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X for Xiaoshi #NaPoWriMo2021

Xiaoshi,(xiao – little/small, shi – poetry) is a genre of Chinese poetry which came into being in the 1920s from the so called “short poetry movement’. It is also known as the ‘Chinese Haiku‘. Xiaoshis are about presenting vivid yet unconnected images together. These metaphors or pictures just have to have a tiny bit of causality. This form is usually written as a quatrain. For more on this…

A tribute to my fellow bloggers

This post is dedicated to many of my fellow bloggers. I used the titles of their blogs to inspire my poem. My wish is to thank my fellow bloggers for their comments and support throughout my tenure here at WordPress. I hope no one is offended if I did not include them this time around. Once again thank you all for your support as I celebrate 8 years at Poemattic.wordpress.com. Happy Blogging!!

#NaPoWriMo 2016 Challenge – Day 11

Day 11’s challenge via NaPoWriMo Website  was to write a poem a in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn’t seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course, really does.

The “surprise” ending to this James Wright Poem could be used as a model for the effect, the NaPoWriMo Website hopes the Challengers…

#NaPoWriMo 2016 Challenge – Day 10

Day 10’s challenge via NaPoWriMo Website was to write a “book spine” poem!

This involves taking a look at your bookshelves, and writing down titles in order (or rearranging the titles) to create a poem.

A lot of my books are on Kindle so I created mine through a different means… Hope you enjoy reading my two efforts!

“My Book-Spine Poems”

The pillars of the earth Never never Grey Beneath this…

#NaPoWriMo 2016 Challenge – Day 9

Day 9’s challenge via NaPoWriMo Website  was to write a poem that includes a line that you’re afraid to write.

This might be because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable – either because of its content (“I always hated grandma”), or because it seems too emotional or ugly or strange (“I love you so much I would eat a cockroach for you”). Or even because it sounds too…

#NaPoWriMo 2016 Challenge – Day 9

Day 9’s challenge via NaPoWriMo Website  was to write a poem that includes a line that you’re afraid to write. This might be because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable – either because of its content (“I always hated grandma”), or because it seems too emotional or ugly or strange (“I love you so much I would eat a cockroach for you”). Or even because it sounds too…

Hope you enjoy my interpretation … And happy weekend to you all!

“Flowers”

You are a unique & quiet life force

We humans rely upon

From a celebration, to a wish, to a token of love, or simply an inspiration

That we just want to smell & admire, before the day is gone.

*

But in the wind as you gentle sway

Spreading new life, across the earth

In a vital role for Mother Nature & creatures: forevermore

I sit in awe of just how extraordinary you are: dearest Flowers.

~*~

© DebraDML (2016)

#NaPoWriMo 2016 Challenge – Day 8

Todays challenge via NaPoWriMo Website is to write a poem about a Flower! Hope you enjoy my interpretation …