theinkwell poetry challenge | Week 2 - All Writers Welcome!

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Welcome to Week 2 of The Ink Well's Summer Poetry Challenge. Each week you will be offered two prompts to start your creativity - you can use either prompt or both; you can include them in your poem or use them to get your thoughts going and see where they take you ... and never mention the prompts in your writing at all!

Everyone who meets the Rules for Entry will:

• Receive 100% upvote from The Ink Well.
• Be included in the draw for 500HP delegation for 7 days.
• Have a chance to be a Show Case Post in future weeks.

Entries that meet the criteria will also be curated for a curie and an ocd vote.
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How To Enter The Challenge

The Ink Well is about encouraging high quality creative writing. The challenge is open to everyone, whether you are an experienced writer or just starting your writing journey. Every week, there will be two fresh prompts to help you develop your writing skills.

Week 2 Prompts

Option 1: ghost
Option 2: the day the rains came

You can use either prompt - or both - to create a poem. You can include the prompt in your poem, or use it as a jumping off point for your ideas.
_{The Fiction Challenge has the same prompts as the Poetry Challenge each week.
See all the prompts for the Summer Season.}

Rules of Entry

• your entry must be posted in The Inkwell Community.
• poetry must be a maximum of twenty lines, excluding the title.
• include tags: #theinkwell #challenge #poetry.
• title format: theinkwell poetry challenge | title of your work.
• post a link in the comments of this post.

Remember, original work only - no plagiarism or re-posts!
Check the Curation Policies and Community Rules before you submit.
The deadline is when this post pays out on Monday 1 June 2020.

What We Are Looking For

The vision for The Ink Well is all about encouraging and rewarding high quality creative writing. We know that everyone has to start somewhere, and that your writing skills improve the more you write. To help you develop those skills, we've set out some categories that you will want to think about.

Poetry is the most complex literary form and spending between four and six hours developing and editing a poem over the course of a week would not be unusual for a well-crafted poem. This is the quality The Ink Well is looking for.

Category	Explanation
Voice and Setting	Who is speaking? Is it one or many voices? Where and when is the poem is set? How does this affect the poem?
Tone and themes	What mood or emotion does the poem create in the reader? What ideas is the poem expressing? How is that shown?
Structure	Has the writer chosen a poetic form? How does the form and rhythm (eg fast and breathless) affect the poem?
Style	The writer's use of words, imagery, metaphor and simile.
Presentation	Does the presentation and formating enhance the writing?

Any Questions?

If you have any questions, put them in a comment below.

Before We Go

Don't forget to read other people's entries and leave them a comment. The Ink Well will be searching for and tipping good comments!

We're looking forward to reading your poems!

@carolkeen, @jayna, @shanibeer and @stormlight24

Poetry Inspiration

Ghosts by Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson reading his poem Ghosts from A Portable Paradise

You feel it as soon as you settle in your new flat, perhaps when you are making rocket salad with lemon dressing; the smell of el ras hanout and cumin will assail your nose, make you think for a minute. You'll turn on a light and your hand will carry a faint scent of cocoa butter. You'll come home from the office and a young woman in a rust-coloured hijab, barefoot in mint pyjamas, whom you've never met before, will agitatedly ask the way out, but by the time you point she'll have disappeared. Interrupting your evening's Netflix selection, you hear the feet of at least six small children tramping overhead. The copper taps in your refurbished rooms run smoke for a few seconds before flowing with water. Your weekend lover says he'd rather you stay over at his place and gives you no reason. You'll find yourself making up reasons to stay late at the office or catch a drink with friends.

At night a roaring heat will break you into a sweat, and no matter how you try you can't wake up and you can't breathe. You'll hear a call to prayer mixed in with Fela Kuti's "Zombie" and a five-year-old girl constantly screaming for help from the guttural part of her voice and you'll sit in the darkness for a while clasping your knees, looking out your extra large window at the view you've paid so dearly for.

You can find out more in Roger Robinson Wins The Poetry Prize

We would like to invite lovers of poetry and short stories to visit The Ink Well, a Hive community started by @raj808 and run by @shanibeer and @stormlight24 with support from moderators @carolkean and @jayna.

It is now possible to follow The Ink Well curation trail on Hive blockchain with Hive.Vote. Simply navigate to the curation trail section and search for theinkwell and our trail will pop up as an option.

If you wish to delegate to @theinkwell and support creative writing on Hive, you can do this from the wallet section in PeakD.

A big thank you for our delegations from:
@felt.buzz @iamraincrystal @kaelci @riverflows @shanibeer @trucklife-family

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Comments

[iamraincrystal]

Hello! It's good to be back for week 2...

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@iamraincrystal/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-quarantine-queries

[shanibeer]

hello @iamraincrystal :)
thank you for your entry :)

[iamraincrystal]

I will do my best to participate weekly :)

[hazem91]

This is my entry :)
I'm glad I could join this round ;)

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@hazem91/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-how-i-fell

[theinkwell]

Good to see you :)

Thank you for your entry!

[hazem91]

thank you :D
I'm glad I joined theinkwell's fun house, finally ;)

[jeaniepearl]

I am enjoying this and hope to stay consistent. Here is week 2

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@jeaniepearl/the-inkwell-poetry-challenge-or-walking-dead

[theinkwell]

Hello @jeaniepearl, thank you for your entry :)

[marlyncabrera]

Hi, @theinkwell team. This is my entry to Week 2 (and my first to the challenge). I posted it two days ago (my mistake). Is that OK anyway?

"On Behalf of the Poorly Ghost" (Petrachan sonnet)

Thanks.

[theinkwell]

Thank you for your entry :)

[marlyncabrera]

Thank you for this initiative :)

[kaerpediem]

Ola!!
I have been meaning to hang out at TheInkWell for the longest and just saw some familiar names...
So, here goes... 😁

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@kaerpediem/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-or-the-day-the-rains-came

[theinkwell]

Ola! Thank you for your entry :)

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[theinkwell]

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[theinkwell]

It's just that the enormous notification appears right in the middle of the comments - it breaks the flow.

[hillarypowers]

I've used the prompt, the day the rains came. Here's the link to my entry:
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@hillarypowers/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-i-found-a-land

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[jakim7]

Hello friends, I tell you that is the first time I write in this prestigious community, for me it is a pleasure and a wonderful pleasure to write poetry, I also write poetic, philosophical and surrealist prose, I write since I was 13 years old, I am happy to have found a community of writers and poets of such renown, I leave you my contribution to the challenge of poetry of the Week 2 Prompts, option 2: the day the rains came, best regards fom Venezuela ✔️

👉 https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jakim7/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-week-2-shower-of-doubt-by-jakim7

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[prechyrukky]

Here comes my entry

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@prechyrukky/the-inkwell-poetry-challenge-haunted

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[adeyemidrey]

Here is my contribution
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@adeyemidrey/the-ink-well-poetry-challenge-unforgettable-memories I will try my best to keep it coming.

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[shanibeer]

Here's my entry: stealing is wrong

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[moeknows]

This is my entry:

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@moeknows/haunted-original-poetry

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[chireerocks]

@theinkwell, Kindly find my below piece for your reference team.

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@chireerocks/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-ghost

Have a blessed time ahead.

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[chireerocks]

Welcome team. 🙂

[maam.sammy]

Hi, this is my entry for this week ^^ That's 20 lines for it to be fit for the challenge's rules.

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@maam.sammy/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-drops-of-life-original-poem

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry

[josemalavem]

Grateful for the opportunity they give to poetry, in this world that seems to be moving further and further away from it. Here's the link to my post. Greetings.

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@josemalavem/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-week-2-aroma-of-earth

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[dante31]

hello @theinkwell

Here is my entry for week two

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[seesladen]

Here's my take for this week's challenge!

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@seesladen/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-drunk-in-heartbreak

Cheers!

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[letalis-laetitia]

Been a while but enjoyed writing this one

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@letalis-laetitia/summer-rain

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

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[letalis-laetitia]

Damn it, I always miss something trying to post from by phone. Thank you. It wouldn't let me change it on peakd, only on hive in case it hasn't updated on any of the fronts.
_{I just spotted the draw as well, not really online much until I can get back on the computer so please count me out :)}

[theinkwell]

It worked perfectly :)
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[oacevedo]

Saludo a los compañeros de @theinkwell y a todos los participantes del concurso.
Esta es mi entrada: https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@oacevedo/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-week-2-the-wandering-el-errante

[theinkwell]

Gracias por tu entrada :)
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[gracielaacevedo]

Grateful, for the invitation, I leave my participation in the contest https://hive.blog/theinkwell/@gracielaacevedo/el-desafio-de-poesia-theinkwell-or-semana-2-resumen

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)

[gracielaacevedo]

;)

[evagavilan]

Greetings to all participants. Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/theinkwell/@evagavilan/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-week-2-all-writers-welcome-the-river-legend

[theinkwell]

Thank you for your entry :)

I cannot find your entry in The Ink Well feed. Did you post directly in The Ink Well community?

[evagavilan]

Something must have gone wrong. I don't have a full grasp of this. Please tell me how I can fix it @theinkwell

[theinkwell]

I don't think we can: there may be a fault in the software. Don't worry, I will raise it with the developers :)

[evagavilan]

Thanks for keeping an eye out and letting me know. @theinkwell

[jaybabs]

I seek for a community to dwell
I found theinkwell
I summoned courage to compete
Then I found this

Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jaybabs/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-when-i-seek-to-feel-you-again

[theinkwell]

Thank you for your entry :)

[raj808]

I had a spark of inspiration reading this challenge and ended up being caught up in the winds of a poetic storm lol.

4 hours later I'm happy with the edit, and I've created a YouTube video poetry reading of the sonnet - Desert Ghosts.

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@raj808/desert-ghosts

I highly recommend watching the YouTube reading to get the full effect and feel.

Hope you enjoy 🙂

[theinkwell]

thank you for your entry :)