Thank You Notes is a monthly prompt that focuses on expressing our thanks to a particular person, place, or thing—in poems, paragraphs, or pictures. This month, we’re crafting thank-you’s to ice.
Prompt Guidelines and Options
1. Be specific. Think nouns instead of adjectives. If you are crafting a pictorial thanks, show us something unusual or intriguing that we might not have otherwise noticed if we hadn’t seen your picture.
2. Consider fitting the form of your poem, paragraph, or picture to mirror the nature of the person, place, or thing to which you are expressing thanks. A sonnet is different from a villanelle, for instance. Maybe one would be more fitting than the other.
3. Consider playing Taboo and try writing without using the words and phrases thanks, thank you, gratitude, or grateful.
4. Consider doing a little research about your subject: its history, associated words (and their etymologies), music, art, sculpture, architecture, fashion, science, and so on. Look for unusual details.
That’s it! We look forward to your creative thank you notes.
Photo by Cristian Iohan Ştefănescu, Creative Commons, via Flickr.
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Bethany says
I’ve been looking forward to the next Thank You Notes prompt. Doing a little research on ice will be a fun way to entertain my curiosity. 😉 Looking forward to the poems and pictures others will share!
Lora Pursch says
White Silence
riven, will
you show me the
still
way that you
see the universe
dear?
silent, dignified, good
as though the torrid, talking summertime
never actually came…
Bethany Rohde says
Lora, thank you for sharing your beautiful poem with the Tweetspeak Poetry community. I like how you explore this contasting perspective of a “silent, dignified, good” universe in your piece.
I don’t know if you’ve already visited the Tweetspeak’s welcome space, but if not, we’re glad you’re here, feel free to visit our Mischief Café anytime for more offerings: https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/mischief-cafe/
Hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Lora says
Thanks Bethany! Heading over to the Cafe…
Rick Maxson says
Lora, “White Silence” is simply beautiful.
Lora says
Thank you so much Rick. That means a lot!
Monica Sharman says
Dear ice, I like
your inward bonds—
how they leave space,
room to breathe,
It’s your best property
as a solid: you can float
above the flow.
Bethany R. says
Brilliant. Love this, Monica.
Deb Crawford says
In the Mozambican bush
where the stars seem
but a hand reach away.
Water comes from the river
carried on women’s heads in buckets.
You are but a vision frozen in my mind.
Working among the people
My parched mouth longs
for the melt of you.
Katie says
Deb,
This is lovely.
Thank you for sharing:)
Katie says
ice cap>
ice pack>
ice field>
ice floe>
ice berg>
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