Today’s prompt is to write a poem designed to help somebody (or yourself) to overcome their nightmares.
You might like to consider:
- Who is the nightmare sufferer? An adult? A child? You?
- What is the nightmare about?
- Is it a literal nightmare or e.g. a nightmare scenario?
- How might you be able to sooth using your words or rhythm?
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Today’s highlighted poem is from Writing the Roads of Grief and in it the author is transported back in time when she smells her late husband’s favourite whisky – Love and Laphroaig.
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Happy reading, happy writing -and if you do write, don’t forget to post your poem (in full or as a link) in the comments below so we can all enjoy it.
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Great prompt Pooky though I’m beginning to think they should be called challenges as this one is a one such challenge.
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It is quite a challenge isn’t it – I’m not quite sure how I’ll tackle this one myself but hopefully it will get us thinking!
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Again here is my prompt, and you´re getting me hooked. http://charlypriest.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/nightmare-poem-prompt/
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That’s a good thing! I am really enjoying seeing people’s different takes on these prompts. Yesterday’s was interesting, a real mixture of sweetness and bitterness came out!
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Yes, I found reading others that there was some quite bitterness coming out of some writers. I thought it was very interesting how each of us takes the idea and runs with it in different directions.
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My effort for today Pooky
http://summerstommy.com/2014/05/07/poetry-prompt-7-an-antidote-to-nightmares-the-gorge/
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Oooh marvelous, I’m off to give it a read!
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Thank you, Pooky, for featuring that particular poem. It’s particularly poignant as yesterday was his birthday. xx
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Oh wow, I had no idea. I love this poem and have returned to it many times. You have such a gift with words. Happy birthday Rod! So that explains why you and Big Ted raided the drinks cabinet…. xxx
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This didn’t come out at all as I planned, but here’s my offering in any case! Great prompt: http://ccchampagne.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/go-back-to-sleep/
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I love what you came up with – this is completely different to anything else I’ve read on your blog – but it got me thinking and I felt it was a great response to the prompt (also not at all what I imagined when I dreamt up the prompt which was literally as a result of little Ellie having nightmares so perhaps when I get around to mine it will be more lullaby-ish?) I’m LOVING seeing all the different responses people come up with to the same prompts.
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Thank you! I believe I have done stuff like this before, but it was a very, very long time ago… This is what I immediately thought of when you said that: http://ccchampagne.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/illusion/
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you come up with and, again, thanks for the prompt! *smile*
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You have been blogging and writing for a LONG time… wow! Inspiring… and I loved this poem.
esp:
The only price you pay
Is broken hearts
In torn up souls
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I started writing as a kid, but blogged consistently (poems and other scribbles) for about a year (June 2011-June 2012) and then I started again now in April… And I think that Illusion was originally written in 2007 (I posted a lot of my old stuff when I first started out). Thank you for the comment on it. *smile*
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Are you planning to keep it up? I think you should, I think you write beautifully and it’s a certainly a real pleasure to have you around x
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Thank you! It’s always nice to hear nice things like that and I enjoy being around. Will I continue? I hope so… Perhaps (almost hopefully) not as prolific as it’s been over the past month and a half, but I really want to keep writing and not get ‘caught up in reality’. Then again, I suppose we have to live in the real world, don’t we? *sigh* So yes, I plan to keep it up, but I hope to find a little bit more of a balance in my life. Somehow. *smile*
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It’s all about finding balance. I find that hard too! But I hope to still find you popping up every now and then x
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Oh, right now you can’t get rid of me even if you tried! 😉
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My submission. I read the prompt from an email during the day, so I had a few hours to consider this before sitting down to write tonight.
https://avulnerablespace.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/hairy-and-scary-now-as-bright-as-a-fairy/
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fabulous! I posted a little later today, the kids let me have a lie in!
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Here’s my response for today! And I’m glad this was up, I was at a loss for what to write about until I found this.
http://martha0stout.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/pillow-talk-poetry-prompt-7/
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I’m glad I helped you to find your muse today!
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Here is my lullaby to ward off nightmares: https://pookypoetry.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/a-lullaby-to-ward-off-nightmares/
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