It's time to throw your hat in the ring, and see what the other poets have on their minds. The Linky widget included with this posting is a fine way to leave a link to your poem inspired by the 'Road Sign' prompt, or any other poem you want to share. Comments are available if Linky doesn't work for you, or you want to add encouraging remarks, or any other remarks.
Saturday night, right after 'Hockey Night in Canada', I'll put up the next Totally Optional Prompt ('Hockey Night' ends by 10pm here on the wet coast, although some games are over in the first period). And, thanks for your support.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Request For Poems, Road Sign
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It's a sad, sad tale. On Sunday a storm came off the ocean and knocked hundreds of trees down on the roads, knocked out the power, and knocked a tree through the reservoir roof. I had a boil-water advisory, no heat, and I couldn't go anywhere. Wednesday I had the power back, although it still flickers enough to shut down the computer, and I was able to drive to Olympia, which was good for the cabin fever. There's widespread flooding about 40 miles upstream and that water is starting to arrive so conditions will get a little tough before they get better. It's a sad tale but nevertheless I've gotten off unscathed.
I wasn't able to write about the 'Road Sign', much to my dismay, but I have an 'Animal' poem left over from last week.
Oh my goodness, Mike, what an ordeal! And you still managed to come online to get the post up - that's dedication. :) Best wishes are being sent your way for riding out the aftereffects of the storm.
My response to this week's prompt is up at On the Road
The title of my poem is in response to the prompt, and that must have, somehow, inspired the poem: This Is Not Paradise Junction.
mike: I remember thinking that it *always" rained in Olympia. Even that changes, I see.
And, an aside: I am really hating the new Blogger commenting. I hope all you Blogger users out there are raising hell about it.
That sounds like a bad storm Mike! My poem is up, I though road sign wouldn't inspire at first but then it helped me write a poem I've been trying to write for a while...
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2007/12/otters-crossing-roadsign-kirkwall.html
Is it just me or has Mr Linky just disappeared?
"The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer..."
Mr Linky
Still you posted, Mike. That is important!
Hope mine fits in.
lifeline of directions
sbpoet: I am doing what I can about this blogger comments. Please check my post below this one.
Wishing you well, Mike.
My contribution comes from observations in different parts of the country.
This is not exactly a road sign, but a sign nonetheless...posted a while back...
I saw one blogger with a photo a friend had taken of someone kayaking the I-5. I'm glad that wasn't you, but I'll hope the coming waters slow and do little more harm.
Thanks for getting this call up, Mike.
I *loved* this week's prompt & it took me down my own Hwy 95 memories.
SB--I am not seeing any difference in the Blogger sign-in...it's always been peculiar to me.
Terrific prompt, Mike; thank you!
Thanks for the message Mike. I am awed that you could speak as
... a Child Dancing in the Wind, by W. B. Yeats
It was a bad one, all right; we've had more intense storms, but this one lasted longer (actually 2 storms back-to-back). Some places on the coast had hurricane-force winds for two whole days.
The news reports have been frightening. I have relatives near there who remained unscathed, as well, so there's certainly plenty to be grateful for and much to be done to get back to normal. Good luck and stay safe!!
Coyote Wash
Good luck to all affected by the storms.
Meanwhile, back in the land of memories, a poem about a long, unwinding road...
This Blogger address re-jig is a pain in the bum. I have to direct anyone who might follow up my link via my defunct Blogger blog. What does that tell anyone other than I got pissed off with Blogger & now use another host?
Crafty Green: Linky seems to have a mind of its own. It comes and goes on a secret schedule. I have been able to get it back by going somewhere else and coming back.
Crafty Green addendum: Blinky Linky is better than Kinky Linky?
Sometimes hitting "refresh" will get the linky to reappear as well.
What the hey, it's freeware. One of these days I suppose I'll spring for the upgrade...
Sorry to hear about the weather over there, I hope everyone's ok!
Mike: Glad you escaped. The spots I visited this summer on the Oregon coast have taken a battering as well. I have relatives there but so far they're ok.
Folks let me know that my link was not working. I posted it again but if it doesn't work try this:
http://www.prophetswords.blogspot.com
Thanks.
Is this cool or what? Local poets all ready to rumble
Consider: In the current issue of the journal The American Scholar, poet Douglas Goetsch writes about being asked to lead a "drive-by poetry" field trip composed of New Jersey high school students.
The concept "entails loading the students into a van, cruising around and pulling over near targeted pedestrians. One of the students sticks his or her head out the passenger window and serenades -- or accosts -- the startled pedestrian with some passionately recited lines by Walt Whitman or Pablo Neruda. The kid pops back in, rolls up the window and the van takes off in search of the next victim."
Mine is inspired by a sign that brings me a smile each time I see it.
I couldn't resist the urge to add one more haiku.
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