Hyde Park Poetry: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Agreement for Thursday Poets Rally Week 52 (Sept. 22-Sept 28, 2011)

Greetings, Welcome to Thursday Poets Rally Week 52, Please feel free to submit after

you've read and answered the following questions:

#1: Are you submitting a poem written by yourself? Please say YES or NO.

#2: By linking in your work, you are automatically a participant, which implies that you allow Poets Rally officials, including participants unlimited access to your blog post during the week, and you will NOT complain about how often people have visited or commented for your work. Do you agree? Please give a clear YES or NO.

#3: To be counted as an active poet and considered for special features or official awards , you must meet the requirements:

#1): Return favors to those who have commented for you;

#2): In general, One Quality Entry is preferred, if you insist on submitting more than one poems, make sure that you make additional comments to your peers,

One entry, 18 comments, this is strongly recommended.

2nd entry, make an additional 12 comments,

Are you going to fulfill requirements with your best knowledge? Please say YES or No.

#4: If you are nominated for The Perfect Poet Award, are you going to accept the award, following the rules to post a poem and nominate another previous participant? Please say YES or NO. To avoid frustration, Ava awards those who said YES…

#5: Thursday Poets Rally is all about freedom of poetic expressions, self-disciplines, positive mingling, and promises keeping. You are expected to follow the rules, share a piece of poetry of your choice, and have quality time here.

As a participant, you are representing Thursday Poets Rally, no personal biases, no negative comment, or email gossips are encouraged or tolerated…Are you willing to work on building a positive, encouraging, and respectful poetry community by being modest, considerate, and professional? YES or No, Please respond.

Please answer all 5 questions, … with this agreement, we are clear about our duty and complaints or potential issues are avoided…

Thanks a Lot for your attention and understanding! Happy Rally, Everyone!

Thursday Poets’ Rally Week 52 (Sept. 22-Sept. 28, 2011)

The linkz will remain open for an entire week, take your time, LEAVE A COMMENT under this post to let us know after you are done. ;)

Everyone is welcome to share a free verse,

and enjoy poetry from all over the universe!

1.	Tigerbrite(Done)	44.	asthma attack	87.	WyomingDiva	130.	Fyodor Lewis
2.	Kay Salady(Done)	45.	The Orange Tree(Done)	88.	Christopher Story (Done)	131.	SMG
3.	Miss Kitten	46.	Shoeless	89.	The Tickly Turtle	132.	Shadiatique
4.	jesse s. mitchell	47.	Nefarious X(Done)	90.	rosie@travel-i-tales(Done)	133.	Kremo
5.	Autumn Nostalgia (Jake ox)	48.	Wes	91.	Free Pamphlet Publishing	134.	sound of clouds
6.	David Rheins Blogger	49.	poetryroad(Done)	92.	A.T. Smith	135.	Classic NYC Story -- My past, my future
7.	Ina(Done)	50.	Nicole Wian	93.	A.T. Smith	136.	Classic NYC Story -- Poem for a long day
8.	BackStabbingBetty-by PaPo	51.	thingy	94.	Melanie Bishop	137.	becca givens(Done)
9.	Leonargo(Done)	52.	blitzken(Done)	95.	Bodhirose(Done)	138.	Blossom Vydrina
10.	Irene the Bean	53.	Anthony Rando	96.	marit	139.	Divya
11.	California Ink in Motion	54.	Jagring	97.	Harry Nicholson	140.	tigercity
12.	A.T. Smith	55.	Rain	98.	Elyas Mulu Kiros (New Feeling)	141.	Anna Montgomery (Done)
13.	Rach	56.	RoHiT Iyer	99.	dakshi	142.	A.B. Thomas(Done)
14.	Reghu	57.	ShonEjai	100.	Sweet Pea	143.	Malini
15.	Sherrie Theriault	58.	Where Pleasant Fountains Lie	101.	Neha	144.	Gaurang Rao
16.	parth joshi	59.	LifeInVerse(Done)	102.	Rosie, My Garden Haven	145.	brokenpenwriter
17.	Terri (Done)	60.	Marlee-I Mystic(Done)	103.	yowl	146.	Kellie
18.	Old Raven	61.	Haiku Bear	104.	shreya chatterjee	147.	Leonora Sophie
19.	Okelle(Done)	62.	Sunflower Shan (Shanyn)	105.	Nelson	148.	Autumn Adventure
20.	mm	63.	The Red Raven's Song	106.	poetsandall- good morning spring	149.	b
21.	Manoj Kewalramani(Done)	64.	Ann LeFlore (Done)	107.	Lu Ann (Done)	150.	prayers
22.	Apryl Gonzales	65.	Poetry & Icecream(Done)	108.	Aaron Smigielski	151.	shift
23.	anjum wasim dar(Done)	66.	Die Reise meines Leben	109.	artwriter(Done)	152.	I am
24.	Marbles in My Pocket(Done)	67.	Elaine Danforth (Done)	110.	robin	153.	Beograd
25.	blackglassmoon	68.	Christopher Raley(Done)	111.	The Cello Strings(Done)	154.	MarkBWilliams
26.	Jacqui Binford-Bell(Done)	69.	Mariela Ochoa	112.	Ankoku Hikaru	155.	SprigBlossoms
27.	Manicddaily	70.	Alcina (Done)	113.	muzzleflashing(Done)	156.	Kim or Lisa
28.	Mihir	71.	CC Champagne(Done)	114.	Grå Sky(Done)	157.	Average Poet
29.	Lee (Done)	72.	Mark	115.	Aamchal	158.	robin
30.	Steven Marty Grant	73.	Ramesh Sood	116.	Disjointed rhyming (Done)	159.	Paulo Guimaraes
31.	Melanie Bishop	74.	C Rose	117.	Melissa Ridley Elmes(Done)	160.	Crayfish
32.	Kevin Routh(Done)	75.	Catie Eliza (Done)	118.	Fiery One - Mr Blaque	161.	PhokuFeed
33.	fiveloaf (Done)	76.	Isadora(done)	119.	Andy (Done)	162.	David Rheins Haiku
34.	Larry Meredith (Done)	77.	Ector Ward(Done)	120.	Speluska	163.	David Rheins on Blogger
35.	emmett wheatfall	78.	tenraikenshin	121.	ZQ (Done)	164.	Warum
36.	Antomaniax	79.	Rajlakshmi	122.	Ms. Queenly	165.	Shail
37.	Susie Clevenger(Done)	80.	saya(Done)	123.	closer to poverty	166.	Kodjo Deynoo
38.	Handover - Vinod	81.	Pensive thoughts	124.	reverie	167.	dawns call
39.	Wandering Wonders(Done)	82.	paul	125.	Kez(done)	168.	Steven Federle
40.	kalahariblues	83.	Sina	126.	dhitzunako	169.	page from her book
41.	judith Westerfield(Done)	84.	abby	127.	Adnan M. S. Fakir	170.	Steven Federle
42.	Magdalena Herman(Done)	85.	saurabh modi	128.	warmth	171.	Raivenne
43.	bag lady looking for rest	86.	Mindsinger	129.	Purvi	172.	Dennis Go

(Cannot add links: Registration/trial expired)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Perfect Poets Award for Poets Rally Week 52

Hello everyone and welcome to a new week of the Perfect Poet Award Ceremony!! This is Ava and I will be presenting the award this fine evening. Congratulations to all who won!!!!!

ShonEjar

Sam

Kez

Ryanc

Amy

Ina

Rules to Accept the Award:

Put the logo on your blog under your poets rally entry or any poem post before or on next rally.
Post a poem (or a Haiku) under the logo.
Tag The Poetry Palace to link back to This Award Post.
Nominate One Previous Participant or current participant and leave the nominees link to their blog and you're done!
Please copy and paste your acceptance post link in the comments section of post.

A sample award acceptance is linked here:

http://normamartiri.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/manners/

Congrats to all who won!

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Window To The World on Life of A Poet Week 1 on MC

Image Credit: Mandy C. The Poet

Hello, welcome to Thursday Poets Rally The Window to The World on Life of A Poet Week 1, Today we are going to meet a freelance artist who resides in the U. S. Please take your time and read about what she thinks, hope that you enjoy a beautiful day...

This is a biweekly feature, next post is October 3, 2011...

Can you tell us about yourself?

I'm a traveler on the journey to learn to be a better writer. One day I hope to become published, but I have a long way to go to get there. I believe in trying my best everyday and working toward a goal. There aren't many facts that I wish to say about myself because I already pour my heart out in my writing.

Which country do you live in now? What’s your profession? be general, no need to specify your location...

I live in the United States and I'm a freelance artist.

We’re happy that you have been part of Poets Rally as a participant, what has driven you to where you are in this particular community?

Poets Rally is such a splendid place. I get a lot of input about my poetry from other participants and I get to explore new work. I suppose the spirit of the Rally is what drives me to be a part of the community.

How long have you been blogging? Do you think being part of a poetry community contributes to your creative writing?

I believe my first post on my blog was April 2009 so that's a little over two years. However I didn't take blogging as seriously in the beginning as I do now. Being part of a poetry community motivates me to write poetry more often.

Why poetry? Do you write fiction too?

I actually wrote prose before poetry. I suppose I decided to try poetry to expand the breadth of my writing. I love writing both, and I couldn't say which one I like better because to me their so different. I see prose as more of a method of story telling and poetry as raw exposure of thoughts and feelings.

Please share 3 to 5 blog links you enjoy reading most, give 1 or 2 sentences to tell why you love their creative process.

1. Writer Unboxed: http://writerunboxed.com/

Their posts about writing are so informative and helpful. I enjoy how they have such a diverse pool of guest bloggers.

2. Potterthompson: http://potterthompson.wordpress.com/

A recent favorite of mine. His witty little rhymes are so silly but entertaining, and often times have an underlying meaning.

3. Moody Writing: http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/

This blogger is just so original and devoted to what he does. I particularly like his first chapter series in which he takes the first chapter of a book and dissects it to see what we as writer's can learn.

4. Out of My Ocean: http://outofmyocean.blogspot.com/

Her use of imagery in her poetry is flat out amazing. Just go and read, I can't do it justice.

How do you know when a poem is done? your own experiences need to be shared here...

Hmmmm... I've never tried to formulate this into words before. It's mostly a gut feeling. I'll read through the poem and if I can see the whole idea I'm trying to convey in the words I've written I know I'm done.

How do you decide when a poem is "good"? Do you redo your own poems after they’re posted? it could be poem someone else written...

A good poem reads smoothly. It just rolls off the tongue like a breath of air. I especially admire poems set to rhyme that also do this. However, I've been growing more and more fond of free verse. I've never changed a poem after it was posted, except to correct some sly typo,

Do you think music and poetry are related? Why?

Music is poetry set to a tune. Well, any music worth listening to that is.

What issues are close to your heart? Women’s rights, child abuses, etc.…name one…

The freedom for the pursuit of happiness.

What’s your other hobbies besides writing? Do you have pets? Give us a picture if you own a pet.

Drawing, photography, and philosophy.

Please list your blog links below, list one or two poems that best represent your poetry talent, Thanks in advance.

Poem 1:

There is some trouble in the near distance

The assault can be seen coming your way

Eyes are searching for the guilty to blame

Feeling the shame, you deny it away

There have been many mistakes on your part

But the things done are not so worrisome

As admitting it to yourself or others

You rather degrade another to scum

When they aren’t enough you use you own self

The fire of self-deceit grows within

And starts feverishly consuming you

Using who you are to cover its skin

It takes your slightest flaws and grows them tall

And they become martyrs of your failure

You hold yourself liable for nothing

Because you can’t help your human nature

As you stoop lower for any excuse

You start to do what you aimed to avoid

The justifications start to become truths

And confidence crumbles and is destroyed

Poem 2:

I am one single person

Who lives in a city

One of billions on Earth

Making me itty bitty

I don't even make a percent

In the population

I won't be a spot on a map

At any location

What is it to be somebody?

or a celebrity

People love then hate me until

I'm an old memory

The prize of public opinion

Is just unfulfilling

I'd rather be happy of things

Like a person smiling

I would like to change the world

So it's a kinder place

I'm too small, but I'll hold my piece

with a loving embrace

In my little piece of the world

I help my family

And support those I care about

In any catastrophe.

check out her original poems via the link below please:

http://takeupinkandquill.blogspot.com/2011/08/throwing-away-heart.html

http://takeupinkandquill.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-piece-of-world.html

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Participants Talent Show (Shape Poetry) Week 1

Hello, welcome to Thursday Poets Rally Participants Talent Show Shape Poetry Week 1, (we will post biweekly from now on, so stay tuned and enjoy the fun!)

what you are viewing is an entry to poets rally week 27 from a talented poet Megzone, you can visit her original post via the link below and read her blog as you wish! have fun!

Footprint by Megzone :http://megzone.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/footprint/

At Poets Rally, we practice disciplines, promises keeping, and positive mingling, we also share special talent and learn to improve our own understanding and creative wriitng with our best capacity...

Megzone has been an active poets rally participants for at least 16 months, we look forward to her return soon....

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Inspiration of the week

Welcome to the new post at The Poetry Palace-"Inspiration of the week". With so many talented poets and amazing poems, every other Sunday we will feature a random poem that has made an impression! I am Blaga and it's a pleasure to be with you!

"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." George Carlin

Jamie Dedes is not only a very talented and inspirational writer, but also an unbelievably good and sweet person. From the little I have managed to learn about her, over the oceans and the mountains that separate us, through the computer wires and musical keyboards, Jamie is a person that I strongly admire.

She says, her blog - "Musing by Moonlight"- "is a celebration of life dedicated to my son and my daughter-in-law in the hope that they will live out their lives in peace, love and safety.", but I'm sure that if you had the chance to visit already Jamie, you will agree with me that her posts are little celebrations for everybody. There is always a word, a song, a saying ... anything, for each taste and comfort.

The poem I've chosen today it's a dedication to the last summer days, to the passionate tango dance on the streets at night. Thank you Jamie for the delight!

A fool's paradise

Pearl earrings and skin against skin as
bare and sleek as a midnight summer -
succulent with the scent of jasmine.

Soulful brimming with dulcet dreams, a
moonscape tango, scattering mythic dust on
hearts entwined around images borrowed
from the silver screen between stolen
kisses. The dance of naive minds, kindred
spirits bent on manufactured expectations -

A fool’s paradise.

If you wish to read more, visit Jamie at "Musing by Moonlight"

Stay tuned for Thursday Rally Poetry week 52: Sept 22-28,

in linkz will be up on September 21, 2011, 10:00 am.

Perfect Poets Award for Poets Rally Week 51

Hi Everyone! I, Ava am again here to present your Perfect Poet Award foe Week 51! Congratulations to the following poets:

(In no particular order)

Sara

Tekia

Liliana

Die Reise meines Lebens

The Oldstrong

Jacsprat

Ava

Isadora

Thingy

Alcina

Rosie

C Rose

Rules to Accept the Award:

Put the logo on your blog under your poets rally entry or any poem post before or on next rally.
Post a poem (or a Haiku) under the logo.
Tag The Poetry Palace to link back to This Award Post.
Nominate One Previous Participant or current participant and leave the nominees link to their blog and you're done!
Please copy and paste your acceptance post link in the comments section of post.

A sample award acceptance is linked here:

http://normamartiri.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/manners/

Congrats to all who won!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Agreement for Thursday Poets Rally Week 51 (Sept. 8-Sept. 14, 2011)

Greetings, Welcome to Thursday Poets Rally Week 51.

Thursday Poets’ Rally Week 51 (Sept. 8-Sept. 14, 2011)

Please read and answer the following questions before participating Poets Rally Week 51:

#1: Is your poem for Poets Rally week 51 original? Please say YES or NO.

#2: By linking your poetry in, you are automatically a participant, which implies that you allow Poets Rally officials, including Ava, Mia, Ladynimue, Uma, Blaga, The Orange Tree, and Eddie Cabbage or participants unlimited access to your blog posts during the week, and you will NOT complain about how often people have visited or commented for your work. Do you agree? Please give a clear YES or NO.

#3: To be counted as active poet next time, you must meet the requirements:

1): Return favors to those who have commented for you,

2): visit and comment for 18 poets that are NEW to you either from participants list or from fresh poets to explore list. You have 7 days to make a minimum 18 comments, take your time! Are you going to fulfill requirements with your best knowledge? Please say YES or No.

#5: As a participant, you are representing Thursday Poets Rally, no personal biases, no negative comment, or email gossips are encouraged or tolerated. You are expected to follow the rules, focus on public commenting and encouragement, you do your own contribution, and respect decisions made by fellow poets or Poets Rally officials…Are you willing to work on building a positive, encouraging, and respectful poetry community by being modest, cool, and professional? YES or No, Please respond.

*****

Please answer all 5 questions, First time participants can simply scroll down to visit participants from this list to meet requirement… with this agreement, we are clear about our duty and complaints or potential issues are avoided…

Week 5o The perfect Poet Award Winner list can be found at

http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2011/08/perfect-poets-award-for-poets-rally.html

The linkz will remain open for an entire week, take your time, do make at least 18 comments to your peers and LEAVE A COMMENT under this post to let us know after you are done. ;)

One Quality Entry is preferred, Thanks a Lot!

Welcome, share a poem, and have a grand time!

1.	Susie Clevenger	49.	TheLookingGlass	97.	blackswanpoetry	145.	ShonEjai
2.	Diablesse	50.	Shawn Bird	98.	RoughWaterJohn	146.	The Second Tower
3.	Larry Meredith(Done)	51.	Source of Inspiration	99.	暗黒光る(Done)	147.	bupinder singh"Fidoic"
4.	Nefarious X(Done)	52.	Source of Inspiration	100.	saurabh modi	148.	Sonnets Of Love
5.	The Eyes of Fire (Done)	53.	Source of Inspiration	101.	Ankoku Hikaru	149.	Bodhirose
6.	Jacqui Binford-Bell(Done)	54.	Die Reise meines Leben	102.	(Manoj Kewalramani) A hair dare	150.	wordcoaster(Done)
7.	The Orange Tree(Done)	55.	dhitzunako(Done)	103.	Elyas Mulu Kiros (Inner Light)	151.	anjum wasim dar
8.	Jesse S. Mitchell	56.	Mandy Calvin(Done)	104.	Word Power Sound	152.	Dennis Go
9.	Life's Lessons (Done)	57.	coffee1cream(Done)	105.	JDRBeaudoin	153.	U.N.L.E.A.S.H.E.D. - Tenrai Kenshin
10.	Daydreamertoo (Done)	58.	muzzleflashing	106.	Rosie, mygardenhaven #2	154.	bhargav
11.	Magdalena(Done)	59.	Old Raven	107.	California Ink in Motion - Hats	155.	caffeiNATEd
12.	Sam/Cerca Trova	60.	Ann LeFlore(Done)	108.	emmett wheatfall	156.	kristina danielle
13.	California Ink in Motion	61.	Umesh Rao	109.	Truth is stranger than fiction	157.	Dawn
14.	kez (Done)	62.	Alcina(Done)	110.	Over a Cup of Coffee(Done)	158.	Anthony Rando
15.	Leonargo(Done)	63.	Baishali	111.	Jared SMB	159.	Acoustic3
16.	Sherrie Theriault	64.	Adnan M. S. Fakir	112.	William Leed (Done)	160.	Elyas Mulu Kiros (Agrrr!!!)
17.	Judith Westerfield	65.	Poetry & Icecream	113.	Classic NYC Story	161.	Tarang
18.	mm	66.	Janrae Mendoza	114.	Serendipity Smiles	162.	Chimnese
19.	Mariah	67.	Blank Room	115.	The First Tower (Done)	163.	Darryl Davis
20.	Where Pleasant Fountains Lie (Butterflies, Blue)	68.	Ector Ward	116.	D	164.	IrisD (Done)
21.	Tckly Turtle	69.	Aaron Smigielski	117.	Justin Batalden	165.	veronica dimarco
22.	Marbles in My Pocket(Done)	70.	Malini	118.	Welkin Siskin	166.	RoHiT Iyer
23.	blitzken	71.	WyomingDiva	119.	Nelson	167.	Pensive thoughts
24.	haikudoyou	72.	David Rheins WP	120.	Steven Marty Grant	168.	Murali
25.	Melanie Bishop(Done)	73.	Rosie, mygardenhaven	121.	sajeev kumar menon	169.	David Rheins Blogger
26.	Terri	74.	Irene the Bean	122.	Mark Stevensson	170.	Danielle Mari's Big Bang Theory
27.	blitzken	75.	Ankoku Hikaru	123.	ZQ (Done)	171.	Reghu
28.	Manicddaily	76.	Sense of noise	124.	Miss Kitten - Ten Years	172.	Isadora (Done)
29.	David Rheins Haiku	77.	ALIVE aLwaYz	125.	David Rheins Haiku	173.	Melanie Bishop
30.	fiveloaf(Done)	78.	Melissa Ridley Elmes	126.	Madhumathi - Lost Love	174.	Janrae
31.	Mihir (Done)	79.	dakshi	127.	Tigerbrite(Done)	175.	Sunflower Shan (Shanyn)
32.	blackglassmoon	80.	Jake-ox	128.	Leo	176.	Abin (Done)
33.	Craig Watson	81.	Kenia Cris	129.	Ms. Queenly(Done)	177.	Diablesse
34.	Oak Grove Road(Done)	82.	C Rose	130.	Mariela Ochoa	178.	Peter
35.	A.T Smith	83.	wiserskydiver	131.	ShonEjai	179.	Antomaniax
36.	A.T Smith	84.	Caledoniapoems (Done)	132.	Lola	180.	Len Kamei
37.	Steven Marty Grant	85.	Jacqui Binford-Bell	133.	Lisa	181.	Jessica (Done)
38.	I Found Love - jsendslove	86.	Abby	134.	californiabean	182.	The BorgPoet
39.	CC Champagne (Done)	87.	Hoofprints	135.	Just a poet(Done)	183.	Elyas Mulu Kiros (Let's not fall...)
40.	LBTL	88.	a case of the f its -papo	136.	Kellie Elmore	184.	Life in a Poem
41.	The Joy of Life	89.	Mindsinger	137.	blackglassmoon	185.	Purvi
42.	Elyas Mulu Kiros (Ode to New York)	90.	wolfsrosebud	138.	Manicddaily	186.	Adam
43.	Jack Edwards(Done)	91.	Chelsea Bets	139.	10	187.	Eclipsing Winter (Beth)
44.	Life in a Poem	92.	Andy (Done)	140.	JDRBeaudoin - Poetry ... Whatever	188.	Gwenyth
45.	Miss Kitten(Done)	93.	Lord Emmanuel	141.	2-911 Poems	189.	Wes
46.	feeling lioness	94.	holding hands	142.	sajeev kumar menon	190.	Ina (Done)
47.	MarkBWilliams	95.	8:19 am	143.	Neni
48.	thingy(Done)	96.	Rashmi	144.	marit / new