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Thursday 17 January 2019

Heads Up, All You Poets

Delores, over at Mumblings, has thrown down the gauntlet! Otherwise known as a poetry challenge :)

Next Monday she and I are going to have a reduced-calorie, low-fat, two-thirds version of Poetry Monday, in Diane's absence.

The topic is "ice and snow" and you are welcome to join us.

Ready? Get writing! And check in on January 21 to see what we've come up with. At the same time, you can leave your own poem in the comments, or a note to let us know where your blog is so we can come along and cheer you on.

Hope to see you then :)


Is that a gauntlet in the distance? Or is it a hat? Let's pretend it's a gauntlet. A poetry gauntlet. . . . . . . . . Oh, never mind.











23 comments:

River said...

I'm completely hopeless at poetry and ice and snow are things I'm not familiar with, so I'll leave the writing to others and just read.

Elephant's Child said...

Of course it is a poetry gauntlett - and I am looking forward to seeing where it takes you.

only slightly confused said...

Diane would be proud lol.

Marie Smith said...

See you then!

jenny_o said...

Writing of any kind definitely needs someone to read it, so I'm glad you're willing to do that :)

jenny_o said...

It still looks like a hat when I peer closely :) You are, like River, a reader whom I appreciate.

jenny_o said...

The children can amuse themselves! lol

jenny_o said...

I hope it's worth it - ha ha

jono said...

The drawing reminds me of a spaghetti western. Maybe I will try to write a poem about Clint Eastwood.

37paddington said...

ice and snow might be a good topic for us this weekend, as we are supposed to get a lot of it.

jenny_o said...

If you do, please let me know so I can read it!

That picture was the result when I searched for "duel" in Pixabay - and the labels included "western", so you're right on target with that observation :)

jenny_o said...

Yes, I've been watching that storm because it will be tracking through my province starting on Sunday (although we're supposed to get equal parts snow and rain). Stay warm and safe, Angella!

Martha said...

Let the games begin! LOL Looking forward to it :)

jenny_o said...

LOL! So Martha, are you in? :D Or are you going to be a spectator?

Poetry: a spectator sport - ha ha

jabblog said...

Whoops! I think I forgot to 'publish'. That's because I was pondering why muses are always female - or are they?

jenny_o said...

I don't know; the muse concept is a relatively new one for me and I really should rectify my lack of knowledge on the subject!!

dinthebeast said...

Perhaps the gauntlet is under the hat?

-Doug in Oakland

jenny_o said...

Hah! A brilliant thought! I'm sure you're right :)

The Happy Whisk said...

That was funny about the hat! What a hoot, you are.

jenny_o said...

There were only a couple of pictures on the free site to choose from! I tried to make the best of things :)

Diane Henders said...

LOL! It's gauntlet-ish. Good enough. ;-)

jenny_o said...

Especially for the near-sighted, like me :)

37paddington said...

I've only ever understood a gauntlet as a metaphor, works for poetry I suppose.