Welcome to One Shot Wednesday, celebrating week 35, my name is Pete Marshall, and this week I will be your host.
Before we begin however I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words……
Last week something happened in the blogosphere which resulted in our own Leslie Moon (Moondustwriter) having her email address hacked into, she has since changed her email address BUT if you receive any emails from Leslie aka Moondustwriter do not open them and contact us immediately so that we can reassure you accordingly. The person associated with this hacking is also causing mischief by forwarding slanderous emails under another email address about Leslie. One Stop Poetry DOES NOT support any such action. We are involved with One Stop Poetry solely for the promotion of Poetry & the Arts ; any email that falls into your inbox that says otherwise or is detrimental to any member of the One Stop Team needs to be outed and the person spreading such slander put to shame. These actions are considered Cyber harassment!
Last Friday, Brian Miller wrote an excellent article on Blogging & commenting, Friday Poetically, if you haven’t read this please do, as it captures the very essence of why blogging can be fun and how to build yourselves an audience.
On One Shot Wednesday, however, the very reason we started this was because we appreciate how hard commenting on everybody can be. The success of One Shot Wednesday is because of the participation of all you amazing people. Please, therefore, do not feel that you need to comment on every poem. One Shot Wednesday is a platform to help YOU, the poet, promote and publicise your work as well as share, discover, learn and meet new poets. The number of comments that you wish to make is your choice, the number of poems you wish to read is also your choice.
Commenting can lead to a greater social interaction with other poets, if thats what you want..
Okay, if you are new to One Shot Wednesday here’s how it works;
1. Write an original poem and post it to your blog
2. Link back to One Shot Wednesday from your post
3. Sign up in the Mr Linky list,(use the URL from your blog) linking directly to your post, AFTER you’ve posted it. Mr Linky will be open from 5pm EST Tuesday (10pm UK) until 1 am EST Thursday (6 am UK). If you need help with this, please ask in the comment box.
4. Go visit others that have posted. This is a great way to learn new forms, meet new poets and, gain inspiration for your next piece. Though this is not mandatory, we encourage you to visit at least one other poet and give some helpful feedback.
5. For some of you I need to stress – don’t feel that you need to comment on each poem, take your time and enjoy the read.
6. Please only link ONE poem, the more poems that poets link we tend to find that the less they are read!
Thank you for coming and for your weekly support.
Let the poetry begin….pete
Wooohoooo!!! It’s so nice to be here at OSW!! Gosh.. how I enjoy it here!!!
Just love it here, so supportive, and all that great poetry! Thanks for hosting Pete.
Well another week to read great words!
Thanks guys for this chance!
Enjoy your reading
Dulce
Happy One Shot everybody. I’m actually here on time. Can’t wait to read some awesome poems. Forward the best ones you find to me on Twitter
Yes, let the poetry begin. (I feel like we should start saying that before supper or something.
in early this time. So sorry to hear about the hacking situation. I don’t understand how that can happen but thanks for the alert. We all look forward to this! Write on…
happy one shot everyone!
on my way to bed….see ya tomorrow and looking forward to reading your poetic treasures..
Should be able to read more poems/stories this week – feeling better (had debilitating cold of sorts, dental issues), and managing my writing schedule a tad better. Apologies for the drop-off these last two weeks: money’s been a bigger-than-usual issue in my house recently (such is the case with many folk these days, no doubt).
steve…trust me I understand only too well…at times the illness takes over and the last thing you feel like is being poetic..good to have you back and hope things improve..cheers pete
Thanks again Pete for hosting!
my pleasure
Hello poets, I´m glad to be here again, to read some poems and to share my writing.
Blessings for you all. *smiles*
Soraya
looking toward another one shot wednesday after missing a few of them
Let the fun commence!
With y’all as my witness…I vow to ONE DAY be the first link posted! Some of the most amazing participation I’ve yet to see anywhere else. Hope you enjoy this weeks post!
Thanks for another Onshotwednesday! Awful about the email hacking ~ very upsetting.
Thank you one and all for again returning and enjoying another One Shot Wednesday…what I love about OSW is a reason to write…have fun and enjoy the wonders thats on show…pete
Hooray I made it- have been too busy to spend a proper amount of time on here and am hoping to be able to read lots and lots of poems this week. x
…a fresh one shot.
glad to be here for another Wednesday…now, a brief testimonial…about 6 weeks ago I posted some words and read some words, I think I received 3 responses…each week I discovered more words and more kindness amongst the contributors here…with Sunday’s picture prompt, I received 25 answers to 2 pieces and smiled as I read each one…each visit to One Stop has offered me a chance to share, to read and at times, to breathe…an adventure into the minds and skills of many gifted and talented individuals…after reading the mission statement of One Stop the other day, I can clearly say, you have succeeded…thanks to Peter, Leslie, Brian, Adam and all the wonderful words here…Peace, hp
thank you for your comment…at times words like these are what we need to hear because it reminds us where we have come from and what we have achieved. One Stop is for poets, it was never for Leslie, Bri, Rich or I…it was for us all…thank you Pete
It’s still tuesday night here so I am early!
ok everyone…its nightime for me..tomorrow i will enjoy reading your wonderful work…i shall hand you over to my colleagues at One Stop..have a great time..cheers pete
Yay, One Shot Wednesday! Wrote mine reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallly fast about an offensive dude I saw wandering around this afternoon in Vegas. So many offensive dudes in Vegas, so little time. Off to read Brian’s “Friday Poetically” now. Thanks guys!!
Also, there will always be haters and people who try to break your spirit, but if you answer with positivity and a refusal to stoop to a lower level, you will always prevail. From what I can see, you guys seem to handle this blog and your roles with grace.
yay one shot! thank you so much for all you do, i love the community here!
my poem this week was a hard one. sigh. happy wednesday! (er, tuesday night!)
We really do appreciate each of you. The part I love the most is the community – many friendships have come from this group and much inspiration.
I am grateful to each of you for your support this week – means alot.
Also regarding the cyber harassment if you know anyone who has gone through it please contact me. There is actually more help out there then I knew about. Read my article – “Cyber Harassment is more than Inconvenient” http://bit.ly/hKunz3
First, thank you all again for OneShot!
Secondly, Leslie, I am so sorry to hear of this. Hacking and all the cyber nonsense is very trying….and destructive. Two years ago this happened to me, and the point of the cyber harassment was to embarrass and shut me up. It was a horrible time. Women seem to be hit especially hard in cyberspace by cyperpaths.
May you know you’re supported by so many. Thank you for what you have done for me.
Steve, I’m so sorry, dear friend to hear you are under the weather.
Lady Nyo
How quickly fly the weeks
and here we are again
not quite Wednesday
but waving our words
How blessed that we have more than One Shot!
I am relatively new to OSP and have met some lovely folks from here.
I received an email, to which you are referring. I was surprised that
a copy was even sent to me. I am not close with the person in
mention.
That aside, here is my contribution this week, happy one shot to all.
http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2011/03/unconscious-thoughts-one-shot-wednesday.html
i am sooo thankful for you guys! i am looking forward to reading some good stuff during the next few days (i usually linger for a few days past wednesday) so bring it on!
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You and your One Stop colleagues are changing lives. I love what you’re doing and send you a high-five for all the hard work involved. Great job and thank you! I have much gratitude for the holding of this sacred space for us. I’m sending lots of positive energy and love your way.
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I appreciate the freedom here to just read and enjoy . . . but also the sense of community.
I couldn’t get here last week, and boy, did I miss you all. I’m glad to be back.
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Thanks Peter for hosting. I’m sorry that Leslie has to deal with such harassment. This opportunity to read so much wonderful work is a true treasure. It is great, too, to have a chance to participate. Hope the culprit is identified and you all hang in there.
Thanks for offering this community of writers… a treat for me to be here again.
Thanks for another opportunity to share One Shot! The poem I wrote for this week- ‘That I Can Be’ is very different for me. It rhymes for one! And secondly it has a positive message. Please take a look. Feedback is treasured.
Thanks everyone. -Jam
The poem for this week is actually at *this* link. *points to my name here* The previous comment was automatically filled by my lovely mac from last time. Oops!
Thanks again for another Wednesday looked forward to by all who love being here. It’s one of my early poems I’ve posted here. I’m in the middle of other deadlines right now and rather ‘wingless’ for newer lines. But I hope you’d enjoy it.
Just added mine… look forward to great weekend reading once again…
Shashi
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/03/whispers-winter-dew.html
At twitter @VerseEveryDay
Hello everyone!
So happy one shot is here again. After a really busy day, I still found time and totally enjoyed posting a new poem!
Have a wonderful week.
A snarky little poem for you this week. Enjoy.
Glad to be participating. “Poking” a little fun at Facebook this week. Enjoy!
I got in under 100…never have I done that before…My computer is wigging out on me too.
jerry i would totally own that computer flub as art…nice one shot
Glad to be part of One Shot! It’s so sad to hear about the hacking of the email account! I hope everything gets taken care of and the person responsible gets what is coming to him or her! Hope you’re doing alright, Leslie!
very sorry to hear about the e mail scam. will keep a watch for this.
anyways, thank you once again for a great oneshot wednesday!
happy reading everyone!
My heavens, you people are fast posters! Limerick Scold
Great to be back (missed a couple weeks)! Diving in to the poetry already and it’s damn good! Great to be here and thanks everyone for sharing!
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Oh, my, I love Wednesdays. Thank you all for sharing!
I posted one here:
http://stillfugue.com/2011/02/28/wash-me/
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Linking up with a Haibun today. It’s a Japanese form of combined short prose and at least one haiku.
This is my first participation. I finally take part, after so many Wednesdays of not taking the time. Thrilled. Thanks!
great to see you here…
Thanks for the chance to post my poem: http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-down.html
It’s been a week already?…love being here…can’t wait to get home and read.
reggie, its great to see you back in the action…
Could you please delete my entry at 108…it was a mistake linking.. looks funny dear..
good morning one shot-ers…some good stuff last night…grabbing a cup of coffee and will be popping in soon!
Feels nice to be linking again
its great to see you again as well my friend…
Thank you once again, lovely people of One Stop, for giving my lazy ass a reason to finish a poem.
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I love this community, and it is too bad people have to be like that. Happy One Shot Wednesday!
hi all and welcome back…yep the host returns…been out early all day as my eldest had his county x country finals…out of a field of over 120 he is the 20th best x country runner in Essex…way to go son…well proud…ok can carry on reading the poetry now…pete
congrats to him pete that is awesome!
I really look forward to, and enjoy, One Shot Wednesdays. As always, I appreciate people’s feedback and patience- writing creatively is a new venture for me. This week, it’s all about stress.
Oh my so many poets!
congrats
and so many good ones
another Wednesday to share great poetry!
Just provided a link to my regular blog. Not sure I’ve done it correctly. Please let me know.
Kind regards to all at One Shot Wednesday.
looks good to me…thanks James
Long time no see you guys, I’ve been really busy at work in the past three weeks and missed the last OSW, unfortunately, but now I’m back!!! =)))
Kiss you all!
http://poesiatorta.blogspot.com/2011/03/445.html
Happy One Shot Wednesday…looking forward to some great reads.
‘allo, ‘allo! ran into internet trouble last week…discovered that I am indecently hooked blogging…discipline required…two hours sleep, reasonable compromise.
didn’t think I’d make it this week, but here I am at only half-past Wednesday… thanks for being here!
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Hey One Shot! Linking some old poems that I found going through our things…preparing for an overseas move…fun, little gems…
They were better than I thought they would be…hope you enjoy and, as always, will be fun to read!
Enjoyed my first foray into One Stop last week. This week I am giving the Florida mockingbirds their due.
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Sliding in at the end . . . as usual.
i am still reading amazing poetry….there is so many to enjoy this week which, if you follow me on twitter, you will see has filled my stream…gotta turn in now but will continue reading tomorrow…cheers pete
Hello, all!
As a newbie, I must say I quite missed all of you talented folk on Sunday. This week I went for a take on Steinbeck with my own twist: “Apes of Wrath,” concerning our alarming level of apathy in connecting with the world and universe around us. It’s fairly bleak, but one glance at news outlets depicts our priorities awry. Hope you enjoy. Oh, and I threw in a few nods, which I’m sure a few of you will catch. Looking forward to reading some of your work!
-Pounds
Finally found how to get one with this poetry stop
Cheers, Freds
Let the poetry begin!
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I am waaaaaaay late in the game but I am here!
I’m back again and am really happy to be here ♥
i linked to a multiple haiku i post i did today. thank you ~ i always enjoy Wednesdays now.
I am horribly late, but managed to squeak out a little something. I spent most of the day writing an article about my former workplace, so it only made sense to dash out a little poem about it as well.
I am late by a day…blame my internet service provider!
I am posting a new poem here called ‘bring a picture of yours’ which I originally wrote for Tess Kincaid’s image prompt at http://magpietales.blogspot.com/
Feedback is welcome as always
Cheers
Padmavani
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what a fantastic week of poetry…i have been reading and savouring so many delights…yesterday i read over 100 poems and discovered so many gems…over the next couple of days i will carry on reading the remainder as i dont want to miss a single one..all the best and thanks for taking part pete
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