Category Archives: Prompts

Favorite Poems

Posted on July 15, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

Margo Roby has invited us to share one of our favorite poems. I unabashedly fall into the “Can it be more than one?” group. I have favorite haiku which you can find here.  I have favorite poems and quotes by … Continue reading →

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Let’s Oulipo for Margo

Posted on July 2, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

tanks and angry alpha back what as law many that as that and had and backwards many that Santa Barbara many what many all had mass Santa Barbara and that and all as grand as that laws can play and what that laws and … Continue reading →

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Tea Garden Path

Posted on June 4, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

dewdrop path, this dream under a nightingale moon cherry petals drift up to the dusk-vined gate I follow the scent of tea old words ring, thoughts crash like cairn stones in a spring flood, scoff  and grate–each foot falls hard on stone paths, fern-coiled … Continue reading →

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Trying a New Poetry Form

Posted on May 16, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

Victoria Slotto offered a new challenge at dVerse–the Tilus.  It is a form described as: Tilus [tee-loo-hz] is a form created by Kelvin S.M. and falls under the category of micro poetry. The form is divided into two parts: the first … Continue reading →

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Prompt #212 – Polishing Silver

Posted on May 15, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

Originally posted on Red Wolf Poems:
I hope everyone has recovered from last month’s poetry writing.  If you participated in a fraction of the prompts and poetry activities out there, then I know you have a drawer full of poems…

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