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Saturday, November 3, 2012

The Sunday Mini-Challenge

Sunday, 4 November, is the day all bloggers stand together for peace, and it all began HERE.

Pictures of Peace
sourced on Fanpop
Knowing that the real toads would want to be part of this movement, our weekend theme is "Poetry for Peace". Instead of the usual form and photo challenge, I am leaving this meme wide open for individual responses. Use your own photos, your favourite forms or use neither, but rather express your ideas, beliefs, faith in and hope for peace in free verse.


Source Fanpop
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The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
Blogs 4 Peace

The Sunday Challenge is posted on Saturday at noon CST to allow extra time for the creative process, so please do not link up old work which kind of fits the image.  This is in the spirit of our Real Toads project to create opportunities for poets to be newly inspired.  Management reserves the right to remove unrelated links but invites you to share a poem of your choice on Open Link Monday.


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19 comments:

  1. ShannonWNovember 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    What a beautiful peace garden scene. So serene.

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  2. SusanNovember 3, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    Hey Kerry, I was writing this poem and happened on by and saw you asking for the poem I was writing. Thank you for this wonderful and timely prompt. My blog4peace "Dona Nobis Pacem" is here: http://susan60.blogspot.com/2012/11/blogging-for-peace.html (I warn you that it has more autobio in it.)

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  3. Bing YapNovember 3, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    thanks for using "peace" as prompt to help spread the "blogblast 4 peace" fever. yes, this is a glorious day of peace in the blogging world.

    dona nobis pacem...

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  4. S.E.IngrahamNovember 3, 2012 at 11:34 PM

    This is not a new poem but it is one of my more favoured poems regarding peace and is archived on poetsagainstwar.ca ... as well as at this blog. I write about peace often and have been activist for many years. Am so happy to see this type of thing happening.

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  5. Susie ClevengerNovember 4, 2012 at 1:37 AM

    I am so thankful to take part in this day of peace blogging.

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  6. Isadora GruyeNovember 4, 2012 at 1:38 AM

    my drivel is up

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  7. MichelleNovember 4, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    I haven't a poem, just hit the add my name instad of the add a comment... time for glasses? LOL

    I love your peace garden photo.

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  8. MichelleNovember 4, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    Oh wait!! I do have a poem I wrote for the UN Peace. I am getting old - eyes, memory... fading fast! :-P

    Here's the actual link:

    http://crows-feet.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/folded-into-wings.html

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  9. MarianNovember 4, 2012 at 9:33 AM

    thank you, Kerry.

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  10. Kerry O'ConnorNovember 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    If you click on the Blog 4 Peace pic top right, it will take you to the official site where you can also link up today's poem.

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  11. Sherry Blue SkyNovember 4, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Kerry, I have been participating in the blogblast for peace since 2010 and am thrilled you chose it for the prompt this weekend. Awesome, I emailed Mimi to let her know, she will be so pleased.

    I am just home from a couple of days at the beach (which was wonderful) and am behind everywhere but I will write for this at some point. I already have my peace post up. But might try for another poem as well, if my energy allows:)

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  12. Laurie KolpNovember 4, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    Peace to all!

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  13. AnnelisaNovember 4, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    What an excellent way to promote the thought of peace...I'm going to go through some of your links now and have a read :-) Peace to you and yours!

    (A link to your post will be on "Peace Bloggers Unite" later)


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  14. Mimi LenoxNovember 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM

    Thank you so much for offering a peace poem challenge/prompt to your talented readers. These will be a feast to read in the blogging/FB community. I can't wait to make my way through this list. What a wonderful thing to do!

    Peace to you and yours.
    Mimi

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  15. AnonymousNovember 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM

    I came by from blog blast for peace and saw you were asking for poetry about peace. I have linked because I wrote my post in poem form. I also love the garden imagery for peace-lovely. Thank you.

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  16. Travis CodyNovember 4, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    Peace to you and yours on this Blog Blast Day and in all the days to come.

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  17. rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herNovember 5, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Peace as poetry. Poetry as peace. Yes.

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  18. HelenNovember 6, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    ... and let it begin with me.

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  19. HannahNovember 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM

    I had wondered about the logo before...I'm so glad to have been introduced to this mindful practice...Thank you!

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