Paint the page
pen the words
poetry in heart
put to page.
write what the soul
needs to say
for no other reason
than poetry must be.
Ars Poetica April 8
Category: Patricia Harris
April PAD challenge Day 7
did not like the prompt today. it came from my prompt pool.
Ars Poetica April 7
perhaps the dedication
to the art of writing poetry
comes with a certain mindset.
For not all understand
the flowing freeness
of the verse,
the delicious structure
of the form.
And even amongst those
who do write criticism
is rampant still.
April PAD challenge Day 6
did not like the prompt today. my kid suggested this one.
Ars Poetica April 6
As the ink flows
the poetry is lighter than prose.
writing poetry
seems to release
emotional turmoil
that prose does not.
though I enjoy the pen
lifting for prose
poetry is the release
I so often need.
April PAD challenge Day 5
the prompt can be found here
Ars Poetica April 5
For though I had not written
in a score of days,
the pen seemed to have
a life of its own as I wrote
in a complete haze.
Poetry flowed loosely
from my mind as if I had
breached a dam at last.
the pen and I were
joined as one,
and I myself
found poetry done.
April PAD challenge Day 4
the prompt can be found here
Ars Poetica April 4
the ink will dry
faster than
tears fill the ocean.
writing for art
feels better than
writing for emotion.
so I think I
will write my poetry
for sake of poetry.
removing the weight
of love, hate,
joy, and sorrow.
Pad challenge Day 3
I always have at least one day when the prompt doesn’t work for me. I have a folder of saved prompts for that purpose. today the folder was helpful. the prompt is : when the wind calls
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