Friday Poets Round 6, Contest and Community Building
Round 6
It's Friday and it is time to get #poetryweekend started with #Fridaypoets. Did you write a poem today and it was Friday where you are? Fantastic, you are half way to becoming a Friday Poet:)
The Rules
- Up vote this post and re-esteem it. I check:)
- Visit at least three other Friday poets and comment and up vote their COMMENT here. You can also upvote their post if you got the upvote power but it is not necessary.
- Drop your link below to a poem you wrote today … that’s Friday wherever you are. I know some of you are taking part in the 100 days of poetry with @d-pend and the steemitschool. These poems are more than welcome, as are any other poem challenge/contest entry.
- Make one of your tags #fridaypoets and place @prydefoltz in the title
- I will upvote and comment, to the best of my ability, on everyone who takes part having followed the rules. I should be able to get to everyone within the week. So that will be two upvotes one for your comment and one for your post.
- The liquid payout from this post (SBD) will go to the winner and participants.
- I will take part in the contest by writing a poem but I will NOT share in the SBD payout.
- Have fun and maybe crack a smile.
Last weeks post made 0.569 SBD. The payouts were as followed.
@marlyncabrera .... 0.12
@zeleiracordero ... 0.115
@satorid ... 0.115
@sayee ... 0.115
@mineopoly ... 0.1
On my way now to transfer these amounts. Check your wallets:):):)
Please remember to vote for others not vote for yourself.
#poetry weekend has just begun. Tomorrow is #haikusaturday and Sunday is #deadpoems. Hooray for poetry and poetry nerds. Let's nerd it up:) Love Ya!!!
All words are my own.
Top place on the list :3
Hi, beautiful people!
Here's my participation for this week, and I'll start commenting tomorrow:
"Always Finish in Spring"
it is a beautiful work which sums up the journey.
Thank you, @sayee :-) And what a journey!
Exquisite poem of farewell to the 100 days of poetry with the feeling of satisfaction of the work done, despite many drawbacks.
Thank you, @zeleiracordero :-)
More than once I had to skip a day, but I did it. You did, too. So I'm happy for you, too.
“This echo which once flew with feathers swift
has come to quiet solace in the spring.”
Gorgeous closing lines! For me there is a pinch of melancholy in this piece, in a natural and beautiful way, of course. Just ending the hundred days with these closing lines is potent as they could stand alone as a piece of stripped back flash poetry. I have enjoyed your work from the begging. Thank you. :)
There is melancholy indeed, @mamadini. It became something dear, writing a poem a day. Demanding, though. But you know that; your pieces were some of the best in the challenge. You were a happy surprise for me :D
Oh my, thank you Marlyn. <3
You too were a happy surprise and I thank you. I am feeling so grateful for the whole experience, the hardships that made me better, that revealed my shadow and then became poems (art), and now this feeling of completion and fealty. :: Raises a glass:: To many poems in the future and a developing appreciation of the artist in each of us. <3
Here is my contribution ...https://steemit.com/poetry/@prydefoltz/come-out-of-your-shell-day-100-of-the-100-days-of-poetry-d-pend
Excellent poetry at the end of the process, with recommendation included. Good job, Pryde.
Philosophy oozes out as usual
Hi, @prydefoltz. Cut and pasted ☻
So kind, Marlyn. I do hope dinner did not burn. Humans can be thought of as physical and metaphysical. The physical is bound to time and changes only as time will allow. The metaphysical ... thought and mind ... are not governed by limits. We pay a lot of attention to the physical and often allow the mind to run on pattern and respond to conditions and so we choose to limit the mind. No need to shave the head but spending some time everyday allowing your mind to be free ... meditate ... can shift perspective and allow thought to evolve past patterns and well-worn narrative. By breaking from patterned thinking, we can affect change on the physical and evolve:)
I hope that makes sense. Sending you love:)
Thank you, @prydefoltz ♥ It makes sense indeed. I confess I don't know how to meditate. I tried when I was a teenager, but I failed several times. I do give a lot of thought to all things I can, though, but there are blank spaces.
Love received and reciprocated ♥
Blank spaces are meditation ... takes concentration of a sorts but one can learn to stretch out those spaces. Your poetry is beautiful and that tells me you do this when creating:)
Hello everyone! Here I bring my poem today, waiting for them.
"My poetry, my trip"
https://steemit.com/poetry/@zeleiracordero/my-poetry-my-trip-mi-poesia-mi-viaje-100-days-of-poetry-100th-day
beauty defined
Such an uplifting write, Zeleira:)
"Today, we fly like geese from the nest,
we go together with the air currents,"
This bit really sums it up for me, in two potent lines. Geese stick together and look out for each other, and together they are stronger.
This bit really sums it up for me, in two potent lines. Geese stick together and look out for each other, and together they are stronger.
I love the repetition in the beginning as a way of bringing the idea of building, one line at a time, one stanza by another, one day that turns into one hundred days... very well done. The structure of the poem in interesting and pulls one deeper in. Warm sentiment and congratulations for crossing the finish line with us. <3
Thanks, @mamadini. During the challenge we did not cross the route, but I understand that you are a great poet and a great analyst. Thanks for the good comment.
:: blush ::
I'm just playing with words like the rest of us. I am grateful that some think that highly of me though. I did check in on you during the challenge, but I was really taxed and often out of voting power. I recognize the great poet in you. :)
Congratulations again, dear @zeleiracordero, on your having finished the challenge. No doubt you took it to a new level, not only by writing amazing poetry but by providing support and encouragement to others during this amazing jouney. I'm cutting and pasting the comment/poem I posted to the comments of your entry:
Oh! How much sweetheart you have given me, Marlyn. Thank you, once again, dear!
thank you so much for this initiative and hope more poets join. As it is poets are usually not paid. I am going to share this in the poets united discord channel
here is my entry
https://steemit.com/esteem/@sayee/happy-days-60fa70eec3c9b
Sharing with people from different parts of the world seems overwhelming, however it is an experience that brings many satisfactions and the certainty that there is a lot of similarity in what we carry inside, even if we do not speak the same language. Beautiful work that shows how kind and satisfying these meetings are.
Your poems are so often my happy place:)
A lovely mind picture here -- I am always in awe of how food can bring people together, the breaking of bread, if you will. I got a real sense of the experience, from the descriptives, the incense, the smiles, the warmth. Just a Lovely feeling piece.
Hi, @sayee ♥
You must be indeed a sensitive writer.
Thank you ☻
Thank you for your initiative @prydefoltz. I don't think I wrote a poem this week but it is good to see that others are continuing to write poetry.
Wait a second.
That's not right at all.
I saw them first.
Hooray for all the poets out there! This looks like a great initiative @prydefoltz :)
Thank you, Denise:) Really appreciated the support:)
This is fantastic! I will be joining in, just not today. :P
What a wonderful community building (through Art) service you are doing here, Pryde.
May the words always flow.
*resteemed. <3
Thank you, Mamadini:) Cool ... you are welcome to post your poem from the 100 Days of Poetry and come back anytime during the week to check out the work of others. Given the upvote and reesteem, you are just about already there:) But no pressure, hun:)
HA, I guess that does cover me for today. This week I will for sure have time to indulge much more in the writings of others (so looking forward to it). Thank you for the gentle nudge, Pryde, it actually makes the child (riffing off of my silly baby photo) in me feel warn and fuzzy. lol ;)
https://steemit.com/poetry/@mamadini/another-day-day-100-of-100-d-pend
Delicate thread that builds a small magic carpet that slides by a gentle farewell with slopes. it's more like "see you later". Totally beautiful! I love, a lot, these lines:
Excellent work, @mamadini. It was a pleasure reading.
Cut and pasted :3
♥
Thank you for running these community building challenges. I look forward to participating. 😎
We wait for you, poet!
Yes, Steve ... come join us:):):) We know you have some poems:)
Hey this is an awesome contest. I am happy that there are more people starting to support more poetry contests and communities. By the way you are welcome to join Poets United (The only Community in steemit Specialized for poets and poetry lovers )
Thank you, Angel. Do you have a link?
For Sure here it is https://discord.gg/665VTUs
Hi! Is it an invite we can use, too, @angelveselinov?
Sure All Are Welcome To Join In ...