Tuesday 27 July 2010

One Shot Wednesday: A Place To Share Your Poems


Welcome to One Shot Wednesday - where you get to highlight your poetic talents

Here we go with another great One Shot Wednesday...
I’m Adam Dustus and it’s a privilege to host OSW this week!

Before signing up— a quick recap of how One Shot works:


1. Write a poetic piece & post it on your blog

2. Then let us know about your post. Link back to One Shot

3. Sign up in the Mr Linky list, linking directly to your post, AFTER you've posted it.

4. Go visit others who have signed up! Offer support & encouragement. Share your love of words and insight respectfully. Please try to visit as many participating poets as you can. We all could use and appreciate kind feedback.

All forms of poetry are accepted for One Shot Wednesday. Everyone is welcome. Feel free to invite your fellow poet friends to join the festivities. Let’s make this a great, supportive community! So on behalf of Leslie, Brian, and Pete this week—enjoy and help foster the supportive growth of our creative community.

Cheers.
Adam

72 comments:

Desert Rose said...

looking forward to this week Adam..Good luck and i know it will be a huge success..cheers :)))

JRM said...

Something simple this week that has been sitting in the draft folder for a little while now. Thanks & Enjoy!

Anonymous said...

Alright poets, we've had some great posts and interaction on One Shot Wednesday since launching a few weeks ago. Thank you to everyone who has participated, as well as to all who've helped spread word about the One Stop Site.

Okay, allow me to kick things off... You can find my One Shot post here:
The Green Pool

signed...bkm said...

here is mine for the week....bkm

Amanda said...

A first time for me, nervous and excited at the same time. Thanks for letting me be here. Cheers ~ Amanda

Kira Stann said...

Hooray! Its time for One Shot again! I look forward to it every week. Thanks so much for the opportunity!

Brian Miller said...

i am in...

welcome to oneshot everyone...look forward to reading this week...

PattiKen said...

Can't wait to read this week's offerings.

I’m up here.

moondustwriter said...

Thanks everyone for coming to another One Shot Wednesday.

My question for this week: How can we encourage you as a poet?

I too am looking forward to this week primarily because I look forward to reading the wonderful posts and I am encouraged by growing friendships - hope you are too.

My poem this week was inspired by a friendship with a poet who has inspired me.
Questions and Answers

Pastor Bill said...

Great to be sharing and reading again. Thank you everyone. Here is the address for my post: http://beginningpoetry.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/moving-toward-peace/

- Bill

Kat Mortensen said...

My current piece was written for The Poetry Bus, but I have linked to you in my sidebar with an icon from your mike image.

Kat

Brian Miller said...

poetikat is in the house!

Beachanny said...

Interested to see what this is and how it goes.

Beachanny said...

Interested to see what this is and how it goes.

moondustwriter said...

If you read Gay Cannon ( a great read btw), you have to join tumblr to comment if you would rather post a comment here at One Shot please do. I know he would appreciate the feedback

I am soaking in the beauty and depth of some well penned poems - Thanks from the Moon

Brian Miller said...

gay, wish i could comment...a fun ramble and quite the adventure

dustus said...

Gwei's link is good now—excellent. Also great to see Kat in the house!

Some great poetry so far! Enjoying. Thanks all!

dustus said...

Gay, you're poem was outstanding. What a musical journey you created with your poetry... Thank you for posting on One Shot Wednesday!

dustus said...

Apparently, YOUR emcee cannot spell very well this evening. lol

G-Man said...

This is wildly successful for being such a new Forum.
Brian, Adam, Pete, and of course Moon Beam, You guys ROCK!!!

Brian Miller said...

and g-mans in the house! better watch him he's bringing explosions this week! smiles.

dustus said...

Thanks G-Man!

Claudia said...

Mine is up as well - about how a summer sunday afternoon can taste..

Anonymous said...

Well, I've posted my little bit of wordage. Can't wait to read everyone else's efforts! :)

moondustwriter said...

Never read a word from Tony I didn't enjoy.

Should we run for cover? "explosions" at One Shot??? who da thought

Didn't welcome Amanda "properly"

Claudia, Cat et al - a wonderful house of poets.

TALON said...

Looking forward to reading all the great works!

Chris G. said...

Looking forward to yet another great day for poetry. So much fantastic poetry on its way...

Just posted mine--it's a long one this week.

Wild Rose said...

Glad to be here again and so many wonderful poets. Wishing all of you all the best~

Wild Rose

Anonymous said...

At the urging of a friend I decided to give this a shot. I can see by the links list I am among some very good people...very glad to be here.

Tracy H

Alec (stryka66) said...

Great talent on here - thanks to the hosts for doing a great job !

Anonymous said...

I file my poems under rotten rhymes, so I'm not sure that you'd like them. But I am still enjoying all of yours. Please do keep up the good work.

All the best, Boonsong

dustus said...

@ Amanda: Welcome to One Shot! You already fit in :)Thanks for giving it a shot. (excuse horrible pun. lol)

Thanks signed...bkm & Kira Stann (nice seeing you on twitter KS).
Claudia, Chris, Tracy.. welcome friends!

Great to see Talon back helping us out! Thank you so so much.

Wild Rose, welcome back. Glad to see you again!

Thanks, Alec. We've had some great hosts thus far... Bri, Pete, Leslie.. what makes it fun is when everyone gets involved and comments.

dustus said...

@ Boonsong: Thanks for joining us! Nice to meet you.

John (@bookdreamer) said...

Penny dropped that I can link my poetry to the blog on Wednesday rather then submit to an 'editorial' panel - yes I know slow or what! For one time only I have linked to to all my blogs to offer a range of what I have scribbled out but in future I'll just post one of what ever emerges in the week. Scribbles and Diversions is where I do more formal longer poetry. I have posted an elegy.
Random Twitter Stories has Haiku's, Tanka's and Gogyohka's of which I have posted an example. Finally, Random Short Stories tends to feature mostly free verse poems around 50ish words. I do poetry for fun so have no claims or ambitions to be a published poet. Now time for a cup of tea as a lot of poets to visit.

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joanna said...

Hello to all

Looking forward to reading other poets written words. So many talented and wonderful souls out there.

Joanny

Brian Miller said...

good morning everyone...looks like we were a bit busy overnight...ready for my morning coffee...i mean poetry....smiles.

Jessie said...

i'm looking forward to reading everyone's thoughts. i'll be stopping by periodically during the day.

smiles,

dustus said...

Having some coffee and am ready to surf some poetry sites! Looking forward to visiting everyone's blog :)

Have a wonderful day, Everyone!

River said...

A little love poem. I am going away from internet for two a half weeks. I will be back. :)

Mommy Emily said...

this is my first time participating... i love this idea. thank you.

Rajlakshmi said...

Wrote it this week ... enjoy :)

dustus said...

Thanks Emily, River, Raj, and John :)
Hope you're all enjoying One Shot!

dustus said...

My friend Deb signed up. Her poem is posted through MySpace. For anyone not on MySpace (like me), she's @DeborahHorton on Twitter.

Feel free to follow her. Me too & and other One Shot Tweeps I've seen so far on Twitter:

@Dustus
@moondustwriter
@petemarshall1
@Bmiller007
@poetikat47
@PoeticHeart34
@Beeros75
@KiraStann
@LarvK
@Corbie77
@Onestoppoetry <--1Shot on Twitter

Kavita said...

It's Shot time again!!! Love to be back! :)
Here is my poem for this week...
Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

dustus said...

Kavita :) Thanks for sharing the old photo too! Appreciate your enthusiasm!

dustus said...

Mr.Bill... Cannot seem to post a comment on your page, so will tell you here that I enjoyed your haiku. Goes great conceptually with the image, in which the middle footprint breaking the "frame" of the rectangle looks very cool. Thanks.

MrBill said...

Greetings to old friends and nice meetings to new friends. Sharing a special haiku with you for OneShotWednesday - Friendprints - http://redgage.com/blogs/MrBill/friendprints.html
Cheers! MrBill (-;

MrBill said...

Hi Dustus, thank you very much. It's a fun little verse that came about from playing with my friend's vacation photos ... btw, you have to join the RedGage community to be able to leave comments, but that is simple to do and free too! Here's the link--> http://dld.bz/dXU7
Cheers! MrBill (-;

PattiKen said...

Gay: I love this. You have captured the cadence and vernacular so well, I was there with Tatters. I'm assuming that Tatters is a dog, and like most animals, he could see past the shabby exterior to the kindred soul within.

Brian Miller said...

ok, back in the hunt to catch up...some work has to be done you know...smiles.

Anonymous said...

I ma late but i think its ok :)

Beachanny said...

Thank you everyone who read my poem or poems @ grcannon.tumblr.com and you can follow me @beachanny on twitter. I appreciate the remarks on my "dog" pov poem. It was fun and part of an ongoing group of Texas poetry I'm writing. I read some poems by the folks here but didn't quite know where to make comments. Sort of new to all this. Thanks again. Gay

Beachanny said...

PattiKen, I read your post after I wrote mine. Yes, Tatters is the mythical dog; however there is a living myth that Leadbelly did once meet Blind Lemon in Deep Ellum and play a blues set with him. I'm not sure it's been authenticated.

patty said...

Hello my friends, felt like doing some dark poetry. Hope you all enjoy

patty said...

Hello my friends, felt like doing some dark poetry. Hope you all enjoy

mel said...

added my humble, don't-think-about-it-just-do-it effort...
:)

Beachanny said...

Hello again. I am now following a lot of you on twitter. I clicked on several names from this page which took me to your blogs but then I wasn't sure what I was meant to read.
I guess I could use a little help for next time. I did like the several pieces I read and left notes there for each of you.
Thank you for your kind words posted here. It is comforting when someone likes your work, as you know.

Brian Miller said...

thanks everyone for an incredible oneshot wednesday! and to our perfect host...thank you dustus!

Amanda said...

For some reason I could not leave a comment in the following participants blogs :- Alec, Gwei, Anthony and Gay...I read all of your poetry and the standard and quality is absolutely outstanding. I am proud to be here with you!! Thanks all and have a wonderful day ~ Amanda

MaryAnne23 said...

I darn near almost forgot to post this week!! What was I thinking?!

swputh said...

A simple one from me. Sorry guys, The link got a bit moved now. so I am posting the new link as number 61.
Do check,,,

moondustwriter said...

Wow - what a great One shot wednesday

Thanks everyone for coming by and for the great poetry.
There were a few that made it under the wire hope you get to read those too

Thanks to my friend Tao for leaping before he looked.

ya gotta love poets

Smiles for the rest of your week from the Moon

Kavita said...

I don't have a tumblr account (sigh)...and hence couldn't leave a comment for Gay's amazing poem! Long live twitter though!! :)

Unknown said...

This was my first One Shot, thanks to everyone who checked out my blog and commented, much appreciated!

Now I will do the same :)

dustus said...

Thanks for joining us, Mangus.

Think I just finished commenting on everything. Great work, Everyone! Thanks for helping to create a wonderful community environment. Cheers

shewriting said...

shoot - I posted around 12:30 last night before Mr. Linky closed but it looks like it didn't go through. I fought with this widget last week too! lol! I know it is operator error. I'll keep trying. Going to read some of your poems now...

Marshy said...

wow...its taking off guys and its back to you Bri for next week...think Adam has raised the stakes this week...what an excellent One Shot..gonna have fun reading and commenting on all these..cheers and well done to all Pete

Unknown said...

I am really looking forward to this week too. I only found you guys a couple weeks ago and this is the first one I get to put up... WOOT! Bisous, Love and Light, Sender

Unknown said...

I've enjoyed the opportunity to read other poets, and share mine as well. There are so many great ones!! I just left mine - always an easy read...

Good luck everyone:)

Anonymous said...

Not sure I'm on the right page... it is August 4th, not July 27th-- yes? My decima for this week is up-- hope you visit and get a taste of this lovely early Spanish form. I always visit back, and look forward to reading y'all!
Note: Once again Blogger refused to take my Wordpress comment, so I am posting as anonymous, but I am:
http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/

Anonymous said...

I would like to exchange links with your site oneshotpoetry.blogspot.com
Is this possible?