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Sunday, 28 March 2021
Ornery Poetry: Helen MacGuffin
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https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-countdown-t-minus-5
Helen of Troy by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London); Helen admiringly displays a lock of her hair, as she gazes into a mirror decorated with the nude Aphrodite.
Consider, please, Helen of Troy
Whose mug spelled doom for thousands of boys
The lads perished for nuffin
Helen's face is a MacGuffin
That conjures neither pleasure nor joy
~cie~
Write a MacGuffin poem
Please note that I am not implying that Helen is a MacGuffin. She is a critically important character from Greek mythology. The "MacGuffin" is Helen's face, as referred to in the line "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" from Christopher Marlowe's poem.
From the Wikipedia entry on Helen of Troy
Helen appears in various versions of the Faust myth, including Christopher Marlowe's 1604 play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, in which Faustus famously marvels, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" upon seeing a demon impersonating Helen.[89] The line, which is frequently quoted out of context,[89][91] is a paraphrase of a statement from Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead.
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Friday, 26 March 2021
Winona Linn
Sunday, 21 March 2021
World Poetry Day
Who was it that said, "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling"?
Who was it that said, “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.”
Who was it that said, “I would define ... the Poetry of words as The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.”
Who was it that said, "The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it."
Who was it that said, "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."
Who was that said, "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."
Who was it that said, "Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."
Who was it that said, "Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."
Who was it that said, "I believe the poet shouldn't be in the poem at all except as a lens or as ears.."
Who was it that said, "Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not."
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Alan Ginsberg
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Dylan Thomas
5. T.S. Elliot
6. Leonard Cohen
7. Aristotle
8. Carol Ann Duffy
9. Alice Oswald
10. Patti Smith
Ten good reasons from ten superb poets showing us why today is World Poetry Day.
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Friday, 19 March 2021
Alice Eather
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Sunday, 14 March 2021
The Plain Truth
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I feel an all too familiar pain in my soul
As I look out through foggy glass surrounded by weathered pane
And realize that I will never be on top of anything
Not even if I take a plane to the stars
It is plain to me that my most troubled relationship
Has always been the one that I have with myself
~cie~
Write a "top" poem
Write about a troubled relationship
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Friday, 12 March 2021
Melanie Mununggurr-Williams
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Friday, 5 March 2021
The Kids Are Allright - Covid 19
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Friday, 26 February 2021
George The Poet
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Sunday, 21 February 2021
In Dreams
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I'm recycling a poem originally published on 3 November 2020. Apologies for missing my appointed rounds during the last two weeks. I'm working on multiple projects including formatting my forthcoming poetry book, December Mood.
I have finally been approved for disability. I now need to visit with an accountant and I need to call Medicaid. It would be just like the welfare system in the U.S. to screw me by proclaiming that I'm getting "too much money" from SSDI to continue getting Medicaid. The cutoff for Medicaid is $1100 a month and SSDI is going to be giving me $1300 per month. If I have to get insurance, the SSDI payment will be reduced to $900 per month because insurance is damn expensive.
Anyway, here's the poem.
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in dreams you held me
I wish I'd never woken
beautiful nightmare
~cie~
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day3
Today's prompt:
Write a dream poem, a nightmare poem, or both.
This poem was inspired by my
favorite Beyonce song, Sweet Dream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlxByc0-V40
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