Seize the Poem: An Anthology

     I was just wondering about its release two weeks ago. Then here I am showing you my purchased copy! As mentioned on my previous post, I have a few poems appearing in this anthology. I have so many favorites written by poets from different parts of the world. Such a beautiful collection!  Thank you, Caroline Skanne, for all your hard work.

 

 

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A Few Poems in Seize the Poem Anthology
 

Seize the Poem (January 2015 prompt - April 2015 prompt)

January 2 prompt: branches

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summer clouds

the taste of a moment

as it melts away

January 9 prompt: cloud watching

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February 3 prompt: moon

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healing after a good cry cloud break

February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostitch

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magenta lips the kiss of summer wind

pink moon the taste of our make-up kiss

summer clouds my dreams sailing away

apple blossoms blowing kisses in the wind

Kathy Uyen Nguyen's response:

falling myrtle your apology a kiss away

fishtailed sky another wish woven through bubble wands

koi pond I stir my hopes into the patchwork of clouds

February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostitch

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February 5 prompt: one-liner/monostich

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watching

a seagull glide against

the overcast sky . . .

I forgot to tell the driver

to turn right

February 6 prompt: road signs

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February 8: sky colors

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February 9 prompt: straight lines

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Kathy Uyen Nguyen's response:

opal blue skies

a robin pens its story

with a throaty flourish

February 10 prompt: grey

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scarlet sky

diluted with dreams

of having you near . . .

this winter I dwell on

the love, not the pain

February 17: winter palette

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February 23 prompt: petal

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barn door . . .

horse grunts slide out

into the sunshine

* Previously posted at NaHaiWriMo. Thanks to Kathy Uyen Nguyen. I love the way she revised the second line for me.

February 21 prompt:

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the frays of sadness

fading into the sunlight . . .

the yellow flowers

we planted together

now in full bloom

March 26 off prompt

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thunderstorm —

our pillows strewn

all over the floor

March 27 prompt: thunderstorm

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not knowing

the exact moment

I knew I loved you . . .

footsteps of a flamingo

at the edge of the lake

April 2 prompt: sneak, light walking

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the sparrow's last sip

from a birdbath . . .

on your birthday

how I didn't want to believe

in your goodbyes

*Thanks again to Kathy for helping me revise this.

April 3 prompt: drink, drought, birdbath

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Seize the Poem (December 2014 prompt)

 

 

 

 

October 26 prompt: (balance/black and white/clouds)

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revision:

 

even now

I hear the murmur

of distant memories . . .
on which pond will I see

your reflection one day?

 

December 15 prompt: reflections/ripples/philosophies

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December 25 prompt (barren branches, snow shadow, emptiness)

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Seize the Poem (October '14 prompt - December '14 prompt)

 

my yesterdays

a river of scarlet tears . . .

now I only dream

of purple cotton candy

and blossom rain

 

 

October 19 prompt: mist/river/shapes

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I hold my breath

between these words

I long to hear . .

the soft, hushed sound

of a violin

 

  

November 23 prompt: violin music/in silence/the unexpected

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winter sun . . .

all it takes to heal

after a night

of heavy silence

is a ringtone

 

 

 

December 6 prompt: winter sun

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the day

I asked you not

to hold my hand . . .

at the corner of my heart

love was just waiting

to bloom

 

 

 

prompt: unexpected places

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a white butterfly

carries my prayer . . .

cancer remission

 

 

each moment with you sea asters

 

 

 

December 26 prompt: white butterfly/sea asters

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Seize the Poem (September 25 prompt)



Shared this old haiga which was first published in World Haiku Association.

 



 

prompt: hummingbird/the long blur/of our togetherness

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Seize the Poem (September 15 prompt)

 

asters

opening up

to the sky

will I ever know

the truth about you

 

 

 

prompt: asters

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Seize the Poem (September 10 prompt)

 

can you see
through the remains
of my past...
inside me I know
life has never ended

 

(Me)

 

all that remains
from the underbelly
of maple leaves . . .
the scribbles of a snail
from where I once let go
of old broken things

 

(Kathy Uyen Nguyen)

 

 

 

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Tanka Poets on Site (Madame Butterfly prompt)

unbroken wings . . .
the chances I take
to keep discovering
what lies beyond
every heartache



prompt: Madame Butterfly
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*Written for my poetry birthday fest, Write Me a Birthday Poem, on Facebook. Shared at Seize the Poem. 

Seize the Poem (August 14 prompt)

 

blue heron

learning to live

my life without you

 

 

 

prompt: great blue heron/standing on two legs/self-reliance

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Seize the Poem (July 14 prompt)

I wrote this for my poetry birthday fest, Write Me a Birthday Poem, on Facebook then posted it on Seize the Poem. 


unbroken wings . . .
the chances I take
to keep discovering
what lies beyond
every heartache

prompt: feather/leaves/wings
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