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Wow, Sundays come around so quickly, it seems. Today we have the photos of Bjorn Rudberg to enjoy. Bjorn took them a few weeks ago when he was out walking in an area north of Stockholm. Thanks, Bjorn. Beautiful views!
It was another busy week at Poets United. If you haven't read Sherry's article featuring Grace last Monday, do take a look back. Sumana's Midweek Motif prompt on Wednesday was 'commitment' and produced a lot of interesting poetry. Thursday Rosemary shared a timely poem for I Wish I'd Written This -- Gail Hennessey's "Muhammed Ali - i.m." It is a most enjoyable post, so please scroll back.
Tomorrow Sherry has a wonderful interview with a prolific male Californian. Come back and find out who! For Wednesday Susan's prompt is 'wind power, so we hope to see you then.
With no delay, let's share some poetry. Link your poem below. Stop in with a comment. And visit others who share. Have a good poetic week, all.
Good Sunday to you all! Today, for the second week, we are sharing some photos taken by Rosemary Nissen-Wade. Her visit to Castlemaine included a tour of this historic homestead. During the gold rush era it belonged to a Hungarian immigrant, Ernest Leviny, a jeweller and silversmith. He and his wife had four sons and six daughters. Only one of the daughters married. The Buda website tells us:
The five unmarried daughters lived most of their lives at Buda. Each of the daughters was creative in some form of art or craft. Mary, the eldest, had much to do in helping to run the household, and was a major contributor to making everyone's clothes, embroidering, smocking and decorating. Hilda specialised in embroidery, Gertrude in woodcarving, Kate in photography, and Dorothy in metal and enamel work. Examples of their work are to be seen throughout the house and garden.
They were greatly influenced by the British Arts and Crafts movement of the time, redecorating their home accordingly in a lighter and brighter style. They were responsible for just about everything that is on display, including furniture and paintings.
Rosemary's photos show some results of their work, as well as two display cases of items produced by their father.
We had another great week at Poets United. If you didn't see the interview of "Old Egg," be sure to take a look back at the update interview done by Sherry. Robin is a most regular participant here, recently celebrated his 80th birthday, and a fine poet. And Susan provided a most interesting prompt for Midweek Motif: Parents, Guardians, Significant Adults in the Lives of Children. If you have some time & want to read a few great poems on the subject, take a look back! And just yesterday Rosemary Nissen-Wade featured a poem of Robert Frost for The Living Dead. I enjoyed reading his poem "The Last Mowing" because, for me at least, it is less familiar than many of his poems, and it is always nice to contemplate something new.
In the week ahead, Sherry will feature a poet who is a very familiar face in the blogosphere, someone anyone who has participated at any of a number of poetry sites will have encountered one time or another. Do return tomorrow for another fascinating interview. And on Wednesday Sumana is prompting at Midweek Motif. Her prompt is "Commitment," so feel free to get an early start on a poem! And, oh...next week here in the Pantry we will be seeing some of Bjorn's photos, which is definitely something to look forward to!
With no further delay, let's share poetry. Link your one poem below. Stop in and make a comment of hello below, and visit poems of others who link. Have a good week, all!
(Luk says: "These next 5 are the artistic shots I am currently developing. They are double exposure shots that I have designed to contrast and envelope places and sights in Macau.")
Ascension - This photo is a double exposure of a staircase in the Sao Lorenzo district of Macau and St. Paul's Ruins. The regligious motifs around Macau are rich and plentiful and felt the 2 locations complemented each other well, As if one is stepping into the heavens while the tourist represent our self absorbed ways.
City Lights - This double exposure is the combination of lanterns in Senado Square and the Monkey King display, which appears to be floating away on a cloud. This combines local tradition with it's gaudy and wonderful display.
Nature Engulfs - In a city like Macau where population density is very high and homes are stacked one on the other, Getting any nature is nearly a miracle to observe. This large tree proved to be the best subject to engulf the fog ridden city.
Nature Gives - Another Urban garden double exposure. This time a palm tree is filling the content of a historical structure.
This combines 2 common public services in Macau - The bus and the multitude of small library's found through out Macau. While great services do exhist here, sometimes it can be lonely packed inside these locations.
Greetings, Friends! I hope you enjoy the second series of photos by Luk Lei. I really enjoyed the artistry in the photos. If you did not see Sherry's interview of Luk, be sure to look back at last Monday's article in which he was featured!
This past week for Midweek Motif Susan's prompt was 'bullying,' and there were lots of good poems shared in response to this serious, but very timely, topic. Take a look! Rosemary's feature for "The Living Dead" was the poem "There Will be No Peace" by W.H. Auden. There was an interesting story behind that poem. Do check back if you haven't read it.
This Monday Sherry has a wonderful chat with one of the most loyal participants here at Poets United. None other than Jae Rose (And Alice too!). It is a chat you don't want to miss.
Wednesday Susan's prompt for Midweek Motif is "Picnic." Yes, it is beginning to be that time of year, isn't it?
Well, with no further delay, let's share poetry. Link your one poem below. Stop in to comments and say hello; and read some poetry! It is important to visit other poets, as that is an integral part of our community. See you all on the trail.
Senado Square and the Historic Centre of Macau - Practically everything in this photo is the original Centre of Macau and is a UNESCO world heritage site. From this photo you can see many of the major landmarks, including Senado Square, St. Paul Ruins. Macau Fortress and the Guia Hill Lighthouse. Also you get a good sense of the density of this place.
Macau Tower - Built in 1999 this is one of the newer structures in Macau and is a hard to miss landmark, sittng alone at the tip of the peninsula on reclaimed land which only decades ago was still sea. The view from the top is fantastic. While it is not the tallest tower it does boast the worlds highest bungie jump, incase taking the elevator down to earth wasn't fast enough.
NAPE and Kun Iam Statue - This area is one of the many land reclaimed area of Macau. Macau's original footprint is quite small and expansion of the city means encroachment into the nearby shallows. This area features the Kun Iam statue built in honor of the Taoist Goddess of Mercy. In frame, the MGM Grand Macao and Mandarin Oriental Hotel can be seen. Macau Tower would also be visible but is obscured by Macau's frequent fog and mist.
Rua Do Campo - one of the many busy and cramped Main Streets in Macau. As seen with the light trails.
Even in the late evening, traffic is busy, noisy and in a way beautiful.
Senado Square during Chinese New Year - I took this photo a couple of years ago during Chinese New Year. The white building in the background is the former colonial Senate Building which now houses the city's municipal service authority. Festivals and Celebrations are a regular occurance and done with much pomp and fanfare.
The Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral - This is Macau's most identifiable feature and the largest tourist spot in the city. It is also the only example of Baroque style architecture existing in China. Construction started in 1602 by the Jesuits with mostly converts from Japan. In 1835, a Typhoon struck Macau, causing a fire in the main sanctuary thus burning the Cathedral and leaving only the stone facade that we see today.
This month Macau is being visited by the world touring Giant Rubber Duck. This duck is anchored just off the shore from the Macau Science Centre and has proven to be a popular temporary exhibit with local people.
Good morning, Friends! This week and next week we are being treated to some wonderful photos of Macau by Luk Lei, one of our newer poets here at Poets United. Thank you, Luk! It is very interesting to get a glimpse of your part of the world!
And thinking of Luk! He is the poet that Sherry will be interviewing tomorrow, so be sure to stop back then to learn more. Trust me, it is a fascinating article. (I peeked! Smiles.)
On Wednesday for Midweek Motif Susan's prompt is "bullying." And along that same line, I hope you all have read Rosemary's I Wish I'd Written This-- "Online Bullying?" by Tim Schaefer-- who some of you may know as Timoteo! A worthwhile and timely read.
But now, let's share poetry! Link your poem below. Say hello in the comments. And read poems that others have shared!! Mr. Linky closes midday tomorrow (central time), so be sure to check back occasionally to see what else is new. Have a great week!
Good Sunday, Friends! And Happy Mothers' Day to all who are celebrating today one way or another. Celebrating your own mother or grandmother or favorite aunt or perhaps a woman who has been a mentor to you at one time or another. Or perhaps you are celebrating your own 'motherhood' of children or even (ha) of a beloved and loyal cat or dog in your life. Smiles.
This has been another busy week at Poets United. Thanks to Susan for her interesting Midweek Motif topic - Secrecy! I regret that I didn't take part, as life got in the way; but I am heartened by the fact that SO many people did!
I hope you all have read Rosemary's The Living Dead this week. She features the poet Dorothy Porter's poem "Gorgeous Breasts." That title certainly got MY attention. I hope it also gets yours. Take a look, if you haven't already.
Monday Sherry has a fascinating interview for us. She has talked to Therisa, a fellow Canadian, and I know you will enjoy this article that will go live tomorrow right after the Poetry Pantry link expires. Stay tuned!
Wednesday Sumana is in charge of Midweek Motif. Her prompt is BIRDS! I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with for this timely prompt. At least here, now that it is spring birds have been particularly active!
Next week here in the Pantry we will see photos of a country that has never been featured here before. I think you will enjoy!
With no further delay, let's share poetry! Link your one poem below. Stop in to the comments and say hello. Then make the rounds of the poems written by others! I will see you on the trail as the day goes on! ----------------------------
Good day, Poets. What an amazing day this is! The 300th Poetry Pantry!! This means about six years of Poetry Pantry. Actually, considering the fact that we have taken winter breaks and occasionally a summer one we have been here as a place to share poetry for an amazing length of time in the blogosphere. So...let's celebrate today & share yet another round of poetry together.
I hope you all have taken a look at Rosemary's Moonlight Musing feature that went up Friday. She does some interesting 'musing' on Poetry Month. Well worth reading and thinking about. Plus you might want to share your own experiences or opinions.
Tomorrow Sherry has a wonderful feature for us. For anyone who has had writers' block, this article will be for you. One of our regular poets will share her ways of overcoming this common malady. It is an article you will not want to miss. And thinking of Sherry's features, thanks to all of you who commented on her last week's feature in which poetry of the Poets United staff!
Wednesday Susan's Midweek Motif will be SECRECY. Shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone. (Smiles.)
Oh, at least one of you commented last week on the lack of participants' photography featured in the Pantry. Same is true this week (so just enjoy the photo from Wikimedia Commons today), but stay tuned for NEXT week when we will again feature some amazing photos.
With no further delay, let's share poetry. I personally have a busy day & will be making late visits. But I know by now everyone knows the routine. Link your ONE poem. Make a comment to say hello. And then spend some time visiting other poets who share in this community! See you (eventually) on the trail. Have a good week.
Good Sunday to you all, Poets! Hope everyone had a good week, especially that you celebrated Earth Day in some small way. Also, for those of you who are doing Poem a Day, you are now on the home stretch, which must feel good.
Again, we had an interesting week here at Poets United. An interview of the poet CC, Susan's challenging Midweek Motif 'Organic,' and Rosemary's feature of Shay Caroline Simmons' poem 'Brick-Dumb Motherfucker.' Hope you enjoyed each of these offerings.
Now this coming week we start with Sherry's post featuring a poem by each of us on the Poets United staff. They are all on the same theme, from our own individual perspectives. Please come back and take a look. Wednesday Susan's theme for Midweek Motif is 'Open/openness.' (That leave it pretty wide open, doesn't it? Smiles!)
And now with no further delay, let's share poetry. Link your one poem below. Stop in to the comments and say hello. Read other poems that are posted to support our wonderful poetry community. Have a great week!
Tourists in long queue for sledging down the icy slopes in Gulmarg, Kashmir
Clouds almost touching the ground, Sonmarg, Kashmir
Good day, Friends! Hope everyone is having a poetic April. Hard to believe it is half over already, isn't it? What a wonderful month for writing and reading poetry as well as getting out and enjoying nature as it comes back to life here in the Northern Hemisphere anyway. Smiles.
This week we are featuring more of Sumana's photos. Thanks again, Sumana.
Scroll back to the last feature at Poets United if you haven't seen it. Rosemary featured a delightful poem "Playing With Children" by Ryokan that you don't want to miss. I hadn't heard of him, but after reading this poem I would like to read more.
And tomorrow be sure to return. Sherry features a fine poet who is MOST often a contributor to Poetry Pantry & is very active in the Poets United community. No more hints...you will just have to return.
Susan's prompt at Midweek Motif this next Wednesday is "Organic." We will all be interested in the direction you go with this prompt. (I am one who has been eating more and more organic foods. Are you?)
All right, time to share some poetry. Link your one poem below. Stop in to the comments and say hello. And read the poetry of others who link. Thank you to those who comment on the poetry of others in the spirit of community. We all enjoy having others read our poetry, and it is fun to see what others say. See you on the trail.....and have a good week.
Golden Temple, the holiest Gurdwara of Sikhism, in Amritsar
Tulip Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir
Nishat Bagh, a terraced Mughal Garden, in Srinagar, Kashmir
Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir
Tourist posing as a Kashmir-lass
Jalliwanwala Bagh, a public garden in Amritsar, Punjab, commemorating the massacre of hundreds of peaceful celebrators including unarmed women and children by British occupying forces in 1919.
Greetings, Friends! Thanks for carrying on without me last Sunday. I am feeling slightly better this week, but am still fighting this bronchitis which hangs on and on. This week we have beautiful photos from North India taken by Poets United's Sumana Roy. We will have more next Sunday as well. Thank you, Sumana. (If you want to see them more fully, click on them.)
Tomorrow Sherry features another Blog of the Week.. This time it is a blog of a long, long time participant in Poets United. She goes back to PU's 'infancy' in the blogosphere. I think you will enjoy the feature and learning a little bit about a long-time poetry contributor.
And this week Sumana's prompt for Midweek Motif is "Home." I am sure that word resonates with us in a unique way. Where are you most at home? What is 'home' to you? Can you ever go 'home' again?
This week Rosemary shared a most delightful poem for her I Wish I'd Written This series! The name of it is "God Says Yes to Me." And, as I said in my comments below this poem, this poet pictures a God as I would like him/her to be. Really, friends, do scroll back and read (and comment) this poem. It will make you smile.
Now with no delay, let's share poetry. Choose one poem to link below. Stop into the comments and say hello to your fellow poets. Then visit others who share, as part of our community! See you all on the trail.
Greetings, Poets! Amazing how quickly these Pantry days roll around, isn't it? You won't find a poem from me today, as I am battling a virus / bronchitis that has hit me hard. I will leave the doors open though & I will probably come in and say hello in comments...but I don't have the energy to either write poetry or comment poetry this week. Don't let that stop you though, and I do apologize. Sherry has told me she won't be linking either as she is returning home from Tofino today, but she said she will try to comment.
We have had a good week here at Poets United. Starting with Sherry's interview of PT, followed by Susan's '90's' prompt, and Rosemary's featured A.E. Housman's poem: Last Poems XVIII. Remember, you can always go back and see what you missed.
This coming Monday we are in for a treat. Sherry features a 'chat' with one of our regular Sunday and Midweek Motif poets. And what a delightful and heartwarming chat this is. (Ha, I peeked.) You must come back tomorrow.
Wednesday Susan's Midweek Motif is "citizenship." Those of us who live in the United States right now have been going through the political process of selecting Presidential candidates, and I think this makes me more and more aware of my rights and responsibilities as a citizen. I am sure it is the same in other countries of the world as we all must periodically ponder what citizenship means.
With no further delay, let's share poetry! Link your poem below, stop in to the comments to say hello, and don't forget to visit others who link up in the spirit of community!
Greetings, Friends! Today we are excited to feature some photos taken in the Philippines by Tatius Darksong. The photos he provided really give us a variety of interesting views, I think. Next week I will share more of his photos from the Philippines; and I have on reserve his photos from Mexico as well for later this spring. Thanks, Tatius!
Speaking of Tatius, Sherry has interviewed him, and it will appear here on Monday. For those of you who don't know, Tatius was a member of Poets United a while back but has just recently returned once again to post his poems on a more regular basis. I think you will enjoy his update if you knew him from 'way back' or his introduction if you are meeting him for the first time! (Tatius, so glad to see you here so regularly again!)
This week Rosemary shared a most delightful and heartwarming poem by Leigh Spencer for her "I Wish I'd Written This" feature. The poem is "Freedom Ride," and anyone who loves, loves, LOVES animals (or is interested in animal rescue) must read this poem! It really tugged at MY heart strings, and I think it will tug at yours. And after you read it, do leave Rosemary and Leigh a comment. We all like appreciation, and Rosemary does a lot of work every week to provide us with examples of wonderful poetry! (But really, I read Rosemary's features every week....and this one is one of my favorites. Please read....you won't be sorry.)
Susan will be back prompting for Midweek Motif this Wednesday! As St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, she prompts us to write a poem on "a saint or saintliness." Do you know a saintly person you could write a new poem about? or a saint from the past? (does not have to be in a religious sense) You have a few days to think about it. Smiles.
And now with no delay, let us share poetry. Link your one poem (old or new) below. Stop in and share a comment! Then visit other people who share! Come back once in a while & see who else has added their link. Enjoy! See you on the trail!
No trip to Scotland would be complete without a piper
in Highland regalia. This was taken on the road to Glen Coe.
The wonderful dog cemetery high on Edinburgh Castle. Final resting
place for regimental mascots and officers� pets.
An old house located at the Culloden Battlefield site. Bonnie Prince Charlie�s
Highland forces were slaughtered at Culloden in April of 1746 by an army led by
the British Duke of Cumberland. It was the last pitched battle fought on the soil
of Great Britain, and was the effective end of concerted Scottish resistance
against English domination.
Stained glass detail from tiny St. Margaret�s Chapel (c.1100)
at the apex of Edinburgh Castle.
Lovely understated colors on the restored altar cloth in the chapel of Stirling Castle.
Massive arch at Stirling castle, looking through to the Queen Anne Garden.
The garden itself dates from around 1400.
The lawn was a bowling green in the 1600s.
Castle Eilean Donan. This is one of the most photographed sites
in Scotland. Perhaps small when compared to the fortresses at Edinburgh
and Stirling, but large in the legends of the Highlands.
Coffin Crypts, St. Andrews Cathedral. These were built under the floor
of the church. The Scots were offering great deals the day I was there:
Like-new condition, used only once!
Rule Tower and graveyard, St. Andrews.
A great gun at Edinburgh, poised to defend the
Firth of Forth in the background.
Good day, Poets. Today once again we are featuring photos taken by Steve King. Scotland this time. Smiles. Be sure to check back on Monday when Sherry Blue Sky's interview of Steve will be posted. I am sure you will enjoy learning more about him!
If you haven't read Rosemary Nissen-Wade's article "Coming to Grips - by Janice Bostock" (The Living Dead), do check back and read it. Some of you have been writing Haibun! Well, Janice is definitely a master of the form.
Wednesday Sumana's Midweek Motif theme is: WEIRD! Think outside the box. Maybe about your own little quirk. Maybe a path, person, dream, place, or anything that you attach weirdness too.. She will give more information and share a few poems to inspire you more!
Without further delay, let's share poetry. Link one poem below. Say hello in the comments. And visit the poems of others! I will see you all on the trail!
