through the eye of a poet

how do you get your inspiration for a poem?

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sometimes a poem comes to me whole and i barely have time to write the words down before they are completely gone. i feel those are the poems from my muse and i am merely the transcriber.

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sometimes i use word or image prompts from some of the great sites where one can look for inspiration {such as Poetry Jam.}

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sometimes i am inspired by a song and i will listen to it over and over on my headset as i write the poem on my laptop.

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many times it is a combination of two or three of these "prompts" which come together and show me the direction to take.

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of course, there are times when something starts to build in my mind which was not prompted by anything but what i am feeling or something i have seen or from out of nowhere.

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this week i would like to encourage you to use a photograph as your prompt.

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does a flower appeal to you?

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how about a magical wood?

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does the moon on a dark night set the stage for something mysterious?

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maybe the sun will show you a light?

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does the sea sing to you? maybe she dances or maybe she rages ~

only you know what she says to you.

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Ainsley Allmark, photographer and poet, generously allowed us the use of these five photographs as prompts for this week's poetry jam. please feel free to use one of these photos or from any other source which you would prefer. if you do use one of these photographs, please credit Ainsley and link back to his site:

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Photograph courtesy of Ainsley Allmark at Dolphin Visions

http://dolphin-visions.blogspot.com/

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i really hope you have a lot of fun with the prompt this week.

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dani . haiku love songs

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