Rabu, 12 November 2014

Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Swimming


Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 2, Illustration by John Tenniel



Midweek Motif ~ Swimming

Your challenge is to take us Swimming.  

 Build a poem around a swimming adventure, misadventure or place ~ literal or psychological or fantastical.  



Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins



For those who are new to Poets United:  
  1. Post your new swimming poem on your site, and then link it here.
  2. If you use a picture include its link.  
  3. Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
  4. Leave a comment here.
  5. Visit and comment on our poems.
(Next week's Midweek Motif is Health.)


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27 ulasan:

  1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 7:09 PG

    Good Morning Poets! I'm heading out to a busy morning of doctors and water walking. I'll be back mid afternoon to join you here. Have a marvelous day.

    BalasPadam
  2. totomai12 November 2014 pada 9:48 PG

    Good morning Susan! (It's almost midnight here in my part of the world though). Thanks for the prompt... I have approached it a little differently :-)

    Don't get too busy.. have a nice day ahead. I'll be sleeping soon and hope to wake up with lots of poetry to read :-)

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 1:17 PTG

      I came home to some mighty fine poems, including yours. Thanks for taking on this prompt and adding photography.

      Padam
  3. Sumana Roy12 November 2014 pada 10:22 PG

    Hi Susan thanks for a wonderful prompt like this...get well soon...

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 1:32 PTG

      Ah, Sumana--you take us far with so few words. Thank you!

      Padam
  4. Unknown12 November 2014 pada 10:29 PG

    Sorry that first link will send you right back here - Im on the moon today :)

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 1:31 PTG

      Moon-lit water, maybe. Thank you for another powerful poem.

      Padam
  5. Sherry Blue Sky12 November 2014 pada 10:52 PG

    Happy mid-week, poets! Love the photo of the happy dog in the water. Looking forward to reading the responses......mine took me way back to the lake of my youth.

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 1:44 PTG

      Hello, Sherry! I put the dog in for you, of course.

      Padam
  6. humbird12 November 2014 pada 4:21 PTG

    Thanks for making me moving in the swimming direction... Good day to all!

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 7:19 PTG

      Good day to you. Thanks for the challenging poem you wrote!

      Padam
  7. Panchali12 November 2014 pada 4:50 PTG

    Thanks for the wonderful prompt, Susan!! It prompted me to write a poem from my imagination, I think, I have abnormal fear of water...(acquaphobia). So it didn't take long for me to plunge into that deep sea. Smiles...
    Lovely pics...like sherry said, I too lovedd the dog in the water :) Thank you.
    Hope everything went on well. It's quite late now, I shall come back to read the other poems tomorrow.

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 7:23 PTG

      Amazing poem! If that's only imagination ....! AS for me: I keep checking unspecified leg pain--a little more than sciatica and a little less than actual broken bones. It's probably just bruised muscles, but all I've been doing different is treading water in a pool at a gym! Talk about swimming ...

      Padam
  8. J.N.T.12 November 2014 pada 7:35 PTG

    Hi Susan,

    My take on this week's motif is an inspirational poem I published to my blog last year that uses swimming as a metaphor. Good night.

    jt

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    1. Susan12 November 2014 pada 7:59 PTG

      Thanks for posting, James. We don't usually accept old poems for this new-poem prompt--we save that for the Sunday Pantry. But, hey ...

      Padam
  9. Eileen T O'Neill .....12 November 2014 pada 8:02 PTG

    Susan,

    Leaving a new poem with Poets United today. An excellent motif, with plenty of room for interpretation...
    Best wishes,
    Eileen

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    1. Susan13 November 2014 pada 12:09 PG

      Thanks for taking up the challenge, Eileen and making it your own.

      Padam
  10. Tanpa Nama12 November 2014 pada 11:48 PTG

    Hi Susan,
    This is very timely for me.
    Mine is up at: http://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/my-head-is-swimming/

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan13 November 2014 pada 12:13 PG

      I don't think you read these comments. You never explain why you don't use the linky. I've asked several times and so has Mary.

      Padam
  11. Anjum Wasim Dar13 November 2014 pada 4:27 PG

    Taking a different view on this prompt- Thank you for another highly creative and visionary theme...

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan13 November 2014 pada 8:07 PG

      Good to see you, Anjum. I found a poem you wrote on the 10th of November, Anjum. Was this the one you intended for this swimming motif?

      Padam
  12. Myrna R.13 November 2014 pada 11:56 PG

    I'm embarrassed to admit that I never learned how to swim. Almost drowned once, learning. But that's not what I wrote about. Thanks for the promt Susan.

    BalasPadam
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    1. Susan13 November 2014 pada 1:33 PTG

      Thank you for writing to this prompt, Myrna. I love romping and floating in water, but cannot swim/crawl to save my life.

      Padam
  13. Arathi Harihar15 November 2014 pada 7:52 PG

    it sounds simple..but it's not..this prompt threw me into the space where i had to do lot of swimming..smiles..thank you Susan

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    1. Susan15 November 2014 pada 10:32 PG

      For us who benefit from your writing, it was worth it. Thank you for swimming through!

      Padam
  14. Susan15 November 2014 pada 10:32 PG

    Please bring the rest of our poems tomorrow to the Poetry Pantry--old ones and new!

    BalasPadam

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