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Photo Prompts: Spanish Lace Photo Play 2

By Heather Eure 10 Comments

spanish lace photo play photo prompt

Special thanks to all our photographers and poets who participated in last week’s photo play, poetry and photo prompts. Come, be inspired and write a poem with us!

Filed Under: Blog, Lace Poems, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, Spanish Lace, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Video Poems: The Painter by Dobby Gibson

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

Best Video Poems Steamy Pot

Best video poems. “The Painter, ” by Dobby Gibson. A man finds he will create if he pays attention to life.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Poems, poetry, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Video Poem: Mortal Ghazal

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

Ghazal Poetry Poems

Moving video poem: “Mortal Ghazal, ” by Luisa A. Igloria

Filed Under: Blog, Childhood Poems, Courage Poems, Friendship Poems, Ghazal Poems, Poems, poetry, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Image-ine: Warrior Canoe by Holly Friesen

By Maureen Doallas 8 Comments

Warrior Canoe by Holly Friesen

Maureen Doallas pairs her poem ‘A Ladder Our Boat’ with Holly Friesen’s ‘Warrior Canoe’ in our latest Image-ine feature.

Filed Under: Art, Image-ine, poetry

Image-ine: Jewel of Winter

By Maureen Doallas 24 Comments

Maureen Doallas and Kelly Sauer turn up a sweet, juicy bit of visual poetry together.

Filed Under: Image-ine, Poems, poetry, visual poetry

Image-ine: Paired Off

By Maureen Doallas 2 Comments

visual poetry

Artist Evy Lareau and poet Maureen Doallas pair off to produce a lovely piece of visual poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, Image-ine, writing prompts

Image-ine: Red Shoes

By Maureen Doallas 18 Comments

A girl can dream of stepping out on the High Road, a flame in heels that’ll steel no beau’s heart. What laces each ankle in place she’ll turn to take his fancy and he, blood pressure rising, will let her lead and whirl. “Red Shoes, ” acrylic on board, by Nicola Slattery. Used with permission. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Image-ine, poetry, visual poetry

IMAGE-INE: Ireland Up Close

By Kellē Sauer 41 Comments

When my daughter was born, she came alive into the world with only one tiny cry of surprise. Her little black eyes blinked. She saw nothing – but she saw everything that was important: she was loved; Mama was here; she was a person. I saw for her; I saw her; I learned at twenty-five […]

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Image-ine: Cerulean

By Michelle Rummel 19 Comments

  She Breathes Cerulean Aquarelle runs deep within the lines of her. She breathes cerulean. . . Floating transparent, in the tides of time.   “She Breathes Cerulean”, original watercolor and poem by Michelle “Shell” Rummel. © Shell Rummel, of Shell Artistree. Designs and collections: Shell Rummel Fine Art & Licensing.     ___________ Try […]

Filed Under: Image-ine, visual poetry

We’d Love it If You’d Appreciate Us

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Coming soon. An app where you can make a friend’s day, every day. Or make a statement to the world. With beautiful pictures and sweet words. Shipped via Facebook. And, right now, if you could appreciate our showcase on Behance, we’d be so… appreciative. Just click the blue Appreciate button to make our day 🙂

Filed Under: visual poetry, WordCandy

Image-ine: Walking Rain

By Maureen Doallas 20 Comments

Walking+Rain by Randall David Tipton

Walking Rain It has no legs but the rain is walking the space the White Cloud travels. Earth’s bronzed hard hand welcomes Neomonni’s turned-down lip. Where parched mountain mouths grow stiff with waiting, thirsty bones wrinkle, rattling the distant hills’ enchantment beyond the Trail of Tears.   “Walking Rain”, watermedia on paper by Randall David […]

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Image-ine: The Meeting

By Claire Haidar 11 Comments

I want her in front of my lens I realise as we drive away. She is poetry in a body.

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Image-ine: Lyrics

By Robin Maria Pedrero 9 Comments

Lyrics like lavender /lines lifting towards the sky/painting gives new heights

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Image-ine: Child Poet

By Maureen Doallas 9 Comments

She grew up to be a poet…

Filed Under: Image-ine, poetry, visual poetry

Image-ine: Curves

By Claire Haidar 10 Comments

This feverish afternoon opened my heart to the magnificence of the human form: mostly the beauty of the female curve, the contours of her mountainous landscape. Recently, poetry re-awakened this for me, brought it into my present.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, Image-ine, poetry

Image-ine: Roses

By L.L. Barkat 11 Comments

Can you find a poem in this photo? If I were to find one, it might be in those hands, the blue shadows, or the three roses.

Filed Under: Image-ine, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Journey into Poetry: Claire Burge

By Claire Haidar 23 Comments

Instant has cheapened us. We need the forgotten process but we don’t know it. So I started capturing poetry, as a cathartic process.

Filed Under: Image-ine, journey into poetry, poetry, visual poetry

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