off-the-top or off-the-cuff rhyming. Thank you, Poppy, it was fun!🥰 https://customer-opinion.top/poets/veil-maple-halcyon-horizon-and-shell%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Thank you, in part, for inspiration of some of the words that I used from your list in this poem - https://customer-opinion.top/poets/frozen-halcyon%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Hello, Poppy. Thanks again for posting these prompt exercises. This one helped me work out some feelings, helped me heal a little bit. https://customer-opinion.top/poets/the-coming-darkness%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here is another https://customer-opinion.top/poets/purple-shells%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Hi, jumping in with an entry. https://customer-opinion.top/poets/horizon-s-edge%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
One more entry: https://customer-opinion.top/poets/on-the-horizon-m4gmq0vir%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Thanks for hosting the contest! Here's my entry: https://customer-opinion.top/poets/in-service-to-the-country%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Reflections on current events: https://customer-opinion.top/poets/new-horizons-5atf0mr0%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here's mine: https://customer-opinion.top/stories/the-man-on-the-hill-144dr0bli%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here is mine! https://customer-opinion.top/poets/cassia-s-cross%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
"Tyne Pride" A Villanelle About A Ship For Poppy's Prompt 11 https://customer-opinion.top/poets/tyne-pride%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Thanks for these and well done for keeping them up, Ms Thepoet! I shall see what I shall do.
Thank you, Poppy! I really enjoy these prompts. Here is my take: https://customer-opinion.top/poets/the-mysteries-of-convergence%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
I've included it in the VSS Unofficial Challenge list and you will get mine this week https://www.facebook.com/groups/376191867241324/permalink/1094482395412264
Here is it… https://customer-opinion.top/poets/the-best-of-days-74nsg094p%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Yippee👏… fresh juicy new prompts 😃… love the words (especially those ones which can be nouns and verbs) & image ✅.
Hehehe I just used "veil" in the Haiku I published yesterday
What a great list! Thanks, Poppy!
Great prompts. I’ll ponder them and see if anything develops.
Looks like I'm first up again. Your prompts always trigger ideas right away. https://customer-opinion.top/poets/autumn-changes%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Woohooo!! Another round of prompts!!! Here we go!!! Any special style requests for me to clown around with?? 😅