Intro
Dear friends,
Welcome to the very first W3 Poetry Prompt, which will be posted on Wednesdays (hmnn…. now that I think about it, maybe I should have called it W4).
You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:
Part I
The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants respond to in verse.
Part II
The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.
Part III
After four days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.
Simple enough, right?
Enough talk. Let’s do this thing!
I. The prompt poem:
‘Now, or: Horizons’ (an etheree) by David ben Alexander
now office final day mixed emotions years of memories coworkers become friends small comfortable office creaky black desk chair & my mess much to throw away before I leave walls crumble and reveal broad horizons
II. The prompt guideline
- Write a poem that includes some form of the word ‘hope’.
III. Submit: Click on ‘Mr. Linky’ below
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The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
Thank you for introducing me to the etheree, David. Exactly what I needed for a poem that had been with me for a while and couldn’t quite find its form. It doesn’t refer back to your poem, so I didn’t enter it. Here’s the link: https://oddsends707138946.wordpress.com/2022/05/04/decision-time-by-britta-benson/
Britta,
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Here’s the link to the blog post itself:
[…] I wrote this poem today, inspired by David’s new W3 prompt on The Skeptic’s Kaddish. https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/05/04/w3-prompt-1-weave-written-weekly/ […]
It is sometimes hard to leave even if something better is waiting down the road.
💕 Molly 💕
Resonate on many ocassions
More than I wish to recall
Yet I remember them all
Like a nomad a gypsy sometimes in bondage and other times robed in a free-spirited cloth.
Free to choose is the one I loved the most
And you journaled that moment so beautifully.
All the best on your wonderful new horizon.
✨🙏🏻✨ Abi ✨🙏🏻✨
Love the concept and ending! Beautiful!🙂
🤍💞 Terveen 🤍💞
[…] I wrote this poem in response to David’s poetry challenge at Skeptic’s Kaddish. His prompt for Wea’ve Written Weekly is to write a poem with the word ‘hope’ in response to the poem that he has posted here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/05/04/w3-prompt-1-weave-written-weekly/ […]
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Impressive my friend. New job, new prompt idea,,. good on you.,. ! 💖💖👏👏👏
💙 Cindy 💙
I’ve entered.. and where do I submit my poem?? Here as a comment or elsewhere?? An email??
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David, responded.
💘 Punam 💘
[…] A reverse etheree in response to David’s first W3. You can read about it here and respond here. […]
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Good luck on the new adventure.😍
🤍💕 Lauren 🤍💕
Well done David! 👌🏻❤
💘 Filipa 💘
Interesting, David. I don’t think I can participate because I can’t keep up with reading as it is, but I’ll share. Just to be clear, the prompt is only to write a poem using the word hope, or some form of the word hope, but it doesn’t have to be an etheree?
The only guideline is that the poem include some form of the word hope… And be intended as response to my etheree 🤗