Posts Tagged ‘Writing Prompts’

Spring In New York (Haiku)

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Three haiku to “celebrate” an unseasonably cold first day of spring:

Calendar says spring,
But the weather disagrees.
Hope they work it out.

New York guys and gals
Greet springtime in their shirtsleeves
While winter mocks them. 

Spring shyly appears,
Taps winter on the shoulder,
Vows to try again.

(Inspired by One Single Impression’s spring prompt. And speaking of prompts, there’s still plenty of time to participate in my latest poetry prompt. How do you participate? Just write a haiku or limerick about poetry or writing and use Mr. Linky to post your themed link.)

Poems About Poems (Limerick and Haiku Prompt)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Today’s limerick and haiku theme is poems about poems or, if you prefer, poems about writing. First, my limerick about writing haiku:

Ode To The Haiku
By Madeleine Begun Kane

It’s seventeen-syllable verse —
Maybe less — yes it has to be terse.
What a challenge to do —
This form called haiku,
Whose brevity’s blessing and curse.

And here’s a pair of haiku about poetry, the first about writing limericks, the second about poetry writing in general:

Anapestic twists,
AABBA rhyme scheme.
Add wit and you’re home.

Ideas, thoughts, fragments
Of inspiration surge forth.
Poetry is born.

Now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write a limerick or haiku (or both) about poetry and/or writing in general. When you’ve posted your verse, please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry.

(If you need some tips on limerick or haiku writing, I link to some helpful sites here.) 

Kicking Around Circles

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I’m celebrating the circle today with two haiku:

Running in circles.
Running rings around others.
Squarely opposite?

Communicating
Through circular reasoning.
Squaring the circle.

UPDATE: November 2nd is “Look For Circles Day.”

Media Life Cycle

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Rising-star raves,
Hype, sticks and stones, has-been whispers:
Celebrity press.

(This haiku was prompted by sticks and stones and rising.  And speaking of prompts, I just posted a new limerick and haiku prompt. Its theme is age and/or life stages.)

Life Stages (Limerick and Haiku Prompt)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Today’s limerick and haiku theme is age and/or life stages. First, my limerick:

“Let’s begin at the top of the page,”
Said the coach to the gals on the stage.
“You’re supposed to be teens.
You should know what that means.
So I’m begging you—please—act your age.”

And here’s my haiku:

Cranky digestion
Recalcitrant intestines
Aging wastefully.

Now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write a limerick or haiku (or both) about age and/or life stages. When you’ve posted your verse, please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry.

(If you need some tips on limerick or haiku writing, I link to some helpful sites here.)

 

Empowered Haiku

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Neither desiring
Nor requiring power:
Truly empowered.

(Inspired — and empowered — by this Writers Island poetry prompt.  And speaking of prompts, there’s still lots of time to participate in my latest walking-themed prompt.)

Rejected Apology (Limerick)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

This week’s challenge over at 3WW is to write something that uses these three words: Apology, Consider, and Distant. Here’s my limerick:

Rejected Apology
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Your apology isn’t enough.
You always act distant and gruff.
You never consider
My feelings.  I’m bitter.
So stuff it.  Enough with your guff!

And speaking of challenges, there’s still time to participate in my time-themed poetry prompt.

Imagined Slights (Two Haiku)

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Those imagined slights:
Often more insidious
Than the real ones.

An imagined slight,
Paranoiac reaction—
His girlfriend no more.

(Written in response to 3 Word Wednesday’s Prompt — “Girlfriend, Imagined, Slight.”  I prefer the first one, even though it’s missing one of the three words.)

And speaking of prompts, I hope you’ll give my haiku and limerick prompt a try.

Six-Word Memoir

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Weekend Wordsmith presents a challenging prompt this week — write a 6-word memoir. Is it cheating to write two of them,  a career memoir and a personal one? I hope not, because that’s what I’ve done.

Six-Word Memoir 1: Musical stage.  Injury — rage.  Internet page.

Six-Word Memoir 2: Born old.  Found love, laughter — reborn.

And speaking of prompts, please give mine a try.