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Poetry: April 04, 2018 Issue [#8835]

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 This week: Prompted ~
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3. Letter from the Editor
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About This Newsletter

         Greetings! I'm honored to be your guest editor for this week's WDC Poetry Newsletter.

"...the writing of poems...
the call of overhearing music that is not yet made."

Mary Kinzie, "A Poet's Guide to Poetry"

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As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
"An Essay on Criticism," Alexander Pope


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Letter from the editor

Greetings, fellow writers ~ let's start with a prompt *Bursto* ~ April

         April, it's a month, one of 12, so what? It's not a picture, an image, an action - that is, unless I make it so. *Cool* That's the point of the prompt - to make me see the word, seek it's image - now, April can also be a person's name. Thus, an ode to April can speak to a time of year, or a person - see how the mind can play with a word - I'll bet you can find more images for an ode or sonnet, or limerick, perhaps *Wink*

         There are several types of prompts that I think are crafted to incite a poem.

         *Burstg*Words ~ random or themed. Our April above can add crocus, yellow, Easter, river. The challenge can be to use all or some of the words to craft a poem. Or, April can be the theme and the challenge be forbidding the writer from using the following words while weaving a poem about April (person or time).

         *Burstp*Quotes - by persons famous or infamous, literary or tongue-in-cheek. Interpreting the quote in verse is a challenging exercise, as we read the words, then interpret them, or re-interpret them, in our own lyric voices.

         *Burstr*Images. Pictures or drawings, with or without a theme or genre. Interpret the image in verse, with or without form. Looking at a painting, a picture, we each interpret it with our eyes, our senses, as a unique image. The poem is the expression of that image, as we see it, and imagine it.

         *Burstbr*Crafting/forming the poem ~ metric, or free verse, or story poem. Some challenges and publications seek verse that weaves images with patterns (forms) - sonnet, haiku, free verse, blank verse, and so on. Most of these also have a theme or genre, or group image (i.e., Horror - ghosts). Each of us has a unique interpretations of these images in both word and form.

         *Burstbl*Themes ~ This is not the same as word themes, it's generally broader, more expansive. Some poetry magazines seek themed submissions for an anthology or quarterly issue and consider those submissions as distinct from general open submissions. Anthologies also seek themed poems, using form, or image, or genre to focus the work.

         I wanted to explore these images today, as we start National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). It's a grueling month, where, if we accept the challenge to self, we craft a poem a day, whether draft, or final, whether readable or scribble of random words. Prompts are provided both in our Community and the great outdoors to incite the Muse Creative to craft words in verse. If you take up the challenge, perhaps create a book item or folder to house the month's works of verse, there to revisit and further craft.

         If you accept the challenge, maybe for the month, or maybe when a prompt compels, or maybe just whenever, consider perhaps what we've explored today and have fun with it.

Write On *Pencil*
Kate
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Editor's Picks

Check out some the worlds in verse crafted by members of our Community, and perhaps take up one of the April challenges as well *Smile*

 
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To Write... a Ghazal Open in new Window. (E)
Writing a ghazal about writing a ghazal. Very meta.
#2153073 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon


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 Mountain Trails Open in new Window. (E)
A hike on a mountain trail. Free verse; Shadows and Light Entry.
#2154141 by Anders J. Skeleton Author IconMail Icon


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My Conversation With a Daffodil Open in new Window. (E)
in a Cornish Sonnet
#2154033 by Dave Author IconMail Icon


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A walk in nature
#2154126 by boldbrian Author IconMail Icon


 Embrace the Storm Open in new Window. (ASR)
Poem based on a prompt about not waiting for the storm to pass
#2154123 by Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon


 EASTER 2018 Open in new Window. (E)
This is my first poem for April's poem a day entries. Acrostic form. Happy Easter to all.
#2154115 by Dorianne Author IconMail Icon


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Day 1 0f 30 for NaPoWriMo
#2154077 by Fyn Author IconMail Icon


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April poem-a-day poetry spot!
#1370829 by Katya the Poet Author IconMail Icon

 
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         I thank you for joining me in today's exploration.

         Enjoy the month, craft some images in words, follow (or challenge) a prompt or three. share some of your work with us. However you see it, have fun *Smile*

         Until the next time,

Write On *Frog*
Kate
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