As I move into the second half of my life I find it more and more difficult to mix and mingle, to put myself out there. I'd rather stay to myself and spend my time reading, writing, and art journaling. Or I spend my days with animals, walking dogs and pet sitting. Now I even enjoy camping solo. So being here, mixing with other poets, has me feeling vulnerable.
"Healing Hands" Art by MDragonwillow
Poetry Prompts:
Write for ten minutes about how and when you feel vulnerable.
Word Prompts:
Vulnerability
Exposed
Open
Poetry Type:
Or
Dance and Movement:
I need drums for this one.
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
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
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My poem is a combination of day one and day two.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.awritersuniverse.com/2020/10/octpowrimo-shining-my-light-and.html
The link is what I wrote originally, before I saw the poem options. I've never heard of a Lannet, so below is my attempt at rewriting as a Lannet. https://scribblesfrommetoyou.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/octpowrimo2020-02-vulnerability/
ReplyDeleteHer eyes are staring, huge black orbs, glowing
In a dim light, she absorbs all that is.
A black hole staring, growing, heavier.
Claws gently flex, awaiting the bare foot
That tempting sight is inevitable
Dangling, bare and utterly appealing
It's too much, this excitement, to contain
Tail swishing slows as stillness achieved
Unforgivable really, not to yield
To succumb, as movement hones watching eyes
Utter silence now, still contemplation
The calm before storms, the eye of the wind
Her density increases, mass growing
As she launches unsuspected attack!!
So alive.. felt like watching the attack myself.
DeleteVery visual imagery used! Excellent.
DeleteLoved this. The alliteration in the middle adds to the stillness, builds the tension!
DeleteLook out look out...nice new thought poem!!!
DeleteI admire you for trying out these new forms on the spur of the moment. xoA <3
DeleteI felt like watching the cat waiting to pounce!
DeleteHere is my link for Day 2
ReplyDeletehttps://serendipityofdreams.blogspot.com/2020/10/time.html
Here I wrote a Lannet for the day.
ReplyDeletehttps://colorsofthefall.blogspot.com/2020/10/wordless-tales.html?m=1
Very nice. Such a difficult form. I find 10 syllables makes a challenging meter, but you captured it!
DeleteDay 2 -- Resistless Resiliency
ReplyDeletehttps://thistlethoughts.com/2020/10/02/octpowrimo-day-2/
This was interesting, going through the image or reality of a chronic illness or physical disability to then breach further in to the emotional / spiritual / mental core of it is nothing short of a stroke of genius on a regular day; on this one, however, I also see, beneath the veneer of poetry, both weakness and strength intermingling. As if to remind, nobody can be strong all the time.
DeleteWonderful and poignant.
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DeleteSorry about the deletion, but I'd made a typo and just couldn't stand it. But, this stanza struck me:
DeleteCarrying
this, a dust
receptacle
for the world’s idea
of what strength
looks like, what
ableness and
accomplishment
amount to
Love it. Thank you. xoA <3
Inspired ny the prompt, though that may be hard to tell. https://unassortedstories.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/sesame/
ReplyDeleteHi There! My contribution for Day 2 : https://amritapauls.blogspot.com/2020/10/i-create.html
ReplyDeleteFor day 2, I wrote a love poem, 'cause to me, love makes you the most vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteWell, okay, so I wrote a love poem in my own way ;)
Title: "Shooting Gallery"
https://spiralartist.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/shooting-gallery-day-two-vulnerability/
I chose the Haiku today.
ReplyDeletehttps://sgeoil.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/vulnerable/
My contribution for Day-2
ReplyDeletehttps://letsreadourwords.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/vulnerable/
Lannet for me today.
ReplyDeletehttps://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/shame/
I'm getting a very nonspecific error trying to comment on your post, so I'll do it here: Striking imagery; powerfully beautiful, haunting, and heartbreaking.
DeleteHaiku -
ReplyDeletehttps://vellur1.blogspot.com/2020/10/rain-dance-haiku.html
My link for day 2:
ReplyDeletehttps://jesigirlje.wixsite.com/website/post/octpowrimo-2-vulnerable
My pingback doesn't seem to work, so I'll try posting here: https://familymatters389367221.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/pry-my-heart-open/(opens in a new tab)
ReplyDeletehttps://soapboxbykay.com/2020/10/02/vulnerable-octpowrimo-2/
ReplyDeleteDay-2 A Haiku
ReplyDeletehttps://musingssurvive.blogspot.com/2020/10/vulnerable.html
Vulnerability https://experiencewriting.com/2020/10/02/october-2-octpowrimo-writober-and-nanoprep/
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way. I live in a town of 154 people and I rarely interact with anybody. When I was younger, that would have sounded awful. These days, I prefer it.
ReplyDeleteEye of the Storm
Would You Embrace Me?
ReplyDeletehttp://stephbethnickel.com/2020/10/02/vulnerability/
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time participating in OctPoWriMo. Here's the link to my poems for the first two days. I would definitely appreciate the feedback. Thank you
ReplyDeletehttps://blueberrycatwrites.wordpress.com/2020/10/01/day-one-of-octpowrimo-reclaim/
https://blueberrycatwrites.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/day-two-of-octpowrimo-folklore/
I enjoyed both your poems and left a comment on your blog. xoA <3
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ReplyDeleteYellow umbrella
ReplyDeleteVulnerability is hard to fit in 10 syllables a line. Expose/open seemed easier.
ReplyDeletehttps://hittingthemark-jones.blogspot.com/2020/10/northern-exposure.html
Tomorrow's Dance
ReplyDeleteI struggle SO MUCH with Haiku. Sigh...
ReplyDeletehttps://womanofglass.blogspot.com/2020/10/octpowrimo-day-2.html
* - this entry is safe for work and kids; the rest of the blog is not
Got here late in the day! Some free verse and a haiku: https://xanhaiku.wordpress.com/2020/10/03/the-greater-loss/
ReplyDeleteLoved this and shared it with a gardener friend. xoA
DeleteI went with the haiku today.
ReplyDeletehttps://heyannis.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/vulnerability/
Since my blog is still private but I started an instagram account, I'm going to try and use it to share with you here. Bear with me :)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CF35FqjDpqP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
After working all weekend I finally have a new domain (couldn't get my old one back) with all of my blog stuff back up!
ReplyDeleteAnd I finally have my Day 2 poem done and am trying to catch up!
http://wyckedtwists.com/octpowrimo-day-2-vulnerability/
Hello,
ReplyDeleteHere is my poetry. Since I am more comfortable in free verse, I am gonna stick to that
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJZJOWA2R0/?igshid=1itxmqxgsokl7
https://wordsthatcant.wordpress.com/2020/10/06/octpowrimo-day-2-poem-senryu-panic-amwritingpoetry/
ReplyDeleteDay 2: