THIS CHALLENGE HAS CLOSED NOW
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Welcome to Week 1 of The Ink Well's Summer Poetry Challenge. Each week you will be offered two prompts to start your creativity - you can use either prompt or both; you can include them in your poem or use them to get your thoughts going and see where they take you ... and never mention the prompts in your writing at all!
Everyone who meets the Rules for Entry will:
- Receive 100% upvote from The Ink Well.
- Be included in the draw for 500HP delegation for 7 days.
- Have a chance to be a Show Case Post in future weeks.
Entries that meet the criteria will also be curated for a curie and an ocd vote.
The 500HP delegation and The Showcase Post will be announced seven days after this post pays out.
How To Enter The Challenge
The Ink Well is about encouraging high quality creative writing. The challenge is open to everyone, whether you are an experienced writer or just starting your writing journey. Every week, there will be two fresh prompts to help you develop your writing skills.
Week 1 Prompts
Option 1: star
Option 2: the last time I saw you
You can use either prompt - or both - to create a poem. You can include the prompt in your poem, or use it as a jumping off point for your ideas.
The Fiction Challenge has the same prompts as the Poetry Challenge each week.
See all the prompts for the Summer Season.
What You Need To Do
- your entry must be posted in The Inkwell Community.
- poetry must be a maximum of twenty lines, excluding the title.
- include tags: #theinkwell #challenge #poetry.
- title format: theinkwell poetry challenge | title of your work.
- post a link in the comments of this post.
Remember, original work only - no plagiarism or re-posts!
The deadline is Monday 25 May 2020.
What We Are Looking For
The vision for The Ink Well is all about encouraging and rewarding high quality creative writing. We know that everyone has to start somewhere, and that your writing skills improve the more you write. To help you develop those skills, we've set out some categories that you will want to think about for your poem.
Category | Explanation |
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Voice and Setting | Who is speaking? Is it one or many voices? Where and when is the poem is set? How does this affect the poem? |
Tone and themes | What mood or emotion does the poem create in the reader? What ideas is the poem expressing? How is that shown? |
Structure | Has the writer chosen a poetic form? How does the form and rhythm (eg fast and breathless) affect the poem? |
Style | The writer's use of words, imagery, metaphor and simile. |
Presentation | Does the presentation and formating enhance the writing? |
Any Questions?
If you have any questions, put them in a comment below.
Before We Go
Don't forget to read other people's entries and leave them a comment. The Ink Well will be searching for and tipping good comments!
We're looking forward to reading your poems!
@carolkeen, @jayna, @shanibeer and @stormlight24
Poetry Inspiration
Source Bright Star by John Keats, written about 1818-1819
Keats’s friend Joseph Severn believed this to be the last poem Keats ever wrote, though there’s some question ... about when it was composed and whether it was intended for Fanny Brawne, Keats’s fiancée ...
What is clear, however, is its virtuosity: in lucent images and just one serpentine sentence, this Shakespearean sonnet bridges the cosmic and the domestic, love and death, while it neatly embodies Keats’s thinking about the relationship between desire and time. Indeed, his ardor here leaves a lasting impression.
This poem has the rare distinction of inspiring a film—Jane Campion’s biopic Bright Star (2009)—and you can hear its echoes in other poems as various as Neruda’s love sonnet XVII and James Merrill’s own last work, “Christmas Tree.” (The Poetry Foundation)
We would like to invite lovers of poetry and short stories to visit The Ink Well, a Hive community started by @raj808 and run by @shanibeer and @stormlight24 with support from moderators @carolkean and @jayna.
It is now possible to follow The Ink Well curation trail on Hive blockchain with Hive.Vote. Simply navigate to the curation trail section and search for theinkwell and our trail will pop up as an option.
If you wish to delegate to @theinkwell and support creative writing on Hive, you can do this from the wallet section in PeakD.
https://esteem.app/theinkwell/@mokong1883/kite
This is my kite Poetry free to any comment and suggestion that can help to develop my writtings skill.
Thank you for your contribution :)
Oh thank you i hope you like it keep safe GOD bless you
My participation in the poetry challenge https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@miguelbaez/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-hermosa-como-la-estrella
Here is the link to my poem for the participation: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jaybabs/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-to-you-that-is-mine
Thank you for your contribution :)
A tribute to the little kitty we lost over the weekend...
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@iamraincrystal/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-our-playful-star
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Here is my contribution
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@adeyemidrey/the-ink-well-poetry-challenge-the-last-time-i-saw-you
Thank you for your contribution :)
Please find the link to my entry below...
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Come Back Home
Thank you for your contribution :)
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@jeaniepearl/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-my-fairy-star
Link to my entry, thanks for this
Thank you for your contribution :)
Hi! I'm so happy that this challenge has pulled me out of my Writer's block as I was able to write a poem after a week and some days.
Here's the URL to my entry:
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@hillarypowers/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-dead-dreams
Glad to hear it!
THank you for your contribution :)
Here's my entry to the poetry Challenge xx
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@trucklife-family/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-i-would-be-an-empty-vessel-if-i-chose-now-not-to-rise
Thank you for your contribution.
Please check the Rules for Entry, poetry up to twenty lines not including the title.
Here's my entry. Thanks for the inspiration! ✨
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@katrina-ariel/the-inkwell-poetry-challenge-ancient-soul-mortal-scars
Thank you for your contribution - glad you were inspired!
Hello! Here's my entry:
TheInkWell Poetry Challenge | Remembering You
Happy reading! :)
Thank you for your contribution!
Hi! This is my first entry. ^^
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@maam.sammy/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-faraway-feelings-original-poem
Thank you for your contribution :)
Please check the rules for entry: poetry must be a maximum of twenty lines, excluding the title.
You're welcome. Oh, mine has 22 lines as I remember, is that okay exceeding the 20 lines limit?
There are rules of entry in the section marked "What You Need To Do" in the Challenge post.
This time, you have received a lower vote, but another time you may be excluded from the Challenge.
Here is my contribution to this challenge https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@silviu93/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-last-time-i-saw-you
Thank you for your entry :)
@theinkwell, Kindly find my below poetry piece for your reference.
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@chireerocks/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-stars
Keep up with this encouraging Contest Series.
Have a wonderful time ahead team and stay blessed.
Thank you for your entry :)
Welcome team. 🙂
My entry
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@prechyrukky/star-girl
Thank you for your entry :)
Please check the Rules for Entry: Poetry is limited to 20 lines excluding the title.
Four five line poems about four different entities. How short can you go?
Thank you for the opportunity.
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@owasco/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-the-last-time-i-saw-you#@theinkwell/re-owasco-qaqta1
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Hello @theinkwell
Here is my entry
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I don't usually do poetry but here is my take.
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Here is my poetry entry: :)
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@hardikv/theinkwell-poetry-challenge-or-learn-week-2-the-day-the-rains-came
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Ohoi! Here's my entry.
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Please check the Rules for Entry: Poetry is limited to 20 lines excluding the title.
Corrected!
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Thank you for your contribution!
Thank you for your entry :)