Here’s my response to Rebecca’s October Poetry Challenge over on Fake Flamenco. Theme this month: wind or breath. Form: haibun. You can find her prompt post here: https://fakeflamenco.com/2025/10/21/october-2025-poetry-challenge-2/ Haibun Autumn proper and of course there is wind everywhere, gets into all sorts of nooks, breaks open what was closed and fills what was empty. ThisContinue reading "Autumn haibun, by Britta Benson"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Photo by Seray D. Mesebuken on Pexels.com Just a wee something written during an expressive writing session tonight. I haven’t posted on my poetry blog in quite some time. Here goes: at the e…| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Just a little note to say that my teensy, tiny poem ‘hope’ has just been published by Whispers & Echoes. You can read it here: https://whispersandechoesmag.home.blog/2025/09/29/hope-britta-benson/ Thanks!| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry challenge, set by Jaideep Khanduja. You can find Jaideep’s prompt poem and guidelines here: I took liberties. Some. The poem just went …| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to Sadje’s WDYS picture prompt. Somehow, her prompts always find me at the right time. 8am, Monday morning, and ready to write, while also looking for a little distraction. You can find Sadje’s full post and guidelines here: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/09/15/what-do-you-see-306-15-september25/ blue and brokenheart dryfrom a hundred firstsgaspsin full colourshadows prop uppossibilitieswill you waitforContinue reading "blue and broken, by Britta Benson"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Image credit; Peter Thomas @ Unsplash Here’s my response to Sadje’s What Do You See photo prompt. You can find her full guidelines here: Inside outI want a view I can hearthe coming and…| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to this week’s W3 poetry challenge, set by poet of the week, Violet Lentz. Her guidelines: write a poem using one of the words in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows as prompt for your writing. You can find Violet’s prompt poem and full guidelines here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/08/13/w3-prompt-172-weave-written-weekly/ I love the Dictionary of ObscureContinue reading "Astrophe, by Britta Benson"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
My tiny poem ‘the silences’ has just been published over on Whispers & Echoes. Here’s the link, in case you are interested: https://whispersandechoesmag.home.blog/2025/08/11/the-silences-britta-benson/ Thanks for stopping by!| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
I wrote this short little poem as response to The Procrastinators’ Weekly Writing Prompts, inspired by a Quentin Blake drawing. You can find all of the prompts here: https://theprocrastinators58220236.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/the-procrastinators-weekly-writing-prompts-quentin-blake/ Nowfor Petra Payasa GreinerSmall word. Huge responsibility. Action required. And before every ‘Now’ lies a big bad ‘How’?How on Earth? Followed, hey presto, by a heavyContinue reading "Now, by Britta Be...| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to this Sadje’s WDYS photo prompt. You can find all of her guidelines here: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/08/04/what-do-you-see-300-4th-august-2025/ I chose the AI generated image. I don’t enjoy the multitude of AI images now so frequent on WordPress. Personal preference. My choice. I find them strange and eerie. This might explain my response. Again, just personalContinue reading "None of this, by Britta Benson"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
