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Greetings from Peggy in Southern California where it finally seems summer is coming to a close after some unusually hot weather.It seems like kids today have many more toys and games of so much more...
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Broken
My mother had a rocking chair when she was a child. I eventually become the keeper of this rocking chair. But one of the rockers was totally broken off, and I had no idea how to fix it. Someone I...
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Pebbles
PebblesThis week i want us all to write about Pebbles.Just wander to any beach a take a look at thousands of different shaped, different coloured, different textured pebbles and every one is...
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Dream
sourceDreams appear as a fake reality in certain stages of sleep. We do not have any control over this happening that may range from common and ordinary to surreal and bizarre. The world of dream has...
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identity
photo by sergio martinezwho are you?perhaps this is a question that you have a firm answer to. for many, it is a lifelong quest, determining who they are, understanding who they are.perhaps who you are...
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HOW TO
We all know how to do things. Some of us know how to bake bread. Others know how to ride a horse. And there are people who know how to take the subway. Thus, if someone asks us, we are usually able to...
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Hands
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain...
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QUIET
A moment without sound, a day without wind, snowfall, a person who hesitates to speak out, a command in a noisy classroom. So many ways to use the word quiet.For some who live in the constant din of a...
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Spread the Joy!
Spread the Joy!Greetings, Poetry Jam Friends! First of all, this will be our last poetry prompt for 2014. It is a busy time of year for most of us, whether we are prompters or poets or both. (And...
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Happy Holidays!
Times Square (NYC) New Year's BallHappy Holidays to All of You Who are Participants in Poetry Jam. We truly do appreciate your support of our site & thank you for your wonderful poetry this past...
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One Word
Happy New Year to all our poets and as is the custom at this start of a new 12 months, resolutions come out and we all start putting our best feet forward.Personally, I gave up with resolutions a few...
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Shoes or Feet
This week I want you to think about, and write a new poem, about shoes or feet. Your shoes, someone else's shoes, old shoes, new shoes, worn-out shoes, high heeled shoes, steel-toed workers' shoes,...
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Writing
I find that writing holds a lot of similarities with walking. It can be smooth, the views stunning but it can also be hard, arid and disappointing. Where you plan to go is not necessarily where you end...
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Tis the Season
Mid-summer in Antarctica, JanuaryPeggy here in Southern California. Hard for me to believe it could already be nearly February. But those calendar pages just keep flipping by.This season means...
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Journey
JourneyThis week I want you to think about journeys. We are all on one kind of journey or another. Are you on a personal journey? An artistic journey? A poetic journey? A spiritual journey? Or have...
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Silence
This week I want us to think and write about silenceIn the mad, hustle; bustle world of activity that we all live in, silence is sometimes a precious gem.There are not often moments when we can be...
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Loneliness / Solitude
"Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being...
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Inside/Outside Looking Out/In
Santa Rosa, CaliforniaPeggy here in Southern California again. Here we are in late February already. I hope you are all keeping busy with your writings.This week I want you to write a poem about...
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Local
photo by Boston Public LibraryThere was this place, when we lived in Greensboro --- downtown, down an alley, a door --- it was metal, pitted///rough. Inside, an iron stairwell that twined around and up...
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The EYES Have It!
Student Work - Scholastic Art ExhibitRecently I went to a Scholastic Student art exhibit of works from art by young people who were aged 13 to 18. I was truly amazed at some of their creations. One...
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Looking Back
Peggy from Southern California here. I hope you are all up for a challenge.This week go back to a year in the past and write a poem about your life or life in general at that time. Perhaps the year...
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Tea or Coffee?
"Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world” - Tien YihengFor many people coffee is the first drink of the day - a morning ritual before the day can really start. Whether they use a coffee press, a...
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The Flame
This week I want us to write about the FlameEvery candle has a flame, fire rages with intense flames, all you need to do is look around you home, gas fires, log fires, central heating boilers and gas...
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Impossibility
sourceI was reading somewhere that the word impossible itself spells I’m possible. Napoleon Bonaparte would have greatly appreciated this spelling no doubt.source Adventurous souls try to break this...
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Sometimes it's Time...
Hi Friends....Have you thought it was time to move on?Have you ever thought it was time to change careers?Have you ever thought it was time to leave a friendship behind?Have you ever thought it was...
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