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Hello Poets,
Thank you, Janice at Salt City Verse, for hosting our round-up.
Do you follow Folktale Week? It's a wonderful creative prompt given once a year via social media. Artists of all sorts respond to the prompts anyway they wish and share their creations with each other. I tend to follow folktale week artists at: https://www.instagram.com/folktaleweek/
I've had a goal of creating visual art in celebration of folktales. However, I'm not quite able to tackle it in these busy days. Someday--someday.
The prompts for Folktale Week 2025 are:
I decided to stay small and do what I know and enjoy, which is to play with words. Haiku and senyru are fun for me to write. I'm going for a folktale mood and tone.
Monday 11/17
raw november nights
wolves tussle with a wild wind
darkness closes in
Tuesday 11/18
hear the emptiness?
there's not even an echo
hear the emptiness?
Wednesday 11/19
rain falling on stones
sets a dark and storied tone
once upon a time
Thursday 11/20
when fear roamed the woods
legends searched for homes in books
shelter, safe and sound
Friday 11/21
a powerful crone
a ravens roost, a brook where
charms swirled in the air
Saturday 11/22
Sunday 11/23
Are you interested in participating? The great thing about Folktale Week is that artists take up to a year to share their work. Folktale Week is merely the prompts to create from.
From the hosts of Folktale Week, here's how to participate:
Starting Nov 17th, share your art by interpreting each daily prompt in any way you wish in any medium you want. We invite artists of all genres and all levels to join the fun!
When you’re ready to post:
1) Tag @folktaleweek in your image. This way, everyone can see your work under the ‘tagged posts’ section.
2) Use the custom hashtags for each prompt. Just add the prompt name after #folktaleweek for each piece so we can find your lovely (or chilling!) art! Use #folktaleweek2025 and #folktaleweek as well.
3) Add the list of hosts to your image caption. We want to celebrate your stories and art and follow along with your tales!
Folktale Week 2025 and all its magic is brought to you by these talented artists below! Give us a follow:
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic
Let the enchantment begin!
wolves tussle with a wild wind
darkness closes in
there's not even an echo
hear the emptiness?
sets a dark and storied tone
once upon a time
legends searched for homes in books
shelter, safe and sound
a ravens roost, a brook where
charms swirled in the air
Linda, I love "when fear roamed the woods
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shelter, safe and sound"
and the repetition of "hear the emptiness?"
Thanks for sharing Folktale Week with us!
Thanks for sharing this, Linda. I didn't know about Folktale Week, but it sounds like a great way to be inspired. Hard to pick a favorite among your poems, but I do especially like:
ReplyDelete"rain falling on stones
sets a dark and storied tone
once upon a time"
It sets me in a fairytale mood.
Linda!!! I LOVE the idea of FOLKTALE WEEK and the fact that you have a year to respond adds to its perfection!!! I especially love your:
ReplyDeleterain falling on stones
sets a dark and storied tone
once upon a time
What a beautiful way to inspire folktale (or any kind of -tale) writing! Thank you!!!
Folktale Week sounds great, and I love your resulting haiku. I may have to give this a whirl, too! Thank you. I read picture books each week to a second-grade class, and was just thinking about how much this year's group likes the folk tales I've brought in.
ReplyDeleteOh, Linda! I love all of these. Like Rose, I had no idea about FolkTale week. I've been thinking of writing a short story for children that is similar to a folk tale, something I did with my writer's circle students years ago. I do have an idea for it, but, the folktale week prompts might get my juices flowing. Scotland was filled with folk tales and legends - I even bought a book on them in Inverness! Thanks for sharing. I like your Thursday's & Friday's responses best! Anything with brooks, ravens, and woods and books.
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shelter, safe and sound
Love this, Linda. To me it answers the question, "Why books?"
I will have to explore Folktale Week. There are so many opportunities to share with creators on line.
Wow, Linda! These are all absolutely wonderful, filled with delicious words and sounds and mood. I can't pick a favorite. You have such a gift with that folk/fairytale tone! I'm so glad you shared the prompt words. I'm going to play around as well. Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteLinda, you were going for a folktale mood and tone, and you achieved it! Some of my favorite lines so far:
ReplyDeleteraw november nights/wolves tussle with a wild wind
rain falling on stones
when fear roamed the woods/legends searched for homes in books
a ravens roost, a brook where/charms swirled in the air
Stacking those lines makes me think it could be fun to pull all your poems/words together at the end of the week and see what else jumps out at you.
Loved reading this!
Your poems are so evocative and enchanting -- great job with the folktale week prompts!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun. I love your short poems. What a great way to participate. This looks like it would be a great read when everyone finishes submitting.
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