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Ode to Rachelle
addition to Rachel's
Rachelle
A quick thank you to our superb Rachelle.
Router problems 2!
The saga continues
To Jess Wheeler - The Sparkler in Our Midst!
A loving tribute
XOXOXOOX
To the Amazing Heather Wickham
An Ode to Sandy Jean
In recognition of my beloved friend
The Magic Man of CollectivelyWrite.com
A tribute of gratitude to Tim Margetts
Rich in Friendship
A loving tribute to Katharine Folkes
An Ode to My Friend
A loving tribute to Rachel Gosling
Formula for Success
It's much easier than we have been taught
Coffee on the router
I was woken by my husband at 2pm the other day to tell me he’d got the router a little wet.
Autumnal Joys
Double Tetractys shape to reflect the poem's words. Inspired by a recent Tim Margetts Challenge
Diminished
Nonette used to illuminate the message of the poem. (Inspired by a previous Tim Margetts Bi-Weekly Poetry Challenge)
Clothes Horse
Inspired by the Poetry Challenge this week!! (The last word of every line creates a quotation)
Awakening
Thanks to Diane and Rachelle for this Dorsimbra format.
Seven Breaths
Backburn
Heaven on Earth
Thanks to Diane Kenel-Truelove for teaching me this Dorsimbra format.
Up and Down
Special thanks to Tim Margetts for suggesting that visual form can add to a poem's enjoyment
Autumn's Beckoning Pathways
A Dorsimbra: The Dorsimbra exists to make the poet demonstrate skill across three contrasting styles -- formal meter, free verse, and blank verse while still producing a poem that feels whole. It must have exactly 12 lines, arranged as three quatrains 1) a quatrain of iambic pentameter rhyming abab 2) a quatrain of "short and snappy" free verse, and 3) a quatrain of blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter). The final (12th) line is the same as the first line.
The Tale of Edric Wolfbane - I. The wolf
A bardic song of heroism, legend and truth from England’s shadowed medieval past.
A Day In Time
The Great Humbling of Cupid
An epic tale of jest and woe set in the realms of the gods of yore. And so, with the conclusion of the Olympian Summit, our tale of one brought low, then redeemed, comes to a close.
Autumn’s gifts
A stacked haiku in praise of autumn.
Ethereal Spirits
Describing spectres with a double tetractys
Tough Love
Wrong in every possible way
Space
A poem I wrote back in 2019
A flurry of wings
As the temperature drops, the birds return to feed.
Quiet
As I am judging it, I cannot enter the bi-weekly poetry contest, but the prompt intrigued me: “Write a poem about inheriting something that cannot be physically handed to you.” So I wrote this.
And So She Wrote
Free Verse: an introspective offering
Dusk at Stonehenge
At Stonehenge's ancient stone circle, a murder of crows gathers.
A Shadow Grows
Everyday Man
I was challenged to write a cohesive poem using the following words or phrases: grease monkey, Salisbury steak, Bigfoot lives. Motel 6 Lady of the Night, Slime Time Mel's Garage
Family Disease
Most families have their share of characters. Hopefully, they aren't harmful.
At the Heart of Contentment - Duet Poem
That September Day
A sonnet in memory of September 11, 2001
All Words Lead To Ainsdale Beach - August 2023
From a prompt - "I picked up my clock. Three twenty."
Tenacity
It's not for the weak
A SELF EVIDENT TRUTH
A poem that can be read both ways - top to bottom and bottom to top. Written from a prompt in my writing group.
The Faces Change
TRUTH OR FICTION
An acrostic
Daylight promises
The first light of day holds so much promise.
Life barely begun
I made a sad discovery in the garden this morning
California On My Mind
Written in response to a prompt to write a poem about a tree.
WHO AM I?
Written in response to a prompt to sum yourself up in 4 lines.
FATED TO MEET
A poem about friendship.
THE DINKY TOY
An autobiographical poem inspired by the prompt - an early memory. I was about 4.
A Golden Years Gold Medal Friendship
Dedicated with love to Diane Kenel-Truelove
The Gift Of The Old To The New
An acrostic
Hypocrisy's Garden
Duet challenge: Free verse poem composed by Rachelle Allen and Diane Kenel-Truelove