My contribution to this months Visual Verse challenge went in a very unexpected direction. It is one of those poems you write and have absolutely no idea where it came from. If you would like to read it, you can do so here.
If you haven’t submitted your response this month, there is still time. You can submit until the 15th of the month!
December 11, 2018 at 7:55 am
Painted a harsh, brutal picture so beautifully.
December 11, 2018 at 7:56 am
Thank you, my friend!!!! My edges are pretty sharp with these last couple, I think!!! I am, as ever, so grateful for your support!
December 11, 2018 at 9:22 am
Oh, Susan! This is so poignant and powerful! I was shouting NO with you by the end.
December 11, 2018 at 9:27 am
Thank you so much!!!! I have no idea where this came from. The image is actually pretty jovial, when I look at it now, but for some reason I began writing about samurai warriors and that turned into women warriors. The mind works in interesting ways! xoxoxo
December 11, 2018 at 10:00 am
Well, it must have been waiting for the right time to bubble out! I’m glad it did, because it’s wonderful. I love when poems do that.
December 11, 2018 at 10:48 am
Me too!!!!! Thank you! xoxo
December 11, 2018 at 11:37 am
My pleasure! 💜
December 11, 2018 at 10:13 am
Excellent, Susan, and I loved how you turned it into women warriors!
December 11, 2018 at 10:51 am
Thank you so much! I love these challenges because they keep you from thinking too much. You just write and submit and let it all go. It sort of became about Women Warriors all on its own. I am thrilled you like it!!!
December 11, 2018 at 10:53 am
Very much, and even more so because you wrote it within an hour. It’s very well-crafted!
December 11, 2018 at 11:00 am
You are kind and lovely and wonderful!!! Thank you!
December 11, 2018 at 11:03 am
So are you, dear, so we are even! Thank you!
December 11, 2018 at 10:54 am
Oh WOW Shsan. This is the most amazing poem that I have read in a long time. Well done!
December 11, 2018 at 11:01 am
Oh my, Thank you so so much Loraine!
December 11, 2018 at 12:15 pm
indeed rage itself has come to roost these days…fostered and nurtured from the hands of the unscrupulous
December 11, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Brutal. Just how I like it.
December 11, 2018 at 1:16 pm
Thank you,Gorgeous Lady! You know I love these monthly challenges!
December 11, 2018 at 1:24 pm
I do. They are excellent, unpredictable. You end up where u had no intention of going to to start with.
December 11, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Exactly!!!!! xoxo
December 11, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Oh Sister, you wrote a song for my soul.
December 16, 2018 at 6:07 am
Love you!!!! (this went to my spam for some reason, hence the late reply)
December 16, 2018 at 6:22 am
Love you right back! I’ve had trouble with my site for a couple weeks. That could be part of it too ❤️
December 11, 2018 at 3:57 pm
Wow! So powerful, Another amazing work, Susan. Congratulations!
December 11, 2018 at 4:37 pm
Thank you so so much, Steven!!!!
December 12, 2018 at 3:16 am
You’re welcome, Susan. 🙂
December 12, 2018 at 7:24 am
Courageous. That’s what this is. Wow, Susan. I am blown away, yet again. You look in the mirror today and say, ‘I am AMAZING.’ Because you are. ❤️
December 12, 2018 at 7:53 am
Just seeing your name here makes me happy, and then you say this lovely things and my day is made!!! Love you! Thank you for all of your support!
December 12, 2018 at 7:42 am
An excellent poem. The way you have defined the courage which is carved out of the survivors and the grit and the determination they portray is commendable.
December 12, 2018 at 7:54 am
Thank you so much, Megha, for reading and for you kind, thoughtful, and generous comment!
December 12, 2018 at 8:23 am
I have been reading your poems occasionally and am really in swe of your writing.
December 12, 2018 at 9:16 am
This is such a huge compliment, Megha! You are a very powerful poet and I am humbled that you like my work! Thank you very much!
December 12, 2018 at 9:35 am
The feeling is absolutely mutual, Susan.
December 13, 2018 at 3:48 pm
Nicely done.
December 14, 2018 at 6:56 am
Wonderful and so powerful. Well expressed Susan.
December 14, 2018 at 7:03 am
Thank you so much, Lakshmi!
December 27, 2018 at 10:03 am
They refuse to sit pretty,
be quiet,
stay down on the ground.
Really lovely cadence. Tough poem, interesting subject
December 27, 2018 at 11:04 am
Thank you!!! I love these monthly Ekphrastic challenges. I think they really stretch you creatively! You should definitely give it a shot in January!