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Hello everyone and welcome to Open Link Night – 167. I hope you are doing good.
Whenever I host OLN, I encourage everyone here to talk about their creative journey – be it learning a new form, or theme or doing own freestyle experiments. For last few weeks, I have followed a lot of anonymous writing on twitter and seen some really brilliant examples. I tried writing anonymously as a part of different groups, poem trails.
Everyone from Dverse who have encouraged me have known me through my prompts or interactions through the blogs – so I was keen to find out if any of the readers can connect to my creativity through my style or my message and when they did, I was really happy. Though it doesn’t make much difference to what I usually write, micro poetry is really an interesting subject.
I would like to hear from you what’s new that you are writing, or thinking to write about. Let us celebrate poetry. If you are struggling for ideas, I suggest you go visit the prompts we have had since our last OLN.
I would like to share something to every participant on OLN, something that I have noticed over last couple of prompts. If anyone comments your blog, do not just reply to that comment on your own blog. Pay a return visit. I have noticed that those who join later or around the weekend, don’t get many visits in response either. Lastly, try to avoid posting something really big.
So, tonight join us with your poem but also visit everyone. Let us celebrate poetry.
Here is what you have go to do, if you are new.
- Leave a small comment here, preferably participate in our discussion.
- Enter a link directly to your poem and your name by clicking Mr Linky below
- There you will find links to other poets, and more will join during the next 48 hours
- Read and comment on other poet’s work, we all go here to have our poems read
- Promote your and our site and poetry you like on social media of your choice
- Please link back to dVerse from you site
- Have fun, we all love poetry
dVerse 
I’ve been waiting for OLN to share the sestina I wrote a week or so ago. Now I’m off to get my lunch and will be back to read some poetry. Peace, Linda
Thanks, Linda!! Peace to you.
Ha.. yes last week we shared sestina.. I will rush over for yours soon..
I don’t know what time it is where you are, Mary, but I’ve just got up and am eating breakfast! Iwill head on over to your poem.
Thank you Linda – welcome to OLN.
Good evening… what a great question, if there is anything that has inspired me lately it has to be playing with words… can you find more than meaning… another bottom or a pun.. I often look for internal rhymes that would move my poem in unexpected directions.. creating strange new twists.. Hmm.. I might be a little crazy right now..
Another bottom. Ha.
🙂
Love wordplay- so playful ^_^
🙂 … I go in phases…. right now it’s mostly play
Thank you for linking my poem. The wretched internet comes and goes….like those women in TS Eliot’s Prufrock. Crazy is good!!!! Playing is good!
I agree, Bjorn, word play, puns and obscure comparison can take you places you never thought of. But I’m not sure about another bottom!
True – I second that Bjorn – there is so much more we can do – your response alone can be a prompt.
Heyy everyone,
So psyched to be at OLN tonight 🙂 sharing my poem “Sage” hope you guys like it.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
So good to have you here Sanaa… you always bring wonderful poetry to the bar.
Thank you Bjorn 🙂
Thanks, Abhra, for hosting once again. I am (still) working on my second Heroic Crown sonnet cycle. Today I am sharing part 4 – only a month and a half after I offered part 3. Form poetry, for me, is a wonderful exercise in self-discipline – and this last poem, for some reason did not want to get written, so the self-discipline was as much convincing myself to actually get back to the project as to do the actual writing (after such a long period since writing part 3, the temptation was just to give up.
Form poetry can be tempting.. but sometimes it’s just so much… soon off to read your sonnet…
I enjoy your work into this form. I agree. Discipline is a good thing. We learn so much and somehow, the discipline helps us to enjoy going willy-nilly at times. I am doing the Basho thing. Years ago I did a real following his journey in Japan. these years later, I am reading his Travel Journal which are the precursor to haibun. So wonder to read these haibun in the pure classic form and function. I am learning much all over again and working to maintain the discipline of the form. I admire your ability with sonnets.
Just saying hi to everyone! I will be anxious to see what people share. Looking around the room for Abhra…………
It’s 2:30 in India… I think we can let him sleep a little bit more 🙂
Thanks a lot Mary – it won’t be later today that I fully get time to visit.
Hey everyone.. This is my first OLN night.. So pretty excited to know what it is all about.
Hello Shivani… really a great way to learn to know other poets… share yours and read others.
Sure..
Welcome! Good way to learn about us – please share your poem and read ours and comment.
Sure.. I share my poem Spring Blooms. Now, will look forward to read yours.
Welcome, Shivani. 🙂 I think you’ll find a very supportive group of people here. I look forward to reading your poem.
Gayle ~
Thank you for supportive words. Will look forward to read your blog.
Well, here we talk, discuss and share poetry. Welcome to OLN. Hope you enjoy this as much as we do.
Thank you so much Abhra.. Looking forward to it.
Welcome Shivani! I’m VERY late to the bar here — posting on Saturday morning! I usually never do that — but I’m in Bermuda for the months of February and March and somehow, the last few days, I’ve lost that discipline to read and write every morning with dVerse……boo on me. I’ve rather been outside, hiking and enjoying these amazing aquamarine waters. But — am back now…..shall be sure to meander over to read yours! When I’m here — which is very very often except last few days, I do enjoy reading everyone’s works.
Hi lillian nice to hear from you. Looking forward to read your blog.
I’m kind of a micro girl. Anything beyond a handful of lines and I’m pretty much unreadable. I love the abstract, though. The humorous. Obviously I’m prone to nuts-out with word play. So that’s pretty much how I do it.
I think I have started to be inspired by this…
Being a classic haiku and tanka woman, I mos’ def like short! And the 44 word Quadrille prompts we have are so much fun.
I start with micro, but sometimes it develops into something else. I couldn’t get onto your sire to look at your poem cayn -is there a technical hitch? WordPress seems to think you’re site no longer exists. I’ll try again later 🙂
Cool – micro writing is always challenging and interesting.
Some people do enjoy big pieces. I thought open link night was about posting whatever we are working on.
I’ve been digging up some old work and re-doing it. Funny how poems can sound so good at the time getting something off your chest, ,but then better later with a little edit. I don’t hate editing as much as I used to ^_^
Ah… I do enjoy big pieces but today I only share small… Maybe I should try to do editing… so many poems written I never visit again.
Interesting and true. I have done a few self-published books….and sometimes when I go back through my old stuff deciding what to put in the book I do a LOT of editing of what I had written. And sometimes I find things that I wouldn’t include in a book at all, as I consider them not very worthy of preservation. Smiles.
I often find that when I let a poem rest EVEN overnight I find things to change. If I let it rest for a week, I find MORE things to change. Most often I find myself eliminating words rather than adding them. My poems will sometimes shorten, but will seldom lengthen. Smiles.
Same here!
Me too! Wordy first……then cull the words!
It’s getting late… and there’s a day tomorrow.. Now it’s time for bed. Happy reading.
Have a good night, Bjorn!
Sweet dreams!
Hi Abhra. Thank you for hosting! So very true. People who post later often get overlooked. I’ll go on their link and no one will have posted! And it is only courtesy if someone reads and comments on your link, to return the favor and also….say Thank you! my creative journey? Years ago I literally followed Basho’s (one of them) journey in Japan. I have gone back and now, am re-reading. I am now keeping a sporadic journal a la Basho about my daily journey, complete with haiku. I am keeping close to the basics of the classic form of haibun and as always, haiku. Elements of mono no aware, fuega, etc. – trying to make the haibun an extended haiku as it was in Basho’s original form. I find it a wonderful journey of awareness, nature, discipline, amazement. Back to Basics is a good thing!
Hi… thanks for the support – I just wanted to make people hear it coming from the hosts, so that they start thinking about it.
Catching up on some comments! out of town with iffy internet…..You know, I hate to say it but some people are selfish and don’t care. I’d like to think most people would think about it…I hope they do. But some just will not.
I so agree here….and am very happy that Abhra posted this gentle “reminder.” This is the first time I’ve moseyed up to the bar on a Saturday — too bad, because I’m smiling at what I wrote — a political satire in haiku form. Sadly, probably won’t get too many reads because it is a Saturday. Oh well……..first person we write for is ourselves and I’m happy with it! I am usually to the bar within the first or second day — but shame on me, this week I’ve gotten away from my disciplinary approach to writing and reading every morning and instead, have just sat on the deck of our 2 month rental here in Bermuda and enjoyed nature. I am back however, and shall now begin perusing….and because of your reminder, shall go “backwards” and start with last posts! 🙂 I do so enjoy reading everyone’s works.
Hi I am in TN with my mother who is ailing and have had iffy internet. I enjoy reading the poems too. When I am “on point”, I alwys read every link because I know later linkers are often forgotten. One reason I don’t care for the long period to submit links. It gives people time but then again, many times they don’t get read. If you follow my blog, often I will post early about a prompt so that may help give you a heads up. It is wonderful you have been able to enjoy your time. such times with nature on our travels are what really are at the basis of haibun – the writing of something on the journey, like an extended haiku and then the haiku at the end – all based in nature which is why it is haiku and not micropoem or senryu. Haiku is all about nature and objective observation and not a personal point or non-nature. Basho always found something in nature in his daily journeys to write about and then the true haiku to expand. I have been stressed with my mother’s condition and care taking but the travel too gave me time for reflective silence and watching spring come back to the world of winter. Three haibun written in my head during the journey, all connected. It has been a deep experience for me and can hardly wait to finalize and post. Keep ejoying yourself and the wonderful local food!!!!
Hi Abhra ~ Thanks for hosting ~ As for the commenting issue, I always strive to comment on all, if not most of the linked poems ~
Happy OLN everyone ~
I do too Grace. I love reading them. If my computer behaves, I do get to them all. I’m glad to hear you do too.
Hi Abhra…(when you wake up) and thanks for hosting OLN. 🙂
Today I was looking at some quotes to possibly inspire another Glosa. I didn’t come across anything today that I haven’t covered in other poems…trying for something unique. I’ll keep looking.
He he – last night I actually fell asleep while waiting….
Aw…poor guy! 🙂
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here… it’s been an incredibly awful day for so many reasons, so I’m putting myself at the mercy of the kindness of strangers, and look forward to checking out your poems 🙂
Welcome to D’verse ~ Please check out our D’schedule on top and let us know if you have any questions ~ We are a friendly bunch of writers here 🙂
Thanks Grace, checking out some wonderful poetry here 🙂
There is much kindness and not too many strangers for long.
That’s a lovely thing to say about any group… definitely feeling the love! 🙂
Welcome to dVerse, Al. You’ll find this a wonderful group of people! Supportive, creative, and willing to “listen” to your words, be they in poems or moseying up to the bar for the discussion. Usually, I’m right there the first or second day….but this time, for whatever reason (mostly just sitting enjoying Bermuda’s aquamarine waters — here for 2 months), I’m a Saturday poster. Do hope to see you at dVerse often!
Thanks Lillian. Bermuda sounds heavenly!
I left something for you all to read. Simply put, my writing is my lazy journal / memoir – a way to remember these days. Love to all, Mosk
Like your thoughts Mosk
Hello everyone…sorry it was very late for me and I couldn’t stay up till then.
Things are still very busy here but hoping to have time for poetry again before too long.
At the moment I am writing poems about ‘aunts’ for submission to The Emma Press for an anthology. I have completed one, which, at twenty four lines isn’t what I would call micro poetry. I write a tanka or haiku every day using prompts and challenges from WordPress. The thing about micro poems is that they often provide a springboard into another idea and another form, developing into much longer poems. My poetry has always started with a phrase or a couple of lines, even when I was much younger. When I still had a dog, ideas would pop into my head while we were out for a walk, and I would try them out on him. Since he died, poetry still comes to me in brief arrangements of words, mostly in my dreams. I have posted a poem I wrote and posted last September, that kind of sums up my writing.
Hi Kim, my poetry usually pops into my head with the first line or two also. I love doing the short forms of poetry too, quite the challenge at times to pare down your words. Have you participated in our Quadrille challenge yet? We write a poem using 44 words usually with a word prompt that we have to use in it. It’s really fun! I think you would like it if you haven’t tried it yet. Coming up next Monday I believe.
Gayle ~
Hi Gayle, I joined in the bubble Quadrille and Bjorn’s one. I agree, it’s fun to have a word limit. I’ll be interested to see what this Monday’s theme will be!
Me too…it’s always a pleasant surprise!
Always nice to write and share my poems here.
Great to read the works of other poets too 🙂
Thank you Anita – welcome to OLN.
Finally made it to the OLN this morning. Fleeting time and all that! I truly enjoy this poetic community and the works of worded wonder presented here.
Thank you for hosting. I wrote a short free verse poem… but I really enjoyed the new form I tried here this past Monday – the haibun. Hope to do that again. Thank you – I love dVerse.
Haibun Monday is fun and we do it every other Monday. I read yours Margaret and you did very well ~
Thank you Margaret – welcome to OLN. I just read your piece and loved your micropoetry.
Abhra, your link is not working for me
Abhra’s post is here:
http://www.abhrapal.in/2016/03/04/sporeling/
oh thank you
Strange – is it working now? My site was recently hacked and I had to migrate it…was a lot of trouble.
I’ve had a hard time keeping up (I write with a few groups) but I do visit everyone’s work that visits mine and more. If I miss someone I try to get them the next week. I enjoy visiting everyone’s work if I have the time. I try to comment but if I am rushed I will “Like” or “+” the work. Feedback is one of the most important things about writing with groups like this and it’s why I do it. Nothing is more disappointing than joining a group and getting hardly any visits.
I’ve been writing so much lately and have found that haiku is something I really enjoy. I have always written short poems I find them more challenging. My muse has left me flat before but right now I feel a renewal in the coming spring and it’s exciting!
When I read long poems I lose my focus on what the person is trying to say and in my own work I try not to repeat thoughts or words. I read a lot of poetry in a week and get impatient when it’s a long free verse poem that doesn’t really satisfy. I like cleverness in poetry and I respect poets that can write about different subjects using forms I may not be familiar with yet. I think the worst thing I can do is saddle myself with one type of poem and write variations on it never trying to grow. It’s all about what we like isn’t it?
When leaving feedback I don’t mind if it’s constructive criticism so don’t be afraid to leave it I will take it to heart. I am really enjoying reading everyone’s work here there’re so many talented people! Hugs!
True – I absolutely agree with you there.
Have a nice weekend Abhra!
I use to write a lot of haiku.. Then it was a lot of sonnets, now it’s more short pieces with many layers… But sometimes I love to write and read very long poetry.
I’m not boo-hooing all long poems, if written well I enjoy them especially the classics and of course your sonnets Bjorn.
This week poem, was one of my hardest ones, to write, for I had to write from a positive perspective, about the role that sculpting in clay, has had upon my healing process. I hope that this poem does justice to the art program that I been going to, since January 2014.
To me you did give the positive image… Well done.
What I love about writing and what is a challenge for me right now is using multi-media to express my thoughts and observations about the worlds. To sync and make pleasant those thoughts that sometimes come in floods through several different modes of expression. Also, to make the form of poetry I choose to be compatible with the subject of the poem!
Thank you, dear Abhra!
I agree with you Carol when you come up with the right combination it can make all the difference! Why express oneself in one form when there’s so many to choose from? I so admire your writing!
Thank you, Bekkie and I admire yours!
Hugs!
Hugs!
Saturday joiner today…….so especially appreciate your gentle reminder here to read those who post late. Normally I post in the first or second day….but have been away from the bar this week. Too much enjoying the aquamarine waters of Bermuda, lots of hiking and exploring this amazing country — 23 miles long and 2.5 miles at it widest point. Shall read now, backwards! From Saturday posts forward………have missed the group but, I’m back!
Oh yes.. So important to go back and check.
I can’t believe I made it on time. Sorry to be so late. I had a cataract surgery this week and wanted to give the old eyes a break.
Thank you Ahbra for reminding us of the importance of visiting each other. I will return soon to do just that.