Water (WP Developing Your Eye I) One

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Day Three: “Water” — Image Orientation

* We all have stories about water: how it has saved or defeated us. How it reminds us of family vacations, outdoor adventures, or the hot summers of our childhood. How it symbolizes a place we’ve left behind, or one we dream of visiting.

Water

“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir” David Bowie

Sea Otter

“More water,
I need more water”

Said the sea otter
As he played with Flotter
Getting even more hotter

“Waiter,
Where is that damned water?
I made the order
At least ten minutes ago!”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Five

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Um, are we lost?

“Are we there yet?”

“I think we just lost the bet!”

“If it rains again,
We’ll get wet!”

“No sweat,
All we need to do
Is reset…
There done!”

And they were all gone!

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Four

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Yep, I am taller

“I am taller than you ha-ha!
You are shorter than me ha-ha!”

“In your face sucker!
I ate all the peanut butter!”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Three

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Techno Granny

Techno savvy red-haired granny
Plucking her phone, working fingers to the bone

“I am no nanny and I don’t want a scone!
Young lady, don’t give me that tone!”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Two

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Um, I don’t know

“Is it a dog, frog or a hog?
I should not have had that last grog!”

“I only see fog,
Or maybe it’s smog?”

“I need to write my blog
And then go out for a jog”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) One

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

What, no treat?

Bull faced doggy with his mouth quite soggy
Was right on treat time when the clock struck five

“I won’t leave this spot,
Until you gimme all you got!”

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Red Light One (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day Two: “Mystery” — Manipulate Light

* A photo can create a mood and communicate an idea that transcends its subject. At this performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, there was a sense of anticipation, enhanced by dramatic lighting that revealed silhouettes on stage.

“Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne” Bryan Procter

Red Light 

Something extremely mystic?
Or a red light district?
In the midst of suburbia?

“That is very unheard of”
The elderly lady scoffed

“I will surely get a hernia
Unless I leave for Serbia!”
And, she was off

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On the Streets of Helsinki Three (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

 Street Zombies

Roaming wild
Woman, man and child

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

There is no stopping
The street zombies
They’re not looking for bodies
But all new produce

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

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On the Streets of Helsinki Two (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

A Symphony for the Street

A welcome distraction
And a new attraction
A mini orchestra
Playing, a familiar formula
Street dwellers stopping
To familiar tunes start bopping
An overnight sensation
Across this tiny nation
Or at least
The street of Alexander’s!

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On the Streets of Helsinki One (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

Ride Your Bike

Ride, ride, ride your bike
Gently down the street
But watch out for the spikes
Or you will end up on your feet

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