Abandonment issues, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry challenge, set by Poet of the Week, Punam Sharma. The guideline: write a pantoum about the theme of abandonment. You can find Punam’s prompt poem and the full guidelines here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/03/22/w3-prompt-47-weave-written-weekly/. Regular readers of my poetry blog know, of course, that I’m not much of a ‘rhymer’.

Where did you go? by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry prompt, set by poet of the week Brandon Ellrich. The challenge this week: Write a riddle or puzzle poem. You can find the full guidelines as well as Brandon’s prompt poem here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/01/25/w3-prompt-39-weave-written-weekly/ My contribution is not much of a riddle. You’ll instantly know what I’m talking

How to begin a new year, by Britta Benson

Here’s my contribution to Rebecca Cuningham’s Poetry Challenge. This month, the theme is New Year’s traditions. You can find the full prompt post by clicking this link: https://fakeflamenco.com/2023/01/01/new-years-poetry-challenge/ I’m in Germany just now, so here’s how to begin a year, German style. How to begin a year, German style Food. Paramount. Always. Compulsory Sauerkraut on

Not so Blitz

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 Poetry Challenge, set by Poet of the Week, Murisopsis. The guidelines: write a blitz poem about a mouse. You can find her full guidelines here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/11/16/w3-prompt-29-weave-written-weekly/ I wrote a not so blitz poem. 48 lines, yes. The ending is true to form. I did use punctuation, though, and

November, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry challenge, set by Paula Light. The guideline this time: Compose an acrostic poem with the word ‘November’. You can read the full post – and Paula’s poem, ‘Suit Weather’, a cadralor – here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/11/02/w3-prompt-27-weave-written-weekly/ I don’t normally do acrostic poems. Not my thing. But I’ve been participating

Synaesthesia, or: What colour is Tuesday?

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry challenge set by Poet of the Week, Musisopsis (https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/09/21/w3-prompt-21-weave-written-weekly/). Theme: Synaesthesia. Form: Dizain. I thought this would be easy for me. You can read about my problems with this particular challenge in today’s post on Britta’s Blog – Letters from Scotland (https://brittasblog422041504.wordpress.com/2022/09/22/part-of-me/). Here’s what I eventually came

Just a stone from that beach, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to the W3 Poetry Prompt set by Aditi. The guideline: Write a pantoum, theme: anything dreamy. You can find Aditi’s phenomenal prompt poem and the complete guidelines by clicking this link: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/09/14/w3-prompt-20-weave-written-weekly/ A pantoum? Never done one of those… I found the form extremely challenging, but my pig stubbornness wouldn’t allow me

Friendly advice from nature, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Challenge over at http://www.wordcraftpoetry.com (https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/08/23/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-286-8-23-22-themepromp/). This week, the theme is ‘Lessons from nature‘. I chose to write an etheree. The poem seemed to naturally flow that way. Friendly advice from nature Be tidal, seasonal, let come go, grow, change and develop. Respect rest, hibernate. Accept darkness, allow light,

Musings of an Obliteration Room sticker sheet, by Britta Benson

A few days ago, I visited the Tate Modern in London. Until the end of August, people can take part in the Obliteration Room, an interactive artwork by Yayoi Kusama. It’s basically a big, white apartment in the Turbine Hall of the museum, and visitors can walk through the various rooms. At the entrance, everyone

London Lanturne, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to my own prompt guidelines for the W3 Poetry Challenge (https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/08/10/w3-prompt-15-weave-written-weekly/). I’m in London just now and this is my attempt of describing the city in the current prolonged heat wave. I initially chose the lanturne form, simply because of the alliteration. With hindsight, though, I think it works quite well. London