Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays!





"Laughing Children with a Cat"  Judith Leyster

"Democritus the Laughing Philosopher"  Rembrandt




"The Laugh"  Umberto Boccioni

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For those of  you who celebrate it,  Merry Christmas!
To everyone,  Happy (almost) New Year!

In keeping with a holiday spirit,  this week's prompt is...

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H A P P I N E S S

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A few suggestions ~

Write a poem about something that makes you happy { ie: music, nature }

Write a poem about someone who makes you happy { human or animal }

Write a poem about an activity that makes you happy { ie: cooking,  dancing }

Write about a time in your life when you were happy

Write a fictional poem about a person or people who are happy

Write a real or fictional account of  what you think would make you happy and why or how

Write a humorous poem or limerick

Write anything that relates to happiness

The only thing i ask is that you do NOT write about sadness..  sorrow..  unhappiness  ~ we have more than enough of  that in the world right now.

Don't forget that your poem can be as short as one word or as long as you want.

Please write a new poem for this prompt;  link it in with Mr. Linky;  leave us a comment below;  visit as many other participants as you can { and please leave them a comment, too! }

Thank you for jamming with us!

{ All of  the above images are in the public domain.}

dani
my heart's love songs

29 comments:

  1. wishing everyone a happy week and even happier New Year!


    dani

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    1. Happy holidays to you too, Loredana!

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  3. nice dani...like the theme....gonna try to have mine up this afternoon....we are traveling today...well maybe...we finally got snow so we will see how the roads are...

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    1. Hope you didn't get snowed in, Brian! Looking forward to seeing what you write.

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    2. was not an easy trip to the inlaws....took us about 3 hours to go 70 miles of an 180 mile trip....but we got here...caught up with everyone now that and will check back tonight...smiles.

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  4. I enjoyed this prompt, Dani; and I have just posted my poem. Wishing everyone a HAPPY week.

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  5. Not a poem, just wandering thoughts.

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  6. No work today, this is happiness ~

    Thanks for the lovely prompt Dani ~

    Happy Holidays to all ~

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  7. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all groovers and jammers.

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  8. Thank you for offering this over the Christmas holiday season. I truly appreciate Poetry Jam and look forward to another year!

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  9. thank you to everyone for participating!

    wishing you peace and joy in the new year!


    dani

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  10. back from internet free Christmas, I hope you all had a lovely time. here's a poem I wrote before the festivities

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    1. Hope you had a nice holiday as well.

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  11. Have hardly had time to attend to e-mails and poetry the past few days with all the holiday visiting going on. My poetic brain definitely is having its winter's nap. Will try to get around to see what you all have posted. This is a fun prompt Dani. Happy New Year to all!

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    1. And a happy new year to you too, Peggy. Hope your poetic brain wakes up. LOL.

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  12. What a delightful prompt. I took some inspiration from one of my favorite classic children's stories.

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    1. and your poem is a delight! {i love what everyone did in response to the prompt.}


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  13. Happy New year
    beautiful photos and poem
    i like your idea

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  14. Hi Dani!! A perfect prompt:-) Happy news Year!!

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  15. Happy New Year, everyone!

    thank you all so much for jamming with us this week!


    dani

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After you post your poem and comment, please take the time to visit poems of other poets! People will add poems throughout the week, so check back every couple days to catch what is new.