Paper Poetry Digest#2

For the timeline of August 23— September 12, 2020

Thank you for your journey with Paper Poetry and for your support and contributions. We are almost close to 30 days into our initial journey and continuously moving forward with the support of our readers and writers. The following are the digests and updates for the period of August 23 to September 12, 2020.

New Stepstone

We have crossed our first 100 follower milestone and currently a proud family of 106 readers and writers. Thank you, everyone.

Published contents

Poetry & haiku

Stalking A Stalker by Paroma Sen Ink Touches Paper, Pain with Purpose, Friends by Amy Marley Longing for the Moon, Fall in my heart by Jessica Lee McMillan The New World by Priyanka Srivastava The Day I Learned How to Have a Calm Heart and Wise Stones Buried in the Ground by Desiree Driesenaar Flowery Rain, Black & White by Sneha Mankar A Note to Self by Tej Just off to Write, Shit Stirrer, Unhappy Beach Dog’s Life, Time to Depart by James G Brennan Grappling with Grief by Manasi Diwakar A Poem on Paper, A Little Notebook, Feeling Blue by Dennett One Word, Pen Missing Paper, Lighting Gayle by Melissa Bee My permanent address, Those Unfinished Kisses, Those Pillowy Dreams by Somsubhra Banerjee An Ode To My Horrible Handwriting, Lips by Gaby Rosales Crushed by Anu Anniah Game Over by Connie Song The Promise by Gurpreet Dhariwal Community, To Believe In The Future, Actively Growing by Lucy (the eggcademic) A Good Day, Kind Words by Imad The Day Freedom Touched Me, The Saga of Nirvana, The Kingdom And Its Glory, The Magic of Love by Ruchi Thalwal The Moment, Nature’s Beautiful Parasols by Neha Sandhir S A Litany of Life, A Gift From The River by Gloria D. Gonsalves Connection by Thalia Dunn You’ll Never Amount to Anything by Linda Strait Bringing My Spirit to The Light by Trista Ainsworth Found Friends by Melissa Speed Law and Economics by Chris Hedges Ray of Hope by Vinitha Dileep Paper boats by Amy Jasek Words by Suryatapa Purposeless Scribblings by Pretheesh Presannan Verse on Paper by Gita Das The Candidate by Tca Venkatesan PhD Diversity, A Saturday Morning, Whiteboard Words, Evolving by Suntonu Bhadra

Notes/Journals/Notes with poetry

Those Yesterday Colours, I did this illustration the day Nirbhaya’s Verdict was announced, The Festival Colours, The View from The Window, I Am Not A Traveller, That Embrace by Priyanka Srivastava My Art Isn’t Perfect by Carolyn Riker

Paper Poetry Prompt ‘Papyrus’ update

Our first prompt ran from September 1— September 11, 2020. We had received amazing content from our contributors. The following are the two champions and their contents for yours to explore.

Papyrus Scrolls and Ships Delivered Hope across the Seas by Mia Verita A Gift From The River by Gloria D. Gonsalves

New Prompt initial announcement: According to the prompt promise, Mia and Gloria have chosen the following two theme for the prompt challenge for the upcoming period of September 14 — September 25, 2020 (details will be shared on a separate note): * ‘Scribble’ — mentioned by Mia Verita * ‘Stamps’ — mentioned by Gloria D. Gonsalves

Thanks for being with Paper Poetry. Let us know which contents you have liked most or if you have any suggestions to improve our publication.

Best regards. Suntonu Bhadra