Tuesday, October 1, 2019

OctPoWriMo Day 1

Welcome to the 8th annual OctPoWriMo poetry journey of 31 poems in 31 days. Every year people from all over the world come together to write poetry. Some have been writing poetry for years, others are just barely getting their feet wet. This is a place where all are welcome and there are very few rules.

OctPoWriMo Rules:
  1. Be kind
  2. Don't give advice (We just want to be heard)
Seriously, those are really the only two rules we have.The rest is optional. You can write poetry offline or online, you can choose to use our prompts or find your inspiration elsewhere, you can share your links in the comments of that day's prompt if you would like participants to be able to read your poetry, you can write about anything you want (please let us know in the comments with your link if it is not suitable to be opened at work), and we hope you play with your words until you breathe life into them.

Once again I have chosen a theme and this year it is - Mining the Gold in the Shadows. As some of you already know I'm going through a breakup and I'm trying to make sense of my life. What better way than through poetry, right? 

Poetry Prompts:

“The journey of the dark night of the soul is where we learn who we are, without people telling us.”
― Adèle Green

Photo courtesy of PublicDomainPictures.net by JL Field


That is exactly what I'm trying to figure out, who I am without other people saying who they think I am. You'd think at 55 years old I'd know by now. Free write about your, "Dark Night of the Soul" either an experience or what it means to you. 

Word Prompts:

Pitch Black
Soul fire 
Chaos
Awakening

Music for your poetry journey.






I am doing things a little differently this year. I am releasing my poems first to my patrons on Patreon and then to the public.

Peace,
Morgan Dragonwillow (Yes, I changed it back)
Read.Dance.Write.Repeat.

Become a Patron!

Please explore poetry without rules, and not try to fix anyone. Some of us love to explore the darker side and we just want to be heard. If the words you read touch you in some way, share what you love about the poem, what speaks to you, what makes you feel deep in your bones, but no giving advice or words of wisdom. That isn't what this is about.

Remember, our prompts are only suggestions, you can find your inspiration wherever your muse leads you. Please visit the other participants, share the hashtag, #OctPoWriMo on social media, and share your link in the comments below. Let us know how this journey into poetry is going for you and if this is your first year or if you have been with us from the beginning.


Morgan Dragonwillow, author of Wild Woman Waking & Dancing within Shadow, is a Bodywork transformer, dancing poet, motivator of words, magical instigator and creatrix of #OctPoWriMo & #PoetsonthePage. Please visit her Patreon page 
to discover more of her words, art, and prompts, including her uncensored self.


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51 comments:

  1. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost October 1, 2019 at 5:02 AM

    Here's my burnt offering.
    Dark Night of the Soul
    Trying to become who other people wanted me to be literally almost killed me and it left me disabled at 54 years old. I'm starting to learn who I am, and she's quite pissed off.

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    1. Morgan DragonwillowOctober 1, 2019 at 7:15 PM

      I'm glad you are still here. Pissed off seems to be what's going around these days. I know I'm pissed off about a lot of things. Some of which I'll be exploring in my art and poetry. Thanks for hanging in there with us.

      I now have my poem posted on my blog. http://www.awritersuniverse.com/2019/10/dark-night-of-soul.html

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  2. TbreitOctober 1, 2019 at 5:50 AM

    https://medium.com/@tammybreitweiser/paper-planes-9a329e05d381

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  3. paeansunpluggedOctober 1, 2019 at 6:10 AM

    https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/dark-knight-of-my-soul/

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  4. Morgan DragonwillowOctober 1, 2019 at 6:18 AM

    My poem.

    https://www.patreon.com/posts/30387115

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    1. grams ramblingsOctober 1, 2019 at 10:54 AM

      Choking, clawing - loved it. I reply here because I couldn't do the login thing...

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    2. Morgan DragonwillowOctober 1, 2019 at 1:51 PM

      Thanks, I probably should post on my blog once it goes public.

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    3. Jade LiOctober 1, 2019 at 5:50 PM

      good poem and very interesting drawing. art is such a good way to work things out!

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    4. Morgan DragonwillowOctober 1, 2019 at 9:35 PM

      Thank you, Jade.

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    5. SunitaOctober 3, 2019 at 5:58 AM

      What a moving poem! Poignant and helpless. Loved it Morgan.

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  5. mkvecchittoOctober 1, 2019 at 6:35 AM

    A villanelle for Day 1

    https://mkvecchitto.com/2019/10/01/a-moment/

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  6. SunitaOctober 1, 2019 at 7:18 AM

    Thank you Morgan for this annual session of cleansing the soul. Here is my take on the prompt.

    https://musingssurvive.blogspot.com/2019/10/dark-night-of-soul.html

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  7. grams ramblingsOctober 1, 2019 at 10:32 AM

    Here I am on day one. Here is my poem:

    gramswisewords.blogspot.com

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  8. Piper AdventuresOctober 1, 2019 at 10:57 AM

    Thank you for the prompts. Here is my link.

    https://wordpress.com/post/pipersadventures.blog/13389

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  9. Sascha DarlingtonOctober 1, 2019 at 11:58 AM

    Thank you for the prompt.

    Here's my first poem: https://saschadarlington.me/2019/10/01/octpowrimo-day-1-reassembly-required/

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  10. Esther JonesOctober 1, 2019 at 12:09 PM

    My offering for today: Change My Mind

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  11. rallentandaOctober 1, 2019 at 12:21 PM

    https://rallentanda.blogspot.com/2019/10/octopowrimo-2019.html
    Day one.

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  12. Just MeOctober 1, 2019 at 1:41 PM

    https://clandestinewriting.com/2019/10/01/10-1-2019-1/

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  13. Maria L. BergOctober 1, 2019 at 3:39 PM

    My poem "A Shudder in the Shadows" https://experiencewriting.com/2019/10/01/writober-2019-day-1-dark-night-of-the-soul/
    Great opening prompt!

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  14. Beth CampOctober 1, 2019 at 3:58 PM

    Lovely prompts. Thank you, Morgan. https://bethandwriting.blogspot.com/2019/10/octpowrimo-1-dark-night-of-soul.html

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  15. Jade LiOctober 1, 2019 at 5:26 PM

    Hello Morgan and All. I'm delighted to be back again, for OctPoWriMo2019!
    http://tao-talk.com/2019/10/01/octpowrimo-day-1-and-dverse-devils-food/

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  16. Help from HeavenOctober 1, 2019 at 6:04 PM

    https://isaiah46ministries.com/2019/10/01/when-the-light-shines-in-octpowrimo-2019-day-one/

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  17. pegasusofneOctober 1, 2019 at 6:12 PM

    https://serendipity756.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/dark-night-of-the-soul/

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  18. Morgan DragonwillowOctober 1, 2019 at 6:29 PM

    I will also post my poems on my blog after they've been posted to my patreon.

    http://www.awritersuniverse.com/2019/10/dark-night-of-soul.html?m=0

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  19. ARHuelsenbeckOctober 1, 2019 at 6:56 PM

    Here's mine: https://arhtisticlicense.com/2019/10/01/octpowrimo-day-1/

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  20. Lexc13October 1, 2019 at 7:19 PM

    Loving the theme this year, here's my day one poem

    https://lexpoet.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/dark-night-of-the-soul-octpowrimo-day-1/

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  21. CreeseOctober 1, 2019 at 7:24 PM

    I don't have a blog, so here is my attempt via Facebook page.
    https://www.facebook.com/chantel.robinson.581/posts/10219897771378544?notif_id=1569972122867110&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic

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  22. SgeoilOctober 1, 2019 at 7:36 PM

    Here is my poem
    https://sgeoil.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/nightmare/

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  23. Jenni AstramowiczOctober 1, 2019 at 9:52 PM

    Thank you for the prompt - and for holding this space. Here is my first poem

    https://thewabisabiwriter.blogspot.com/2019/10/cicatrix-promises.html

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  24. Jennifer CunninghamOctober 1, 2019 at 10:56 PM

    First poem done. Thanks for hosting, Morgan.

    Creosote

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  25. Kay Shapiro - www.soapboxbykay.comOctober 1, 2019 at 11:14 PM

    Wow, my poetry machinery is rusty! Thanks for the opportunity to get it loosened up a bit.

    http://writeyourcrazylifesane.com/2019/10/01/entropy/

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    1. odhranOctober 1, 2019 at 11:53 PM

      Nicely done! I look forward to reading more!

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  26. odhranOctober 1, 2019 at 11:47 PM

    Day 1 done!
    https://wordpress.com/post/odhranwrites.wordpress.com/1068

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  27. ladyleemanilaOctober 2, 2019 at 2:16 AM

    a lauranelle from me :)
    https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/octpowrimo-day-1-dark-night-of-the-soul/

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  28. Emily NudgeOctober 2, 2019 at 2:31 AM

    The First Day is here: http://www.emilynudge.com/2019/10/octpowrimo-one-poem-day-for-month-of.html

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  29. MarkOctober 2, 2019 at 4:03 AM

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  30. MarkOctober 2, 2019 at 4:06 AM

    https://hittingthemark-jones.blogspot.com/2019/10/darkly-synonymous.html

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  31. Angela van SonOctober 2, 2019 at 10:45 AM

    Posted in the wrong place yesterday, so reposting my day 1: https://unassortedstories.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/dark-night-of-the-soul/

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  32. SarpadeonOctober 2, 2019 at 4:42 PM

    Put pedal to the medal on this one to make it, but I think I finally got all caught up!

    Title: Kinbaku
    Poem: https://spiralartist.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/kinbaku-day-one/

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  33. RichaOctober 2, 2019 at 8:30 PM

    A little late to the party.. Here's my link - http://iscriblr.com/dark-night-of-the-soul/

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  34. paeansunpluggedOctober 3, 2019 at 2:30 PM

    This is Manessah B's post.
    https://couchtalkwisdom.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/dark-night-of-my-soul-octpowrimo-challenge-day-1/

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  35. Nima Mohan (thetenthzodiac.wordpress.com)October 4, 2019 at 7:12 PM

    Sorry for starting late. Hoping that this toddler gets accepted here.
    This is the link to my first attempt in any challenge.

    https://thetenthzodiac.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/the-night-and-my-soul/

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  36. A BurtOctober 5, 2019 at 6:26 AM

    Day 1

    https://scribblesfrommetoyou.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/octpowrimo-2019-1-the-darkness-will-not-keep-me-down/

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  37. Carol CampbellOctober 6, 2019 at 2:36 PM

    I am late but here is my day 1 offering. https://writersdream9.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/absence-3/

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