Mindful Poetry Contest: April 30, 2012

Today's form couldn't be better. I know you'll love it! It's exactly what you wanted.

Additionally, turn about's fair play. You may leave me a ONE word prompt and I will use it in the poem I write for today's challenge. All I ask is that you be reasonable and leave me a word that you would be willing to tackle yourself.

If you are new to this group or contest, go here to learn more and then come back to participate in today's challenge.

Follow these rules:

Today's form: the choice is yours. Here is a list of forms that Mindful Poetry has covered since September, 2008. If you use a form that hasn't been featured here, please identify it and provide a link to a website where it is described.
Today's prompt: New York City - if it can be found in NYC, it's acceptable to use in your poem
Publish so that the date stamped is April 30th with only one stamp-date
Tag with MP2012
Publish to Mindful Poetry (and other groups as you wish)

Read today's submissions by others and comment. Here's the link.

Friday we received 14 terza rima submissions to the Mindful Poetry Contest. Here is the Poem-of-the-Day.

Last week we received 80 submissions. Here is the Poem-of-the-Week.

Good luck! Have fun! Read and comment on other contestants here.
Please recommend this post today.

One more item, I've taken Atticus *'s challenge and I hope you will, too. I recorded my trimeric, but if you have another poem from this contest that appeals to you more, read that instead. Tag with mp2012 just like your submissions for the contest. And submit them to Mindful Poetry.

Comments: 44

The original comment in this thread has been deleted by its author.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 12:19am UTC

Boy-o-boy, what I wouldn't give to delete your comment, you rascal.

What? Don't you like me? ;-)

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 12:24am UTC

by the way, I hope I see this gem in *your* poem today.

Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 12:33am UTC

I had enough trouble getting NYC in there. However, here is a poem of mine from my forthcoming book (honest to God):

My Hemingway Phase

Sesquipedalianism
is for the birds.
From here on in,
each word in this
piece will have
no more than one

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 2:35am UTC

My take on that word is it is analogous to a person who thinks, "Why fuss over the details, just paint it all white and be done with it!" Michaelangelo would disagree.

Janet "Jax" B. Apr 30, 2012, 1:22am UTC

I have to way to record...sorry.

Um...I will have to think about the word for a while...after I get some sleep (hopefully)

Janet "Jax" B. Apr 30, 2012, 1:22am UTC

I'm FINALLY able to post and comment again...yea!!!

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 1:30am UTC

Glad you have your powers back, Jax. Also, you don't need to include the word New York City itself in your poem. Just reference it in some way.

Big Apple
Metropolitan Art Museum
Central Park
a person (famous or not) who lives there
Times Square
etc.

Janet "Jax" B. Apr 30, 2012, 2:23am UTC

I actually meant the word for YOU. LOL

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 2:36am UTC

oh.

be nice. :-)

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JOHN BECK Apr 30, 2012, 7:11am UTC

My, but you're being generous for our last day, Susan. Good luck with the prompt from Jax. May the force be with you!
Oh, yes. You wish each of us to leave you a prompt word, or just the first one posted? If you're looking for more than one, I'll leave: "force".

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 9:04am UTC

Yes, each person may leave me a word. And I thank you for yours. Very reasonable.

You say generous? It's because I want each of you to love this last day.

JOHN BECK Apr 30, 2012, 9:07am UTC

And I'm looking forward to reading the submissions.

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Katryn D. Apr 30, 2012, 8:04am UTC

And I have officially finished NaPoWriMo :)

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Kerry Dexter Apr 30, 2012, 8:46am UTC

Susan,
to use in your poem, I offer you the word song.
I'll be interested to see what form you choose. what forms we all choose, in fact.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 9:08am UTC

Thanks for the word, Kerry.

We've had some days of high submission (27 septolets and 28 senryu, for example). I'd like to see folks write what they want and submit lots of poetry. Well, still one per person for competition.

The worst part will be chosing the Poem-of-the-Day because all the styles will be so different.

Kerry Dexter Apr 30, 2012, 9:21am UTC

Susan,
I hope at some point -- not necessarily right away but after you've had time to reflect on it -- you will write a post about what you've learend, what most surprised you, and the like, from running this.

glad you got a chance to see Bruce Molsky, by the way.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 9:59am UTC

That's an interesting thought, Kerry. I'm launching back into novel writing on May 1st, but will take time for a recap of this contest so that might be where I include some of what you're wondering/asking.

As to Bruce, yeah! I even talked to him about this contest, which he said he knew about. :-)

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Angie O. Apr 30, 2012, 9:26am UTC

Good Morning All. Ugh, Mondays! As I am sitting here eating my fav morning snack and ok I know a bit odd but I thought, hey why not. Popcorn Susan, there you go. Popcorn!

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 10:00am UTC

Popcorn in the morning. Nope. Don't think I've ever. But I love it at night!

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A. F. Stewart Apr 30, 2012, 10:06am UTC

There are so many words that I might bestow for your use, but I shall be kind and give you one of my favourites: moonlight.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 10:24am UTC

Moonlight gives this more focus than you'd imagine. thanks!

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Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 11:08am UTC

There, I deleted it. Forget I said it. No need to get insulting... ;-)

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC

:-P What? Can't take a little ribbing? C'mon, you're the one who proffered that humdinger of a word. :-) I think it should be reinstated.

Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 1:41pm UTC

It's your game, darling. Use it, don't use it, no skin off my nose. Now comparing me to a house painter... ;-D (*wink*)

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 2:18pm UTC

Herein lies the value in careful reading. I compared the concept of the word as to a house painter. You, Doug, are an interior decorator.

Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 5:01pm UTC

Um, ok. Thanks, I think. Anyway, you really don't have to use it. I was just being obnoxious.

Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 5:04pm UTC

The fact that I used it kinda speaks for itself, don't it?

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 8:05pm UTC

You? Obnoxious?

=she shakes her head incredulously=

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 8:05pm UTC

=then hopes like crazy he knows how much she loves to tease=

Doug Westberg Apr 30, 2012, 10:38pm UTC

'S cool... ;-)

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Alison H. Apr 30, 2012, 12:37pm UTC

Here's your word: Cajun

I've never been to NYC but can think of one icon I could write about...

Thanks for the great prompts this month, Susan! Some are still haunting me but haven't come out yet.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 1:01pm UTC

Ahhh, Cajun. I see a theme...

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Debbie W. Apr 30, 2012, 4:28pm UTC

If I had to give a word, it would be minstrel 'cause that's what you are, Susan! Thank you for creating this month-long festival! I wasn't able to participate each day, but I certainly did learn a lot.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 30, 2012, 4:34pm UTC

Thanks, Debbie. I had great fun doing the contest.

Starting in May, we at Mindful Poetry will be learning at a much slower rate and hopefully I'll be more in the teaching mode than I was with the contest where I tended to be, I felt, a bit distanced as I read and ranked all the submissions.

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Virginia M. Apr 30, 2012, 5:33pm UTC

Susan,

Thank you for the April month of challenges. I didn't meet them all, but I did more writing this month than I have in awhile. Thanks for the motivation and encouragement!

Here's a choice of words I challenge you with:

Melancholy

or

brizzle,: a word I found on Squidoo"vb., to scorch near to burning or to slightly singe.