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One Stop Poetry One Shoot Challenge

Posted on May 29, 2011 by SallyJ

Scott  Wyden and his photography are featured today at One Stop Poetry.com – great prompts and interview – well worth a look. I had decided to give today’s challenge a miss because the CFS has tightened its grip in the … Continue reading →

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Reap what is Sown

Posted on May 27, 2011 by SallyJ

This is an experimental sculpture by Gary Rogers, the artist who painted the amazing portrait that became the cover of my recently published poetry collection, ‘Random’. I have used it as a prompt for the following rant – which will … Continue reading →

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A Soldier’s Wealth

Posted on May 26, 2011 by SallyJ

Another Octain, I think. It seems as though this form is addictive. Not sure why I like it so much…possibly the internal rhyme element… A Soldier’s Wealth Soldiers’ wealth is not measured by the size of their salary, but by … Continue reading →

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One Stop Poetry’s Sunday Photo Challenge

Posted on May 22, 2011 by SallyJ

Today’s Onestoppoetry.com challenge is to write about this photo taken by Walter Parada. As usual it  is a beautifully evocative image. On first sight of the photo one word popped into my head – nobility. Nobility See me, see my … Continue reading →

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Close shave

Posted on May 18, 2011 by SallyJ

Exquisite, bold squirrel, cheeks full of acorns, Evades watchful dog I’m no haiku writer, but this begged to be written.

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Improved ‘Warrior’ octain and one more

Posted on May 17, 2011 by SallyJ

Thank you Caudia for helping me to sort the octain I wrote for One Stop Poetry’s Monday Form. I have added a syllable to the first/last lines and changed the 5th line to put the internal rhyme in the correct … Continue reading →

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Rhyming, double dactyls and now pantoums.

Posted on May 14, 2011 by SallyJ

This week has seen me chopping and changing between different forms of poetry. On Monday at One Stop Poetry Gay Cannon had us looking at and trying rhyme schemes. I posted English Seaside (https://sallyjblackmore.co.uk/2011/05/09/playing-with-rhyme/). I had some great feedback, as … Continue reading →

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Now I understand!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by SallyJ

The book signing on Saturday went really well. I sold seven copies in store and also there was an enormous amount of support for Help for Heroes with wristbands and badges ‘selling’ well. ‘Army Bear’, a delightful teddy was the … Continue reading →

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Playing with rhyme

Posted on May 9, 2011 by SallyJ

The One Stop Poetry task for today is to explore the use of rhyme and so I have a villanelle (ish) to offer… English Seaside Ceaseless, surging, the ebb and the flow Of icy water assaulting the sand – Salty, … Continue reading →

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Soldier – the short listed poem

Posted on May 6, 2011 by SallyJ

This is the poem that was short listed for the Fish competition. I wrote it after I realised that when I saw D in his uniform, amongst a load of others similarly dressed, I couldn’t pick him out from the … Continue reading →

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