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
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I haven’t posted in quite some time – mostly for the fact that I’ve started writing a novel. I’m still writing poetry, though. Here&#…| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to Sadje’s ‘What do you see?’ photo prompt. You can find her full blog post and guidelines here: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/06/30/what-do-you-see-295-june-30-2025/ This one is a bit weird. Hey ho, it’s Monday morning and perhaps, I just need another coffee! On a bridge in front of the fallI didn’t ask for your scream.Your heart, drenchedContinue reading "On a bridge in front of the fall"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Brace (in 25 words). You can find her blog post and guidelines here: support connectscorrectsdirectsstraightenssometimes holds …| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Picture credit: Britta Benson Here’s my take on the Procrastinators’ Weekly Writing Prompts. You can find all of the prompts here: Whisperthat sipping silver breathtranslucentunobtrusiv…| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Here’s my take on Sadje’s ‘What do you see picture prompt’. You can find her guidelines here: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/06/09/what-do-you-see-292/ The thing about booksIt gets complicated.Like all borderline companionsonly some are keepers.A few will make excellent door stops,so that’s a bonus, of sorts.Sometimes it’s all about possession,that’s ‘complicated 2.0’.I’ve got history.I’m a book lugger and lifter,a bookContinue reading "The thing about books, by Br...| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Here’s my response to Sadje’s ‘What do you see?’ photo prompt. You can find her full blog post here: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2025/05/26/what-do-you-see-290-26-may-2025/ In this lifeI scramble.There’s this hill I climbed on all fours,then bum-shuffled down in disgrace.My dignity, forever absent without leave.That moment on top, though,how long did I stay there?A breath or eternity,quite the same. AndContinue reading "In this life, by Britta Benson"| Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
