Poetry Prompt 21 - Overwhelm

“...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while...” ― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

Photo by Morgan Dragonwillow

I really enjoy working with Shadow Poetry's different types of poetry and today we are moving on to the Ballad. I must admit that when I first read the description I was a little intimidated; it seemed complicated. But once I read their example I realized that I had already written a similar type without realizing it when I wrote The Ways Not Clear a couple of years ago. I hope you decide to try this one.

Poetry Prompt: 

In honor of my week of feeling overwhelmed, I challenge you to write into your feelings of overwhelm; when you feel it, how you feel it, what happens when you feel it, and what you do about it.

Word Prompt: 

swamp
submerge
engulf
bury
deluge
flood
inundate

Sentence Starters: 

If I admit I am feeling overwhelmed...
When I feel overwhelmed...

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1.	Cie from team Netherworld	15.	Marcie Barack Lankford Ramsey Constantin	29.	Kay Winter
2.	Deepti Agrawal	16.	Al the Author	30.	Shan Jeniah Burton
3.	Tracesofthesoul	17.	Alexandra Corinth (WordsMaiden)	31.	Jesi-The Lunatic Poet
4.	vivienne blake	18.	barbara	32.	Jennifer Cunningham
5.	Michelle Liew	19.	Aishah	33.	Mark Jones
6.	Dawn D	20.	Carol Campbell	34.	CreativelyLiberated
7.	Steph	21.	Beth Camp	35.	Grace Black
8.	Janet	22.	De jackson (WhimsyGizmo)	36.	mindlovemisery
9.	Nithya Venkat	23.	Candy	37.	S. Elle Cameron
10.	Sunita Prasad	24.	Pegasus	38.	Cara Michaels
11.	Esther Spurrill Jones	25.	Here, There be a Writer	39.	Tortured Cyclone
12.	Misky	26.	Cressida	40.	jazzytower
13.	Payal Agarwal	27.	poeticfootprints	41.	Camille Wylde
14.	Bastet	28.	Tamara @ PenPaperPad	42.	Sigrid Saradunn

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Morgan Dragonwillow is a poet, author, foodie, urban gardener, and recovering perfectionist, that (mostly) doesn't let her fears get in the way of her passion for writing and creating. She is team leader at @StoryDam, creatrix of  #OctPoWriMo You can find her Playing with Words on her blog. She lives in Marietta, Ga. with her loving and patient partner, their dog that thinks she's a princess, and the cat that reminds her that she isn't.

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