Friday, October 2, 2015

Poetry Prompt 2 - Let's Hit the Ground Running!

Image from PublicDomainPictures.net - George Hodan

If there's one thing I'm known for in the local creative scene, it's for my poem that I adapted into a short film. The Last Line is doing pretty decently on the festival circuit this year so it's not actually available for public viewing yet, but it's something nice to think about.
"Write cinematically" is how I say it.
Find those key moments in the imagery and tell us every detail. Visualize every detail. No taste, no touch, no smells, just pictures and words.
It's the small things like a tequila sunrise next to a red candle. It's the cherry blossoms raining down on a first kiss, not just flowers, pink cherry blossoms. Dig in deep, feel the earth of the poetry in well... not between toes usually... but wherever you feel that poetry.

Here's an exercise for you. Go to one of your favorite movie scenes or music video (I tend to think the ones with no dialogue are better for this), captions off and mute. What do you feel? What can you write? Do you put words in their mouth? Is that laughter or something else?

Need a jumpstart? Here's a clip from one of my favorite movies: "The Hours"



Feel anything? Write anything? What's your favorite movie? Tell us in the comments and/or tweet @beverlytanfilm #OctPoWriMo

Share your poetry with us by linking up. Make sure you visit your neighbors one or two before and after. If you are last on the list go back to the beginning of the list. If you are the first few on the list please go back to the day before and visit the last on the list if you haven't already. Have fun!

1. Bastet  25. Beth Camp  49. AC Elliott  
2. Payal Agarwal  26. Lance  50. barbara  
3. Adam from Team Netherworld  27. Lisa @ The Meaning of Me  51. Leslye "Lita V." Wilson  
4. Tortured Cyclone  28. Rod E. Kok  52. Kay Winter  
5. vivienne blake  29. Jennifer Cunningham  53. S. Elle Cameron  
6. Dawn D  30. Aishah - More than a Journal and Pen  54. Helen Espinosa  
7. ivy/zoe  31. Alexandra Corinth (WordsMaiden)  55. Sigrid Saradunn  
8. The Eclectic Poet  32. TwoPaisePoems  56. Cara Michaels  
9. Bohemian NERD  33. Candy  57. Some Writing From the Soul  
10. DJA  34. Steph  58. Lindy™  
11. Esther Spurrill Jones  35. Wendles  59. Shan Jeniah Burton  
12. Janet  36. Grace Black  60. Grace and Mystery  
13. Sunita Prasad  37. Pegasus  61. Cressida  
14. Nithya Venkat  38. Al the Author  62. Anna Stewart  
15. Aishah (yesterday's prompt)  39. Misky  63. Mark Jones  
16. Deepti Agrawal  40. Greg Wolford  64. Pat  
17. SourgirlOhio  41. Diary of a Writerbee  65. Morgan Dragonwillow  
18. Lori Laird  42. Here, There be a Writer  66. Bullish  
19. De Jackson (WhimsyGizmo)  43. jazzytower  67. Jenni Z  
20. Carol Campbell  44. jazzytower  68. Emily  
21. Connie Mae Inglis  45. scribblesmcgee  69. mindlovemisery  
22. Camille Wylde  46. Puzzle Pieces #1 by Annie  70. Tracesofthesoul  
23. Camille Wylde  47. stephanie  71. Cobalt  
24. Plum  48. Jesi-The Lunatic Poet  

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11 comments:

  1. Interesting exercise ... btw seems that the link app is missing or is this just on my end? Bastet

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    1. Sorry about that Georgia, it is working now.

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    2. No problem ... I'm posting from Italy so I'm probably way too early with my links ... thanks for putting mine up btw. And congratulations ... yesterday was very successful! Bastet

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  2. I don't know how to do that movie clip thing, And my favourite film depends on what I've last seen! But an all time favourite that I used to play when I'm ill and/or depressed, is the Jungle Book, so I'll try and do something with that.

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  3. Phew! This one was tough. There are so many movies which have touched the soul. I had to muster enough courage to post the present poem.

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  4. Yeah, I'm bad at favorites...favorite movie depends on the day. Moonstruck...Steel Magnolias...American President...Ferris Bueller...depends on the day! Off to post my poem.

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  5. Hi, hadn't realised we were meant to post a link every day. I'll be posting on my blog every day - will add the link here if I get a chance :-) Thanks for hosting, and the great prompts!

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  6. https://thoughtsandentanglements.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/setting-sun-3/

    The above is the link to my post. Glad to be a part of this again!

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  7. I didn't read much of the post. The title was all I needed...as soon as I saw the word "running" I had my idea! Probably not what Beverly had in mind...

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    1. Hey whatever gets you writing is what I have in mind! Happy writing :)

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  8. I love this exercise...may I join (catch up) and still join?

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