Weekly Update For 100 Days of Poetry Challenge (Week 11 Begins)
100 Days of Poetry Challenge
-----Weekly Update [Day 71]-----
New Assignments - Week 11 Begins.Leave your comments from last week's assignment below.
Introduction
Hey everyone! We've made it to Day 71 on the 100 Day Poetic Path. Less than a month remains! Week 11 (out of 14) officially began at 6 PM GMT on May 16th. As was requested, I made a basic spreadsheet showing the calendar dates for each day of the challenge, as well as when weeks begin. Note that the final "week" has two extra days in it since 100 does not go into 7 evenly.
Comments and Weekly Finds
Please comment the results of your Week 10 Assignment on this post. It should contain these things:
- The names of the two poets to whom you were assigned to leave impressions.
- Links to the poems you chose to leave them feedback on.
- A link to your "Weekly Find," which is one poem by anyone in the challenge in the past week you found notable.
Thank you to all who did their first and second assignments. I know it's extra work, but I hope you've enjoyed getting more in-depth feedback than you might otherwise. Remember that you can be creative in how you lay out your comment report!
Remember also if you'd like to get a poem of yours critiqued live during our Critique Thursday session you should DM Guy (Thunder_God#4441) on Discord the links to feedback you left in the past week and a poem of yours you want detailed feedback on by the Wednesday before. (It must be 250 words or less due to time constraints.) Even if you can't attend class you can get a piece reviewed because there will be an audio recording of the class for you to listen to at your leisure.
Not enough people sent their comments to @geekorner this week, so the Critique Class for tomorrow is canceled. Please respect the time and energy he has pledged to this project by sending them by Wednesday, May 23rd at 12 PM UTC for next week's class. Even better - why not send them now, ahead of time?
Assignments for Week 11
The next assignments are listed below. Note for those that use a smartphone to access Steemit: you may only be able to see one column in the table. Please log in using a computer to view both of your assignments, or comment below asking if you absolutely cannot. Every week I use a different method to pair people up. As a result, there some overlap from previous assignments, so if you have the same person as you have had in the past, it is indeed intentional.
Overall, I've been pleased with the results of this experiment. Have you? Feel free to share your testimony in your comment. A few of you did not link me your comments for the first assignment, and I will comment asking about it below. Remember that you can completely express your own style when giving feedback, the comments need not be rigidly analytical. Poetic prose is a nice way to pay tribute to a poem that resonated with you.
Week 11 Assignments
Class Schedule Reminder
The days for poetry class are Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Mondays we look at various published poets from different time periods, from classic to modern to contemporary. On Wednesdays we have flexible sessions where we can share our poetry or hold discussions on various topics related to the arts. Thursdays remain our Critique Sessions led by @geekorner, however, tomorrow's session will be canceled due to lack of entries sent by the deadline.
The time for all of the classes is the same as before: 5-7 PM UTC in the Steem Schools Live Class section of the Discord. Please join when you can, and let anyone interested know they are welcome to participate!
Recap
Please comment the results of your Week 10 Assignments and Weekly Find on this post, even if you already left the comment somewhere else. Read the directions at the top about all the info you need to include. Please note your new assignments for Week 11 which you will have one week to complete. (You will leave the results of that assignment on next week's update on Day 78.)
Send links to your feedback to Guy (Thunder_God#4441) on Discord if you would like your poem (250 words or less) critiqued in our live sessions. Tomorrow's class session is canceled due to not enough critique entries by this week's deadline. The next critique session will be on May 24th and the deadline to submit your comments/poem is May 23rd at 12 PM UTC. Our next poetry class proper will be on Monday, May 21st. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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5/16/18
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The poets I have not yet received word from on the first assignment are @figuringoutsrn, @nicholas83, @riahdex, @stephenparato, @theverve, and @zulacut.
Please respond to this comment letting me know if you did the first assignment (and link the comments as well as your weekly find) or if you'd like to opt out of this part of the challenge. Thank you!
yes i did the first assignment, sorry for replying late.
here is it
i was to comment on a poem by @sansoncarrasco and @prydefoltz
weekly poem is here by @sansoncarrasco titled A KIND ACT OF RANDOMNESS
will make adjustment
Regards appreciated @d-pend and fellow poets. I report my pending assignment, which I approached with great enthusiasm. I had to comment on a poem by the excellent and much appreciated poets: @nicholas83 and @marlyncabrera.
From Nicholas, I chose: Memories - Day 69 https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@nicholas83/steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge-69-memories.
From Marlyn, I chose: / yes-no-questions - Day 61. https://steemit.com/poetry/@marlyncabrera/yes-no-questions-free-verse-steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge-day-61-poem-55
Three poems struck me during the week, for different reasons, coincidentally from the poets that I had to comment on and from @mineopoly.
FromNicholas: My Incheon Landing -Day # 67. I was struck by the life that emerges from it. There is a spilled soul collecting scattered pieces of a life recorded with hard stumbles, imaginable by the skillful pen of the poet.
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@nicholas83/steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge-67-my-incheon-landing
From Marlyn: Free - Day 64. It filled my senses with beauty and grace. The aesthetic and delicacy embodied in the poem is exceptional.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@marlyncabrera/free-free-verse-steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge-day-64-poem-57
From Christopher @mineopoly :Old School-Day 70. Me emocionó por el enlace entre vida real como Profesor de escuela, hogar y poesía. https://steemit.com/writing/@mineopoly/old-school
Muchas gracias, mi hermana
@zeleiracordero. Solo puedo escribir sobre lo que sé o hago. Me alegro de que te conmueva esto, pero esta es mi cruz de vida. A veces pienso que la cruz de escribir sobre mi cruz es una cruz inútil. No voy a renunciar.
Your link for Marlyn's day 61 poem has an extra space there that breaks it up :)
Thanks for the warning, poet. I already edit to correct the error of the link.
Thank you, dear, @zeleiracordero ♥ I appreciate your having chosen "Free"; I did put my love in its making.
Thank you @d-pend. This week has been a whirlwind for me. I'm exhausted from a flood and volleyball tournament. I didn't have the time to actually sit down at a computer for more than 20 minutes until now.
I did read find some happening in our crew.
First, I commented on Skodie's post about nature vs. nurture. Skodie has an interesting rhyming pattern and tryie to dig into philosophical questions in his poetry. I could not but think of the Kodiak Bear when I read his post.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@skodie/day-67-nature-nurture
I also commented on @sayee's post "a simple person"
Sayee writes about education and is now taking care of a relative with dementia.
https://steemit.com/@sayee/what-brings-a-smile-on-my-face-day-67-of-the-sspc-by-daniel
One poem I enjoyed reading this week was:
https://steemit.com/@zeleiracordero/as-the-night-progresses-a-medida-que-avanza-la-noche-challenge-of-100-days-of-poetry-day-71
I liked this line:
Nobody else was willing to pay the incentive payola so I could only promote one.
Thank you very much for so much love reading my writings, kind poet.
Hi everyone!
My two assigned poets were @riahdex and @hartfloe
I left extended comments on this poems:
My weekly find is "A Thousand Will" by @hazem91.
I left an extended comment on this poem too, explaining why I consider it my weekly find and also giving a hopefully helpful guidance regarding English as a second language.
Poetry Report- Week #2
My two people were @acousticsteveo & @mamadini
I chose The Fool’s Journey (Cont’) from @acousticsteveo’s blog & Upon going under from @mamadini ’s blog
My find of the week was Fiery Word Might by @ajremy
The first stanza is exquisite the rest is, ok but not of the same quality. I am hoping he decides to split the two into two pieces.
for @firststep
for my first assignment I chose poem day 63 of firstep, which I left my feedback here is the link
https://steemit.com/poetry/@firststeps/congested-day-63
For @ehisora I chose poetry day 65 which I left a feedback
######https://steemit.com/contest/@ehisoria/day-65-sixty-five-the-boogeyman
my Pick of the week is day 66 of @Nicholas88
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@nicholas83/steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge-66-pop-goes-the-weasel
My two assigned poets were @riahdex and @sansoncarrasco
These are the comments I left on the pieces I found most wonderful for the week from each:
1st). @riahdex --
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@riahdex/day-65-or-if-that-s-what-it-takes-98ff0cfd1bd5b#@mamadini/re-riahdex-day-65-or-if-that-s-what-it-takes-98ff0cfd1bd5b-20180515t164119661z
2nd). @sansoncarrasco --
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@sansoncarrasco/ssp-100-days-challenge-day-66-stanza-bonanza#@mamadini/re-sansoncarrasco-ssp-100-days-challenge-day-66-stanza-bonanza-20180513t050123133z
The highlight of the week for me was also one of the poems I commented on above from @sansoncarrasco.
Hello @d-pend, Analysis of the poems assigned: @mrbreeziewrites "A group of options" https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@mrbreeziewrites/100-day-poetry-challenge-day-66-poetry-life-a-pool-of-choices
@dmilliz "Family of Babylon" https://steemit.com/poetry/@dmilliz/babylon-family-100-days-of-poetry-day-66
My finding of the week was: Window of light, https://steemit.com/poetry/@zeleiracordero/light-window-ventana-de-luz-challenge-of-100-days-of-poetry-day-66. by @zeleiracordero
Oh! Thanks, for the deference.
Bonjour. I don't know if I'm one day late, I'm a bit lost. But, anyway...
These are my 2 poems I commented on:
https://steemit.com/poetry/@corderosiete/drops-of-sea-original-poem-100-days-poetry-challenge-day-69
https://steemit.com/indonesia/@zulacut/bomb-original-poetry-day-69
This is the one I choose for this week:
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@hazem91/tomorrow-will-be-worse-day-69
Yeah day 71, well done everyone and thanks so much @d-pend for all the work you put in to keep this challenge going, I have really been enjoying the opportunity to write everyday, before I would have just have been too busy with my kids but now I priortise my time better, so thank you.
This week I was assigned @theverve and @mineopoly, both who are really great poets and quiet unique in their style of writing.
I chose Twinkle twinkle little star by @theverve, such a beautiful poem about trying to find ones way.
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@theverve/100-days-of-poetry-challenge-day-68
And I chose Shut Down by @mineopoly, something we should all take the time to do, thank you @mineopoly for this reminder.
https://steemit.com/writing/@mineopoly/shut-down
My weekly find is the poem I critiqued by @theverve
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@theverve/100-days-of-poetry-challenge-day-68
and also @skodie nature nurture, such a strong poem very much seeing us within our rightful place in nature.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@skodie/day-67-nature-nurture