Deep. Always there is depth. All around us if we but look.
Anonymous
Think about deep.
It can be a modifier or a noun, with meanings including extending far from the surface, intense, extreme, meaningful as well as the bottom of the ocean or any remote, mysterious region.
We talk about deep in the jungle, deep space, deep green, deep winter, deep water, deep in thought, dig deep, deep depression, she is a deep one, deep sleep. For poets too it might mean looking deep inside yourself--or someone else--for your writing topic. What does it mean to know what's deep inside? What does it mean to know someone deeply?
Deep can be used as a metaphor with many layers. Try to go unexpected places with this.
Just let your mind drift and see where it takes you. Post your efforts using Mr. Linky. I look forward to reading what you do.
Peggy Goetz
Blogging at On a Day Like Today
Poetry Jammers, hope you enjoy this prompt. I think Peggy provided a good one. I also hope that if you post a link to your poem you will visit the blogs of a number of others who post. We all enjoy visits.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see my prompt here! Mary helped me since I do not know how to hook up Mr. Linky. LOL I look forward to seeing how others respond to this and I am working on my own response!
ReplyDeleteThis was tough but good. I took a rather oblique approach to the prompt. Hope you all don't mind!
ReplyDeleteBegging your pardon, I posted 3 linkies and the third has three poems, but I like DEEP. So, thanks for visiting any of them. I will make some comments to you all this week. Cheers....Ray
ReplyDeleteLove the prompt, but with weary eyes calling I thought light and dug deep
ReplyDeleteThis prompt has yielded rich fruit, I see.
ReplyDeleteI can't say as much for my poem, but I'll post it anyway. Usually I like deep--deep anything--water, thoughts, emotions, muscles, blood. But I must be feeling surly because I wrote sort of surly poem.
Some thorny problems
ReplyDeletecan’t be solved by deep thinking
and just need deep sleep.
so true! thank you
ReplyDeleteI am happy to see so many responses to the prompt! I am visiting everyone's sites as quickly as I can but seem to have a week full of meetings this week. Write on!!
ReplyDeleteI love your haiku, Madeleine!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Twinkly!
ReplyDeleteMadeleine thanks for participating and I like your posted poem! The humor sets the perfect tone here. Write on!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing that quote. Very inspirational.
ReplyDeleteMy post is up....thanks for the prompt ~
ReplyDeleteI am a bit too prompt dependent. The word 'deep' made me think and I have posted a poem that I came up with. But I guess, it does not connect to the word in a very strict sense. But anyway... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary! This is a strong prompt.
ReplyDeleteErick Flores
Thank you all for sharing your fine poetry here. I'm enjoying visiting each of your blog sites / commenting and hope you will each find time to visit at least some of the other posters as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm tossing my wee bit into the Jam at the tail end of things:
ReplyDeleteThe Deep Freeze
Thank you all for responding to my prompt, "deep," here at Poetry Jam. I was feeling somewhat shy about jumping in when Mary asked me if I would like to try a prompt but all the response really encouraged me! I love the world of online poetry--wonderful to connect even briefly with so many poets!
ReplyDeletegreat prompt! ♥ dani
ReplyDeleteI guess 'inner' could be equated to 'deep'? Anyhow, I've linked in my latest In Tandem, in the hope that maybe one or two Jammers might be tempted to take a ride on it too.
ReplyDeleteI've also chosen to write a 'prose-poem' - 'cos I like experimenting, and would love to get some feedback, please...
Nice prompt. I enjoyed this one.
ReplyDeleteMelanie
this is a cool prompt. Of course my mind jumped to the dirtiest meaning of 'deep' and I don't really think I can write a poem about that now can I :D
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