Weekly Update For 100 Days of Poetry Challenge (Week 12 Begins)
100 Days of Poetry Challenge
-----Weekly Update [Day 78]-----
New Assignments - Week 12 Begins.Leave your comments from last week's assignment below.
Introduction
Hey everyone! We've made it to Day 78 on the 100 Day Poetic Journey. A little more than three weeks remains. Week 12 (out of 14) officially began at 6 PM GMT on May 23rd. I made a basic spreadsheet showing the calendar dates for each day of the challenge, as well as when weeks begin, if you'd like to reference it. 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 11 Assignment on this post. Here's a reminder for what it needs to contain (structured however you prefer):
- 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.
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.
Assignments for Week 12
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. Every week I use a different method to pair people up. As a result, there's some overlap from previous assignments, so if you have the same person as you've had before, it's not an error.
Week 12 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.
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 11 Assignments and Weekly Find on this post, even if you already left the comment somewhere else. Read the directions at the top if you need a reminder on the relevant info to be included. Please check your assignments for Week 12 which you will have one week to complete. (You will leave the results of that assignment on next week's update on Day 85.)
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. The deadline to be included in the critique class is Wednesday at noon (UTC) the day before. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!
Gratitude
the same divinity in all of you
that is within me, and all things.
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Writing & images
By @d-pend
5/23/18
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Discord here: https://discord.gg/hyfYQ9P
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We have free poetry classes
on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
from 5-7 PM UTC, open to all!
My assigned poets for week 11 were @hazem91 and @hartfloe
Here are my critiques on their work respectively:
Hardship and Ease
Scales
The poem I chose to highlight this week was by @theverve called Contrary to Popular Belief
The main reason I chose this poem was more personal than anything else. As most of you know my husband passed away about 7 months ago. The following stanza has renewed my hope and really helped me look at my life through a new lens.
Contrary to popular belief
It's not every time
That you find yourself alone
You've been dumped
Helpless and alone
Perhaps you've been planted
Bloom
This is how I have come to view this whole challenge and all the connections I have made and poems I’ve read. This community is helping me to bloom. You have no idea how much it means to me. Thank you deeply.
My two people were
@ayahkasih @whack.science
I chose OUT OF THE BLUES from @ayahkasih ’s blog & Dance forever / Plesati zauvijek
from @whack.science ’s blog
My find of the week was Impatient Resolve by @d-pend
The first part is especially fun as it is 3 poems in one … all in all it is a soft poem about longing in my opinion but also a distancing of that longing in a world where it might never be fulfilled and one is not even sure one wants it to be anymore …
P.S Wow there are only 26 of us left :O
There are more people left who opted out of the comment-giving segment.
oh bloody yay for them then :P ...
The two poets assigned were @zeleiracordero and @sansoncarrasco
These are the comments that I left in the poems
1st). @zeleiracordero
(Day 75) Everything has been consumed
https://steemit.com/poetry/@zeleiracordero/everything-has-been-consummated-todo-has-consumed-challenge-of-100-days-of-poetry-day-75
2nd) @sansoncarrasco
(Day 77) NO COUNTRY FOR YOUNG MEN
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@sansoncarrasco/ssp-100-days-challenge-day-77-no-country-for-young-men
The most outstanding poem I read was written for a female teacher. I like it when people are valued in their work. @mineopoly, Violet Med
https://steemit.com/writing/@mineopoly/violet-med
Day 73 @ehisora's poem it talks about the exploits of African hunters
The African hunter
https://steemit.com/poetry/@ehisoria/day-73-seventy-three-the-african-hunter
This one is by @ty2nicerva Day 71 and it's titled sunken place.
The allusion in the poem is amazing and the fact that it has this rap feature to it is splendid.
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@ty2nicerva/100-day-poetry-challenge-day-71-the-sunken-place
Pick of the week.
This was by @blessedben titled we have come again.
It's a poem what massive creativity the imageries captured my attention, he's an amazing writer
https://steemit.com/poetry/@blessedben/we-have-come-again-sspc-73
Whoah...thank you so much @josediccus for considering my poem as your pick of the week. Thank you for your kind words too. They are indeed encouraging. I have learnt a lot from you. Thank you.
My peeps this week were @sayee and @mineopoly
My pick was by @blessedben
My comments are found on these poems.
Hallucination by @sayee
If the water was clean 윗물이 맑아야 아랫물이 맑지 by @mineopoly
We Have Come Again by @blessedben
😎
Greetings again! Here's the overview of my weekly assignment:
First one was a poem by @mrbreeziewrites that he wrote to the love of his life. It is called - My Kryptonite.
It's heartwarming and relatable. You should have a read!
Second was an encouraging poem by @sammynathaniels telling you to be who you are and stand your ground!
It is called - I don't give up.
The poem I found out randomly was one written by @hartfloe and is found here.
It is called - "Saparate and Co-Create" and if you haven't read it yet - go ahead and do it now.
Another week of poetry in my life thanks to you guys and girls!
Peace, Love, Gratitude!
I can't get over your profile picture @spellmaker, but I guess you could say the same about me.
Last week, I was assigned to @spellmaker and @mrbreeziewrites
I commented on Spark of the universal mind by @spellmaker
I also commented on
The Vow by @mrbreeziewrites
Throughout the previous week, I made several visits to @rexdickson's blog and I was impressed at his decent and effective use of words to create imagery and even build stories in some of his poems too.
I read his poem; We were once slaves. Here, he uses the slavery era dictions, to explain how our past enslaves us to things, enslaves him too, to things.
I choose this as my weekly find.
I encourage everyone to keep on 'inking', as we walk into the last 22 days.
Cheers.
Hey @d-pend, my 2 poets were @skodie and @mamadini
@skodie has not written any poems recently, since 10 days ago so I couldn't do one from him as I know it is meant to be from the last week.
For @mamadini I chose, Forever You
https://steemit.com/poetry/@mamadini/forever-you-day-73-of-100-poetry-challenge
This poem is such a treasure, very tender and moving.
My weekly find was 'Separate and Co-Create' by the excellent @hartfloe
https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@hartfloe/separate-and-co-create-100-day-poetry-contest-day-75
Well done everyone xx