More Randomness

The prompt sites I visited today had some terrific words and ideas for writing inspiration, but - at least for a few of them - kind of reined me in from writing silly or funny stuff, which is a sweet spot for me.  Nevertheless, that's a good thing, because it forces me to stretch my creative muscle and focus in a different way.  So, that's what I did (although I still managed to get in a few silly and funny things, too.)

Cloaked Monk's March Challenge put forth 'slavery' in honor of Harriet Tubman Day. Theme Thursday gave a word and picture prompt of 'space.' Poets United Thursday Think Tank provided the theme of 'ghosts' and finally (from yesterday, actually) Poetic Asides wanted to see a 'turn around poem.'

Image courtesy of HarrietTubmanBiography

Slavery

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.” ~Abraham Lincoln, letter to A. G. Hodges, Apr. 4, 1864

The wrongness of it

is compounded only by

the act of silence.

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Philosopher Insult

“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.” ~Democritus, Greek philosopher, 460-370 BC

You are but atoms

(in my humble opinion)

plus some empty space.

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What Haunts You

“Eat, drink and be scary”.  ~Author Unknown

Overindulgence

is a ghost that’s been known to

come back and haunt you.

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Image courtesy of QuoteSnack

Turned ‘Round Words

Fighting a liar,
a blushing crow
are just a few
Spoonerisms I know.

A half-warmed fish,
nicking your pose -
these things are fun
in poem or prose.

Soul of ballad,
a lack of pies...
Turned ‘round words

cannot disguise

those belly jeans.
Go help me sod.
The list goes on,
despite how odd

it beams to sea,
that’s the pun fart
‘cause Spoonerisms
are linguistic art.

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...and a few more thoughts pertaining to the world of arts and letters...

Some time later, after I posted that cute l'il bit of jotting below, two more wonderful sites provided further fodder for my fertile imagination.  Poets United Think Tank Thursday was looking for poems inspired by quotes and quotations, and Theme Thursday's prompt was books.

Taking that as her cue, my muse whispered, "Carl Sandburg," in my ear, and the rest is epigraph history.

Image courtesy of Pip Poetry

Clerihew for a Poet

I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself. ~Carl Sandburg

Thus, Carl Sandburg wrote,

(to paraphrase his quote)

“I don’t always ‘git it’

even if I writ it.”

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A Shore Thing*

A book is never a masterpiece; it becomes one. ~Carl Sandburg

There once was a woman named Snooki

who was kind of an arts/letters rookie.

But she got a book deal

which I still find surreal

since her talent is more about nookie.

I doubt that her book makes ‘the list’

and in fact, it should just be dismissed.

But this stuff seems to sell

even if it is hell

and it’s penned by a true solipsist.

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(*Not in this case.)

Phoenix Rising

Image courtesy Dusty Bee

  The Phoenix

There sits a dull grey pile of ash

created from a blazing fire
which sprung forth from a brilliant flash.

How many times can he expire

and then somehow be born again?

Still, we watch for his bright plumage.

The question is not how, but when

he’ll arise from cindered  tomb-age.

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The above Goethe Stanza poem was written in response to a prompt from Poets United Think Tank Thursday.  The theme was 'fire.'

...and in the 'Why do one when you can do two' department...

Image courtesy of Fairy-Corgi

...I was just having too much fun.

So with regard to Poets United Think Tank Thursday, I also found this picture at DeviantArt, which I thought was way adorable.  And with that, I went to RhymeZone (my favorite online rhyming dictionary, which also has a whole lotta other great word-things, too!) and decided to see what I might discover which could work for Wendi.

Yep, she's quite a girl!

Meet Wendi

Hi!  My name is Wendi.

My accessories? Mostly Fendi.

I ♥ stuff that’s trendy

'cause that's my modus vivendi.

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In a Sea of Blue

Image courtesy of blueMangosteen/DeviantArt

I really love this work of art!  It just seems so upbeat and so full of joy and freedom.  Poets United Thursday Think Tank gave a prompt which involved visiting DeviantArt (a wonderful site for artists, writers and poets) and randomly choosing and then using one piece of art there to inspire a poem.

No greater pleasure

exists than to be soaring

as if one had wings.

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