tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130262572499405322024-02-07T17:50:34.144-07:00Stephanie Says SoI guess I've always had a lot to say... hopefully you
will find things here that uplift, encourage and even
entertain. Why? Because "Stephanie Says So"Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-76989348215462690312023-04-30T03:49:00.000-07:002023-04-30T03:49:12.423-07:00 Day 30 2023 ~ Eleven Line Autobiographical Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth and 30 poems in 30 days<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Wow!! Well, this is it!! The last day of Poetry Month! Some amazing poems
have been written and shared. OK, so for our last day, let’s do an 11-line
autobiographical poem. This one is pretty easy ~ it’s a “fill in the blanks”
style poem. It’s also a chance to let people know a bit more about you.
However, if doing that publicly makes you uncomfortable, you can always use a
fictional character’s traits to fill in the blanks . . . and create a poem that
way, particularly if you are a writer; you can create a poem about one of your
characters. Either way, it’s just one more poetic form to explore. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I hope y’all have had a great time this month and come back next year!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here’s how to do this poem</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Just fill in the blanks and then go back and <u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">delete everything that is underlined with a yellow
highlight</span></u>, center what’s left, and you have your autobiographical
poem. Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Eleven-Line Autobiographical Poem”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 1 Your first name </span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 2
Four character traits</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 3</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Sibling of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 4</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> </span>Lover of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 5</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who feels <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 6</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who needs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 7</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who gives <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 8</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who fears <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 9</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who would like to see <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">line 10</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Resident of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">line 11</span>
your last name</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is mine
– first I filled in the blanks and then I deleted the parts
underlined/highlighted in yellow and then I centered the poem. Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 1 your first </span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">name</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Stephanie</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 2 four character traits</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Compassionate,
creative, joyful, grateful<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 3</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Sibling of
Camille</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 4</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Lover of life,
family, country, and the Lord</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 5</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Who feels
happiest surrounded by family<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 6</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Who needs
love and understanding<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 7</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Who gives freely
of herself to help where she’s needed </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 8</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Who fears she
may not have done enough<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 9</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Who would
like to see everyone treated with kindness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 10</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">resident of
the universe</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 11 your last name</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Abney</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxizXQXs8EDUd69qGg0Ldqv5rM-kHZ990bK5aBMG0erGpDua1zSx9yEWu-jExEvZuBdfVSDkHMN0Hm6e37aScEIwT60BtS7FY1xKB5IZoOsNuAuMzc3EhX0KjARw21GXT1qQ1p6dvnB9k4w2a6G-9iYsWNw1bfvSs77mxRPrWZq8mwTUGtmnpDudXhQ/s577/Stephanie%202018%20headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="433" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxizXQXs8EDUd69qGg0Ldqv5rM-kHZ990bK5aBMG0erGpDua1zSx9yEWu-jExEvZuBdfVSDkHMN0Hm6e37aScEIwT60BtS7FY1xKB5IZoOsNuAuMzc3EhX0KjARw21GXT1qQ1p6dvnB9k4w2a6G-9iYsWNw1bfvSs77mxRPrWZq8mwTUGtmnpDudXhQ/s320/Stephanie%202018%20headshot.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Stephanie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Compassionate, creative, joyful, grateful<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sibling of Camille<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lover of life, family, country, and the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who feels happiest surrounded by family<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who needs love and understanding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who gives freely of herself to help where she’s needed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who fears she may not have done enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who would like to see everyone treated with kindness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Resident of the universe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Your
turn!! Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-37535738318457751632023-04-29T04:13:00.000-07:002023-04-29T04:13:15.739-07:00 Day 29 2023 ~ Wishing Poems for #NationalPoetryMonth “30 Poems in 30 Days”<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are many ways to write a “wishing poem.” Most people
are familiar with the childhood chant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Star light, star
bright,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">First star I see
tonight,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish I may, I wish I
might,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Have this wish I wish
tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today is “World Wish Day” and “National Wish Day” in
reference to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Our youngest son received a wish from
Make-a-Wish when he was battling leukemia. He asked for a “freestanding
woodworking workshop in the backyard with electricity and power tools.” No one
had ever wished for that before but his wish granters found a way. He spent
many happy hours in his workshop making all sorts of wood creations before he
succumbed to his cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-0KMs_NGwgWBKKoC5stt76H7CvsheUbnt2hTY9WAH1y24p90cHmPBg7Mvm-Qsvs2X_t4Z6oVCLfYBGcLOVKIx2o-8b-7InsJ4hpAI-ADNtuWcQGdvg5Q8YxO394v1awQOuAdsbo277tmB8zVA1codo2sexWFnR9AUK6BlubBpKBDMD3cIV1UomSmKg/s531/BJ%20Make-A-Wish.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="531" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-0KMs_NGwgWBKKoC5stt76H7CvsheUbnt2hTY9WAH1y24p90cHmPBg7Mvm-Qsvs2X_t4Z6oVCLfYBGcLOVKIx2o-8b-7InsJ4hpAI-ADNtuWcQGdvg5Q8YxO394v1awQOuAdsbo277tmB8zVA1codo2sexWFnR9AUK6BlubBpKBDMD3cIV1UomSmKg/w400-h395/BJ%20Make-A-Wish.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The day Make-A-Wish presented BJ with his woodworking workshop - they invited the neighborhood kids over and had refreshments, etc.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lcJZCVLZPrj64xRIAM6onbdPtCPWydbuVD0chX88-pf6WvyYtM74aFnHc2brcrVGEuCU0S7atRS8UvU8rAWnEFrwapeB3xRFE_FEMzJNAnBbGddjxFMwRxv0iaPXXcSa3ZWngjh1KniAdCXQrlM_6n5_oLModQ1pN5p8klBCzRb4UhkRBRUm4i_EMg/s506/Inside%20BJ's%20Workshop.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lcJZCVLZPrj64xRIAM6onbdPtCPWydbuVD0chX88-pf6WvyYtM74aFnHc2brcrVGEuCU0S7atRS8UvU8rAWnEFrwapeB3xRFE_FEMzJNAnBbGddjxFMwRxv0iaPXXcSa3ZWngjh1KniAdCXQrlM_6n5_oLModQ1pN5p8klBCzRb4UhkRBRUm4i_EMg/w272-h400/Inside%20BJ's%20Workshop.bmp" width="272" /></a></div><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside BJ's workshop</span></span></div></o:p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://worldwish.org/worldwishday/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">World Wish Day</span></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Since there is no one set way to write a “wish poem” I’m
just going to provide you with several links to examples of wish poems and let
you pick and choose whatever works for you. Cheers!! (Sadly, tomorrow is our
last day).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The most typical wish poetry begins each line actually with
“I wish” until the very end and then you can create a concluding line or two –
some people would consider this a “List Poem” and the jury is out on if it’s a
“real” poem, but I say, why not? It expresses things the poet wishes (there’s
our word!!) to share, so, it’s p-o-e-t-r-y!! Right? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here’s a well-known example by Bob Perks: “I Wish You
Enough”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much
bigger.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish you enough “Hello’s” to get you through the final “Goodbye.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> © Bob
Perks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There is no particular “rhyme or reason” on how to create
you WISHING POEM ~ just wish away!! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by
me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission, other
than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same
goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere
online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the
person who writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use
them without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to
them as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so
much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*** Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog
or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and
paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB
wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to
come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching
the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting
my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-48114407934372322362023-04-28T04:08:00.002-07:002023-04-28T04:10:57.485-07:00 DAY 28 2023 – FREE CHOICE ~ #NationalPoetryMonth – 30 poems in 30 days<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Y’all have been doing great!! Only two days left after this
one ~ wow!!!! Today I thought you could choose any style of poetry we have done
this year (or any other year) or just do a free-style poem of your own
creation. And IF you can think of a fun new way to present it – do so. Add your
own artwork or any way you can think of to highlight it. OR just write one up,
and put it out there for others to see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I thought I would share a few of mine that I created when I
took a textile/fiber art class at the local community college during the
pandemic. We started out in person but soon everything started to close down,
including schools and we had to switch to online classes, which was very
interesting. One project I did was to create my own fabric designs using color
resist (tie-dye) and then print some of my poems directly onto the fabric
(which is a technique I had to teach myself) but they turned out very cool.
What can you think of? You can create a table design and print off your poem(s) to
set next to it and take a photo or use clay or maybe bake something if it goes
with your poem. Let your mind wander and see what you come up with. And again, it can simply be your own poem(s) that
you come up with. That takes a lot of creativity in and of itself. Cheers!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here ya’ go ~ (You can tell that most of these were written during the pandemic). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-59591218855902033842023-04-27T03:21:00.000-07:002023-04-27T03:21:20.132-07:00 DAY 27 2023 ~ How to write a Grammar Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth and 30 poems in 30 days <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">The teacher in me LOVES poems that
deal with grammar – this one is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">very easy and fun poetry form. It is
simple but precise as it reinforces different aspects of grammar.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">I thought for today, I’d TRY to be brief! Cheers!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">This grammar poetry form is five lines long. The specifics
are as follows:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Directions</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Line 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Write a </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">noun</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"> for the subject (THIS serves as your
TITLE as well)<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Line 2</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Write </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">two adjectives</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">joined by </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">and</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"> to
describe this noun<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Line 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Write a </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">verb</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">and an </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">adverb</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"> to describe this
noun in action<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Line 4</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Start it with </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">like</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">or </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"> followed by a
comparison<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Line 5</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Start it with </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">if only</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> followed by a </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">wish</span></span><br />
<br />
</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<br />
</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<i> </i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most
<b>adverbs</b> tell you how, where, or when something is done, and MANY (but
certainly not all) adverbs end in “ly.” [quickly, carefully, early, happily,
etc.] In other words, they describe the manner, place, or time of an action</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<b>
</b>In fact, here’s a link about adverbs
if you are unsure. Some may surprise you: <a href="https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/adverbs.htm" target="_blank">ADVERBS </a> </span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Here are two EXAMPLES I wrote about 10 years ago</u>:</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some of my “grammar poems”</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Writer's block<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Infuriating and debilitating<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Slowing me down temporarily<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Like grease clogging up a drain<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">If only I had a very large plunger! </span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"> ©
2014 Stephanie Abney</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></span></h2><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></span></div><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">My kitty<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Entertaining and curious<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Laying on my keyboard lazily<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Like the Queen of Sheba<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">If only she would nap someplace else</span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"> © 2014 Stephanie Abney</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-36871154482603643202023-04-26T08:25:00.004-07:002023-04-26T08:25:46.590-07:00 Day 26 2023 ~ “Brevette Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve been
working hard so how about writing some Brevette </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Poems?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So this
LOOKS simple – THREE WORDS? Yeah, but it can be tricky ~ The Brevette ~ check
it out!! It will definitely be tricky for me because I struggle with brevity! No
titles needed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ONLY THREE
WORDS? Yikes!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">FEW particulars</span> to this
poetry form created by Emily Romano.
Here’s a little grammar for you – I know you love it – this poem consists
of TWO NOUNS & a VERB:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LINE 1: a subject (noun)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LINE 2: a verb <i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">(the verb has a
space between each letter: </span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">v e r b</span>)<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LINE 3: an object (noun)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They need to
STAY in that exact order and yeah, there is ONE MORE THING!! In order for the
verb to show an ongoing action, it is <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">spaced out, letter by letter</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whether or
not you include a title is up to you, but otherwise, there is NO punctuation, and
all words are lower case ~ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THREE WORDS</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – <b><span style="color: red;">don’t be adding “helping verbs” or “articles” –
that’s cheating</span></b>. Coming up with a subject and an object for the
nouns is surprisingly difficult. Seriously, this is trickier than it seems. So,
here are a couple of examples, some better than others: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>REMEMBER TO ADD A SPACE IN THE MIDDLE LINE FOR YOUR VERB</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example #1</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">: (no title)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">rainbow<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">r a d i a t e s<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">spectrum</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> © 2007 Emily
Romano</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example #2</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">patience<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">u n t a n g l e s<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">knots</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">© 2018 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dRlpu4YKoAwnQXmuvTbI_JVxYqqM17C8c5sMQDiaIGqRD35jPqsOUpAkhuexAoLi_NFdQjPlDHf0xCRVt951tcegP4Bt9e6KmM4XRq4MU8u0maw_jc5Tx9WFh-mHZoiOWpbBl4aY-gjDI9T86foZ3mm-gzRJnAj6NljUcif25VkikmKU5Isvgnq8Lg/s2048/IMG_2375(Edited)(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dRlpu4YKoAwnQXmuvTbI_JVxYqqM17C8c5sMQDiaIGqRD35jPqsOUpAkhuexAoLi_NFdQjPlDHf0xCRVt951tcegP4Bt9e6KmM4XRq4MU8u0maw_jc5Tx9WFh-mHZoiOWpbBl4aY-gjDI9T86foZ3mm-gzRJnAj6NljUcif25VkikmKU5Isvgnq8Lg/s320/IMG_2375(Edited)(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></u></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></u></p><u><br />Example
#3</u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">dog<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">s m e l l s<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">escapes</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> © 2017 Stephanie
Abney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example
#4</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">dreams<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c o m e<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">true</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">© 2018 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example #5</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">eyes<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">l e a k<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">tears</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"> © 2017 Stephanie
Abney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Example
#6</span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">dreams<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">f o l l o w<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">passion</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"> © 2017 Stephanie
Abney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>*** PLEASE REMEMBER ~
any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may
not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a
lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in
the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge.
They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are
their original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-89578474330428719922023-04-25T04:25:00.001-07:002023-04-25T04:25:40.465-07:00Day 25 - 2023 How to Write a “Lantern Poem” for #NationalPoetryMonth “30 poems in 30 days”<p> </p><h3><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">OK, let’s do a simple little
Japanese poetry form called a "Lantern Poem." When centered, the
shape of this little poem resembles a Japanese lantern.</span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">It is a five-line poem with very specific
requirements. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Please note that each line has very particular
guidelines in what the word(s) should be describing and then also note the
number of syllables per line.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"> These poems do not have titles – the
first line is basically the title. The first line is always a noun, with lines
2-4 describing that noun with 2, 3, then 4 syllables, and the LAST line ends with
ONE syllable that is a SYNONYM for the noun in line one, as follows:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pattern is</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Line 1</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">noun</span>
(one syllable)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Line 2</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">describe
the noun</span> (two syllables)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Line 3</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">describe
the noun</span> (three syllables</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Line 4</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">describe
the noun</span> (four syllables)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Line 5</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <i><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">synonym for
noun in line one</span></u></i> (one syllable) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Need
some help coming up with synonyms? <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/" target="_blank">Thesaurus ~ Synonyms</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Examples of Lantern Poems</span></u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"></h2><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Trust<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Faithful<br /> Always there<br /> Can depend on<br /> You</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">
© <span style="font-weight: normal;">2014 Stephanie Abney</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Rest<br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Slumber<br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Forty Winks<br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Restorative<br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sleep</span></span></span></h2>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 2.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">© 2016 Stephanie
Abney </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Love<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Husband<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Companion<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Eternal love<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Jim<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">© 2020 Stephanie Abney</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Art<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Style<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Emotions<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Broadens my view<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Gift<br /></span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> © 2023 Stephanie Abney<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Now it’s YOUR TURN!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-40527900735817031532023-04-24T03:36:00.001-07:002023-04-24T03:36:19.027-07:00 Day 24 2023 ~ Book Spine Poetry for #NationalPoetryMonth and “30 Poems in 30 Days”<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Today is the day!!! If you
have been following along you know that I mentioned we would be doing this
super fun poetry form today, Monday! So, this is an intriguing way to “create”
or, actually, “find” a poem by arranging and rearranging a stack of books
horizontally that show the title on the book spine into something clever that
might be a “poem.” Just like creating any poetry, you get to decide if it will
happy or sad, serious or funny, or whatever.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Simply start perusing the
titles on your bookshelves and pull out some that have possibilities and start
stacking them up to see what you might discover. This seems to be a favorite
poetry form. It’s pretty fun. When you come up with a short stack of books with
titles that lend themselves to being a poem of sorts, snap a pic, and post it
for today’s entries and please also type up the words, line by line (title by
title) so it looks like a poem as some book spines are hard to read. See the
examples below. Thanks! Have Fun!! Cheers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">No fair adding extra words,
articles (a, the . . .), etc. Use ONLY the title words from your book spines!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Ready? … here we go!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X_0tOmchCCQ_FfkMdyxd32YZT18kLg7OKfM7UfeOKNuCYgzoNRJk92rB5xiuTSci4RiiTS_pwFkXkscOoPeg9TlI_INy6HGHzAm4Ys9kinpCH9DwPcIuFQ_F6jnUWYAHA0G1Kn8k-7iH171NlFJrkPzrUW6X_mMaSw4XHgrcAnk74hOGNomx0PahkQ/s640/photo%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X_0tOmchCCQ_FfkMdyxd32YZT18kLg7OKfM7UfeOKNuCYgzoNRJk92rB5xiuTSci4RiiTS_pwFkXkscOoPeg9TlI_INy6HGHzAm4Ys9kinpCH9DwPcIuFQ_F6jnUWYAHA0G1Kn8k-7iH171NlFJrkPzrUW6X_mMaSw4XHgrcAnk74hOGNomx0PahkQ/s320/photo%201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt;">Giant Steps</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt;">A Man, A Can, A Plan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt;">Feeding a Giant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt;">Big in Japan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt;">Raw Power</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARejjav-Qoz7YpK_3Sm1ucSqY2P0NOus4SkR2RqVm_uijs61NF1yDowkgM5Rl-xsn9xIJoEQQ8CajppDugvr6tuWpEp4FPuEn8C6V_97DMdy_qa-IJRLZ1Ix6vPoTdVReSe-RIqd9FOBapLd7RHdjOYul10PPSZu13AUCFzjD2reehQeEfxJ0_iEgTw/s640/photo%209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARejjav-Qoz7YpK_3Sm1ucSqY2P0NOus4SkR2RqVm_uijs61NF1yDowkgM5Rl-xsn9xIJoEQQ8CajppDugvr6tuWpEp4FPuEn8C6V_97DMdy_qa-IJRLZ1Ix6vPoTdVReSe-RIqd9FOBapLd7RHdjOYul10PPSZu13AUCFzjD2reehQeEfxJ0_iEgTw/s320/photo%209.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>My dear sisters<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Become who you were born to be<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Unstoppable<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Great shall be your joy.</span></span></span></h2><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">If you need more inspiration
- here is a link from the “School Library Journal” where you can browse through
several years of photos of book spine poetry for some inspiration if you need
ideas:</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><a href="https://100scopenotes.com/?s=book+Spine+Poem+gallery" target="_blank">“Book Spine Poem Gallery”</a> ~ </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You will find a search page
with numerous years of book spine poetry examples to check out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here are a few more examples
I came up with in years past:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QZlyG5W0TciPAVPuvemuBwlRM6yVMY2WSmUBI-5nDm-DD_yMC5MzG_YS_GbzXmR5s5PHkEOgm2cVeuIptkF3XoqtCjG5NP9NGURNJJUoK8mY46xJGqwWp13B4jVAY3_6bM7h4569QVvnvet3DOqm3Q11_jqmCU4Em4MbMe_IMc__YlT6dN20cfY_4A/s640/photo%207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QZlyG5W0TciPAVPuvemuBwlRM6yVMY2WSmUBI-5nDm-DD_yMC5MzG_YS_GbzXmR5s5PHkEOgm2cVeuIptkF3XoqtCjG5NP9NGURNJJUoK8mY46xJGqwWp13B4jVAY3_6bM7h4569QVvnvet3DOqm3Q11_jqmCU4Em4MbMe_IMc__YlT6dN20cfY_4A/s320/photo%207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Never
Give Up!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
Fun Never Ends<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Toxic
Relief<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">You
Can Do It!</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU1toxWRyuiJnepCDVsZ0dPqGn-Trj5ZMhszJWNkc_7-dMf3za7fO8UeGwWveXZ2RQRwPp9F-Dd-wSLkCankuctumsJfZ2prhaCxB2k-UDxopx8NOTH7CpuiyLDE6pBpwUeHhwOxIQVGV8icIPAXFBjQSiyUf7NEnsTAM_9JlLW80jq33yL7iCjQX7A/s640/photo%208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU1toxWRyuiJnepCDVsZ0dPqGn-Trj5ZMhszJWNkc_7-dMf3za7fO8UeGwWveXZ2RQRwPp9F-Dd-wSLkCankuctumsJfZ2prhaCxB2k-UDxopx8NOTH7CpuiyLDE6pBpwUeHhwOxIQVGV8icIPAXFBjQSiyUf7NEnsTAM_9JlLW80jq33yL7iCjQX7A/s320/photo%208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> One Windy Day<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Curious George Flies a Kite<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, the Places You’ll Go!<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Long Ride Home</span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7KB8nHQtNq5cMsSXM1MQdLTbIdYoF6RbhPRlgvvDuc5ERwAa3yVqYKBgJOj9Ov3SZw_-Lt7pf_QK9blru01k3fO56eEgXziiHOk1D0JNGIOLMrLa2CHKWobQHAQKrInLdjEguR4-tCkJ-VV19LJMArXWAtI1Vv97-g2datHeKEAsAZFUlyn4GsmFWw/s640/photo%203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7KB8nHQtNq5cMsSXM1MQdLTbIdYoF6RbhPRlgvvDuc5ERwAa3yVqYKBgJOj9Ov3SZw_-Lt7pf_QK9blru01k3fO56eEgXziiHOk1D0JNGIOLMrLa2CHKWobQHAQKrInLdjEguR4-tCkJ-VV19LJMArXWAtI1Vv97-g2datHeKEAsAZFUlyn4GsmFWw/s320/photo%203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Excuse Me<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There’s an
Owl in the Shower<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You Can Get
Over It<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once Upon a
Summer</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></h2>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-19830456102529340772023-04-23T04:46:00.002-07:002023-04-23T04:46:50.537-07:00 Day 23 2023 ~ “Rhyming Poems” with an ‘A-B-A-B rhyme scheme’ for “30 Poems in 30 Days” and #NationalPoetryMonth<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">OK, there’s only
one week of Poetry Month left ~ so for those of you who LOVE rhyming poems ~
this is your lucky day! There are NUMEROUS patterns to rhyming poems, the use
of end rhymes where the last sound of the end word in one line of poetry
rhymes with the last sound of the end word in another line of poetry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are a couple
of FREE resources you can use to find rhyming words – just type in the word in
the box, click, and poof ~ a rhyming word appears:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.rhymer.com/" target="_blank"><b>Rhyming Dictionary</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b> </b> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" target="_blank">Rhyme Zone</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And if you want to do a deep dive into rhyming, I
suggest this website: <a href="https://www.studysmarter.us/explanations/english/prosody/rhymes/" target="_blank"><b>Study Smarter - Rhymes</b></a>
</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(pop-ups on here will want you to pay for a membership – just click somewhere
else on the page and they should go away. Or click on the X in the upper right
corner of that type of pop-up. You do not need to pay to read this page ~ and
just keep scrolling until you can go no further – lots of info here). Or, just
keep reading here and do the simple rhyming scheme we are doing today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And if you’re
a crazy person and you REALLY need to know all about rhymes – go here, but try
not to get lost . . . SO many rhyming details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-rhyme.html" target="_blank"><b>Examples of Rhyme </b></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we are
going to keep things pretty simple and we will use the most common rhyming
scheme:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a – b – a –
b <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is
where the words at the end of the first and third lines rhyme and the words at
the end of the second and fourth line rhyme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You should also try to keep the
meters of lines ‘a’ the same as each other and the meters of line ‘b’ the same
as each other. This can be done by counting syllables.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Here’s an example of a rhyming poem with
an A-B-A-B scheme written by Louisa May Alcott (it’s in the Public Domain – so
I can use it here).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To One
Who Teaches Me</span></u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
by Louisa May Alcott </span><b><sup><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">©</span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To one who teaches me </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sweetness and the
beauty </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(B)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[7syllables]</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Of doing faithfully </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
And cheerfully my duty." </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(B)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[7syllables]</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">And here’s
one that I wrote ~ just for fun:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">In this
little 4-line example I made up, you can see the end words in the first and
third lines rhyme and they both lines have 5 beats (5 syllables). The end words
in the second and fourth lines rhyme and both lines have 6 beats (6
syllables). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexIh7V26L28vuMcgCEObnCcgnHhmjVQwHiyrk8DKuC2OP_v_w6nwnc6_1B48cVtdOqBaOz9YpF47hxqE-4vSfJpK57YJFI-7Sb7eZ7frc54VM9oZrwY31j9CdhBuZScenAFKrucVyG1eh7fkxCTUDy84j1Oje8sqqvrkr-qeKMDZp1M5zcBoXXKq3ug/s2048/file3721287221140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-size: 16pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexIh7V26L28vuMcgCEObnCcgnHhmjVQwHiyrk8DKuC2OP_v_w6nwnc6_1B48cVtdOqBaOz9YpF47hxqE-4vSfJpK57YJFI-7Sb7eZ7frc54VM9oZrwY31j9CdhBuZScenAFKrucVyG1eh7fkxCTUDy84j1Oje8sqqvrkr-qeKMDZp1M5zcBoXXKq3ug/s320/file3721287221140.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I went to the store </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">[5 syllables]<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">To buy a loaf of bread. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(B) </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">[6 syllables]<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I found something more </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">[5 syllables]<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">“So typical,” I said. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(B) </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">[6 syllables]<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">© Stephanie Abney 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Seems silly to copyright such a simple
little sample verse but there you have it) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here’s one I dashed off this morning
~ just a silly little “slice of life” poem. The older Jim and I get, the more
cute and funny little routines we develop. He has a single sister, whom we
adore, and one or two nights a week she’ll come over. We’ll have some dinner
and then we play games. We laugh and laugh and in doing so, our bond increases
and so this little rhyming poem came to mind: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We play a game of cards, </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jim, his sister, and me. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(B)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With laughter by the yards, </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(A)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s just as things should be. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(B)</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[6 syllables]</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">© Stephanie Abney 2023</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Here’s your handy dandy syllable
counter if you need it:<br /></span><a href="https://www.howmanysyllables.com/syllable_counter/" style="font-size: 16pt;" target="_blank">Syllable Counter</a></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can just do four lines or you can
create a longer poem by making several stanzas of four lines each, always rhyming
lines one and three as well as lines two and four. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Also, note that with more than one
verse, oftentimes the very last stanza can vary, or not, but all previous
stanzas should follow the pattern.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">*** Just a heads up: for tomorrow, spine
poetry – making rhymes out of the titles found on the spines of books. This is
always a fun one so be scanning your bookcases. Cheers!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">OK, off you go – rhyme away!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-28234736083540249652023-04-22T02:59:00.003-07:002023-04-22T02:59:54.001-07:00 Day 22 2023 ~ “Nonet Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is one
of my all-time FAVORITE poetry forms: NONET POEM!! I use it every year. I hope
you enjoy creating Nonet poems as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Basically,
the “Nonet poem” is based on the number 9. I first tried writing one of these
for the 2014 Poetry Challenge and the two poems that resulted are two of my
favorite and so I continue to use them as examples, not that I haven’t written
newer Nonet poems, but I love these and the pictures I found to go with them,
so . . . if you’ve been around, you have seen these before and if not, get set
for lots of FUN!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Nonet</span>
Poem is based on <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">NINE</span>,
in more ways than one ~ it has <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">nine lines</span> and the <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">FIRST LINE has NINE syllables</span> ~ but there are a few more details
to know. Here is how you do this poem: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I
looked up the word “nonet” in the dictionary I discovered it stood for 9
musical performers or 9 instruments – and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">the poem has a pattern that has 9 lines – the first line has
9 syllables, and each line thereafter has one less syllable, ending with the last
line only having ONE syllable. The number of words does not matter, ONLY the
number of syllables</span> so it actually provides you with some flexibility.
Intriguing, right?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a
“look” at this pattern:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * *
* * * * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">9 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * *
* * * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">8 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * *
* * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">7 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * *
* </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">6 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * *
</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">5 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">4 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">3 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* * </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">2 syllables</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">1 syllable</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">It
can be about ANYTHING as long as the SYLLABLE COUNTS ARE CORRECT, so PLEASE
count them so you can do it correctly.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Here is your handy, dandy </span><a href="https://www.howmanysyllables.com/syllable_counter/" style="font-size: 18.6667px;" target="_blank">Syllable Counter</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And here are
the first two I ever wrote for this poetry form and they remain my favorites:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2IrTB7e73Y26VXkuDRoPYaC-7Znb5f-soC-XVlE6kuYlAQg5CL2Qhz2PjOYlGcW8VdSc6bgFI_bwUVWestTR1cvaIRAUDiV4nEYdsXkN-LTWInJHecjbgm6YJkLFIYJuOT8jyz9OWLKNELxKS5yWi4pPn4fzy1TqzWMuzDloWl4Rgn83X2Z-kq8UQA/s276/cookies%20from%20Pixaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="276" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2IrTB7e73Y26VXkuDRoPYaC-7Znb5f-soC-XVlE6kuYlAQg5CL2Qhz2PjOYlGcW8VdSc6bgFI_bwUVWestTR1cvaIRAUDiV4nEYdsXkN-LTWInJHecjbgm6YJkLFIYJuOT8jyz9OWLKNELxKS5yWi4pPn4fzy1TqzWMuzDloWl4Rgn83X2Z-kq8UQA/s1600/cookies%20from%20Pixaby.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Made chocolate chip cookies tonight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One taste before I go to bed <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One bite follows another<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I forgot what I said<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m ready to stop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, maybe not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just one more<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then to . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bed!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> © 2014 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaYiV332X3Sk2X8ih3AOigJN-8B3I12LWP1xJ-IJ0_ycOSEl7dAusJJ64wL421_52jAWjjRuaR-_ShY3mNEFNmjjke4Td89wlml36w2gc69tZW5r5u6hFoWyQtUsqwo02Iq8GkOBE9Vapy-Ne-MpINYVlYPuxM0BNWHV_xdW-ffw0cZxgtFP8GEzVsw/s2048/Summer%202014%20172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaYiV332X3Sk2X8ih3AOigJN-8B3I12LWP1xJ-IJ0_ycOSEl7dAusJJ64wL421_52jAWjjRuaR-_ShY3mNEFNmjjke4Td89wlml36w2gc69tZW5r5u6hFoWyQtUsqwo02Iq8GkOBE9Vapy-Ne-MpINYVlYPuxM0BNWHV_xdW-ffw0cZxgtFP8GEzVsw/s320/Summer%202014%20172.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Grandma, may we have a sleepover?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My precious grandkids ask again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“We promise to obey you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They give a hopeful look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“We won’t talk in bed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s what they said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“We love you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I said,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yes!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">© 2014 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">OKAY, your
turn – GO!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal
property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an
example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that
are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this
challenge. They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These
poems are their original work and no one may use them without their permission.
It is understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create
them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">*** Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog or
elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and
paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB
wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to
come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching
the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting
my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<h3><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (1st photo from Pixabay - free use / 2nd photo courtesy of Stephanie Abney)</span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-13163532667468088432023-04-21T00:06:00.001-07:002023-04-21T00:06:43.007-07:00 Day 21 2023 ~ Tyburn Poem for “30 poems in 30 days" #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">You all
have been doing great so how about a doozy of a challenge today? OK, great, hold
onto your hats!! Woozier! This is beyond tricky, but I think y’all can have
lots of fun with it. I first tried this poetic form about </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">eight years ago. Prior to that, I had never
heard of it. (OH, and if this discourages you – and that is NOT my desire –
just write any poem you choose and COME BACK TOMORROW and see if you like the
next one better). I do hope a bunch of you will try this one though. It really
stretches your skills as poets and writers (and thinkers). So . . . </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p><u><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Tyburn poems</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"> are deceiving in that to look at a completed poem, it
appears simple enough.</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
Yeah, right! But it’s a good writing exercise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ve tried
to explain it step by step and even created a little chart to help you out.
Plus there are a couple of websites that help with description and rhyming that
I think you will find useful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here we go: <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We are back
to counting syllables and lines. This is a <b>SIX-LINE</b>
poem and the <b>first 4 lines </b>are<b> EACH</b> a <b>SINGLE</b> <b>DESCRIPTIVE</b> <b>WORD</b> with <b>TWO SYLLABLES</b>, that all <b>RHYME</b>
and make sense together. Phew!! We’re not done . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The last
two lines (5 & 6) are <b>EACH NINE
SYLLABLES LONG</b>, and <i>Line 5
incorporates the first two of the words of the poem while Line 6 incorporates
the next two of the words of the poem </i><b>IN
A SPECIFIC PLACE</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Line 5 will
have 4 syllables (any word count, just FOUR syllables) and then the repeated
words from lines 1 and 2 and then . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Line 6 has 4
syllables (any word count, just FOUR syllables) and then the repeated words
from lines 3 and 4 . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">AND then each
line ENDS with just ONE word – with only ONE syllable and they have to rhyme
with each other (but do not need to rhyme with lines 1-4). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So, if you
choose a word that ends in “y” to start off your poem – they will all probably
need to end in “y” and if you choose an “ing” ending word, then they will all
need to end with “ing” (that’s just for lines 1-4). Better look at the examples
AND the chart! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You can
give this poem a title if you wish. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I know you
can do it!! Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here is an example I found on the web – it’s
rather lite-hearted and cute:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; tab-stops: 167.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">PEANUT
BUTTER<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nutty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sticky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Crunchy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tasty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Peanut
butter, nutty, sticky spread<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With jellied
bread, crunchy, tasty fed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Copyright © 2016 Charles Sides <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Kam3D0svbri47fSsGzckAGQ-5RkxpVy_5_lW07O_8aCiVvqLnmRQ3MJD1EEmYsLIrcqkJGMmz5b8trb507NwhuKuDXKZb0zbtWWwNhXKbbrCDMna1Y1WBRN_2dLeRe0r1o0R9288FIscKwW5hR7Leb6_mH3kWvmWN1Yl8-OJeZSyn01PQ_jvTbBWYQ/s1920/board-1239114_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Kam3D0svbri47fSsGzckAGQ-5RkxpVy_5_lW07O_8aCiVvqLnmRQ3MJD1EEmYsLIrcqkJGMmz5b8trb507NwhuKuDXKZb0zbtWWwNhXKbbrCDMna1Y1WBRN_2dLeRe0r1o0R9288FIscKwW5hR7Leb6_mH3kWvmWN1Yl8-OJeZSyn01PQ_jvTbBWYQ/s320/board-1239114_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Handy
little site to find some “Describing Words” ~ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://describingwords.io/">https://describingwords.io/</a> ~ just plug
the word you want to describe and then click the search button.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This site
not only helps you find rhyming words, but it separates them into 1-syllable
words, 2-syllable words, etc. <a href="https://www.rhymer.com/">https://www.rhymer.com/</a>
- RHYMER<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This poetry
form can be labor intensive – but following the process creates such a great
little poem. But, please forgive me if I don’t write new examples this year.
I’ve got SO much on my plate right now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Okay, here
is my first one: </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poetry<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Lyric</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cryptic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Magic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Epic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poetry month, lyric, cryptic, jots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Share
emotions, magic, epic thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© 2019 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope this little chart that I created proves helpful ~ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And after my
second example, below the chart, I outline,
step-by-step, my <i>thought process</i> in
writing one of my examples: Maybe that will help as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"># of syllables per line<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rhyming pattern<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Meter & where to repeat words<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hints of what should be used per line<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">aa</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One
word adjective with 2 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">bb</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 12pt;">cc</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #6600ff; font-size: 12pt;">dd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #cc6600; font-size: 12pt;">B<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">xxxx<b><span style="color: blue;">aa</span><span style="color: red;">bb</span><span style="color: #cc6600;">B</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Any
four syllables then <b><span style="color: blue;">aa</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">bb</span></b>, single syllable word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #cc6600; font-size: 12pt;">B</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">xxxx<b><span style="color: #00b050;">cc</span><span style="color: #6600ff;">dd</span><span style="color: #cc6600;">B</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Any
four syllables then <b><span style="color: #00b050;">cc</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #6600ff;">dd</span></b>, single syllable word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><span style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: start;"> Tyburn Poetic
Form Chart © 2019 Stephanie Abney</div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is my second one: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Satan<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Cunning</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lying<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cheating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tempting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Heartless trickster, cunning, lying, doled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Flattering
lies, cheating, sneaking, cold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© 2019 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My “thought process” while I tried to figure it out:</span></u></i></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, first I made a list of some adjectives
(“ing” words) – more than I needed and then another list that could be used in
lines 5 & 6 – then I started playing around with it, crossed off the words
I didn’t want to use, which left me with 4 descriptive words and then I created
lines 5 & 6, incorporating the words from lines 1 & 2 and lines 3 &
4, respectively:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Satan<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cunning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Charming<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lying<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Raging<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cheating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sneaking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tempting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Words to possibly use in lines 5 & 6: Crafty,
jealous, avenging, heartless, destructive, destroy, destroying, bitter,
conniving, flatter, flattery, cowardly, trickster, tricking, tricky, malicious,
deceitful, cold, sneaky, creepy, creep, reap, reaper, damned, persistent,
tenacious, dangerous, rob, steal, louse, angry, anger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And I posted the finished product from this effort just
under the chart. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">READY? Go try this one out!! Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-3559744098732376962023-04-20T00:05:00.001-07:002023-04-20T00:05:00.161-07:00Day 20 ~ Acrostic and/or ABC Poem for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth”<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Most people have heard about and even written an “acrostic” poem. It’s
a rather simple pattern and can be quite fun to do. You can choose any word to
be your base – a word or name that you write down the left hand side of your
paper, one letter under another. See farther down below to also get the
“skinny” on ABC poems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">And PLEASE keep reading to the end if you have never heard my poetry
story about Fiona and the Snake Poem from when I was teaching English in China back
in 2016 ~ super cute. Just sayin’ (Even if you have read the story before, I
love reading it again and again – you might too)!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">SO, it
only takes a few steps to get started with an <b>ACROSTIC POEM</b> ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1. Choose a name or the object of your poem.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2. Write that name or the word down the left-hand side of your paper vertically, generally using all capital letters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">3. Start each sentence of your poem with the
capital letter on that line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">4. No need to worry about rhyming or counting
syllables or anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">5. Each line can be whatever length you
choose, from one word to a longer sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Example</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">One word/line acrostic for the name “<u>Susan</u>” (Yes, I know this is
a lame example, but it’s just an example. I know you can do better):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">S</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">uper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">U</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">nique<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">S</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">weet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">A</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">ngelic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">N</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">ice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Or, use
the first letter as the beginning of a sentence instead of a single word. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">ABC Poems</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> are basically the same
thing EXCEPT it is a TWENTY-SIX line poem where every line starts with the next
letter of the alphabet, in order. Every example I have seen, the word (or a
tense of the word) EXCEPT has been used for the letter “X” (up to you, but it’s
a common choice for the line that “starts with the letter X”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">In 2016 I went to China to teach English at an “English Camp” during
their winter break. I have shared this before but I really can’t let this
poetry form pass without sharing this delightful experience once again. I had a
14-year-old student named “Fiona.” I explained how to write an acrostic poem
and suggested to the students that they choose a favorite animal for their
poem. I gave additional details and then they got busy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Soon they were showing me their poems. They did a wonderful job. Then
Fiona turned in her poem:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Snow is falling down.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">No one wants to stay outside.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">A little girl stands at my front door.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Knocks it with a little cry.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Early afternoon, she falls asleep in my room.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I read it and told it that it was a lovely poem but it had nothing to
do with a snake. She replied, “But I wrote ‘snake’ down the left-hand side.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">So I explained that the poem also needed to be ABOUT a snake if that
was the word she chose. She said, “Okay,” took the paper back, added a few
words, and turned it back in…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here is what she added to that last line: “Early afternoon, she falls
asleep in my room </span><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">… and then she turned into a snake.” </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauhwXRKeapv43gy3-a-baarbRveI9qfgUw18TWqE02s73PkVmcXJfaxqKvUKrNqKHLkUgcBPXF4vTqWLMXIdT7xyhQYwFc2LX0cUEMmCmkla7JTWmooE_GXD4sz_nejJ2gUWSJZn7HOIT3xVZjsVHmvLYH16X_tDhUTCw4-3YLKDIKalXOXfWfbnqpg/s1280/animal-161424_1280%20snake.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1280" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauhwXRKeapv43gy3-a-baarbRveI9qfgUw18TWqE02s73PkVmcXJfaxqKvUKrNqKHLkUgcBPXF4vTqWLMXIdT7xyhQYwFc2LX0cUEMmCmkla7JTWmooE_GXD4sz_nejJ2gUWSJZn7HOIT3xVZjsVHmvLYH16X_tDhUTCw4-3YLKDIKalXOXfWfbnqpg/s320/animal-161424_1280%20snake.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I loved it!! Love her!! I laughed so hard. It is a cherished memory.
And now, you can enjoy it too. Cheers!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Whatcha’ got?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Photo credit
- Pixabay</span><o:p></o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-66995150094480121182023-04-19T06:13:00.004-07:002023-04-19T06:13:33.915-07:00Day 19 2023 ~ How to write a Waltmarie poem for #NationalPoetryMonth and "30 poems in 20 days'<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are so many poetic forms out there; so many formulas . . . but I tend to share many of the same formats (favorites) each year as I find y'all have something new to say every time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I find that having to follow a format actually improves my skills. I have to work things around until they fit the requirements. It's a good way to fine-tune your writing in general.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And I also enjoy sharing a totally new poetry from each year if possible. Well, this is IT! Holy Cow!! I have never heard of this one and I bet you haven't either. It's a newcomer, a trickly little poem. I hope you enjoy figuring it out Cheers!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Here are the details</u>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This poetry format was created by Candace Kubinec, who, after reading some of her poetry has become one of my new favorite poets!! Love her writing! At the end of this post, I will give you a link to an interview with her which includes several of her poems (not this particular format) and they are delightful!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But first, let's stretch your brain cells a bit:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is a TEN-LINE poem, but the EVEN numbered lines are ONLY TWO SYLLABLES ... AND, when read alone, those even lines should bear some resemblance to a stand-alone poem of its own.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are NO rhyming requirements, or any other requirements, really. Just 10 lines, with every other line consisting of only 2 syllables.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'm including two of Candace's examples as they are far better than mine, but it was the best I could do with limited time this morning. so, here ya' go. I put MY even lines in italics to help them stand out ~ making it easier to read them as their own poem, although mine don't do that as well as Candace's do. Oh well. Sigh . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Waltmarie Poetry Form Examples</u>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These first two examples are by Candace Kubinec:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Building a Snowman</b></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They waited for the word to turn white -<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">frozen<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rolled balls of snow, bigger and bigger - <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">child-size<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Broken twigs from the apple tree for arms, two hand - <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">mittens<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He stood, smiling his pebble smile, until the warm sun appeared - <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">dripping <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">then slowly disappeared, until only a memory remained - <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">stories</span></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> © Candace Kubinec</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aIoyIdjRtM_TV2XViq42f3LUFQ2H3F16pb9cCgXmFSFc2h3cz79tQPkEfiwOJd1nE_LgMy5QL3CIP6z7SJHNuLoKsODmOLHa8EMyZ-dPG01GGZz4IAm16tTTCZusj48E_AkvzPjUbN2f9yRzQCFSX2ertS1vf1R0BJJYty9CVTD5Em85fAaSxUnqjw/s1280/snowman-31303_1280.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1280" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aIoyIdjRtM_TV2XViq42f3LUFQ2H3F16pb9cCgXmFSFc2h3cz79tQPkEfiwOJd1nE_LgMy5QL3CIP6z7SJHNuLoKsODmOLHa8EMyZ-dPG01GGZz4IAm16tTTCZusj48E_AkvzPjUbN2f9yRzQCFSX2ertS1vf1R0BJJYty9CVTD5Em85fAaSxUnqjw/s320/snowman-31303_1280.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>* * * * * * *</b></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">On the Bench at Night</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I sit as still as a human can - <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">patient<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The sun has set and dusk has settled - <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">quiet<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I try to match my breath to the gentle breeze - <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">calmly<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Small creatures emerge from daylight hiding places - <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">searching<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And my heart sends out a quiet message - <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">for you</span></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: 13pt;">© Candace Kubinec</span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 17.3333px;"> * * * * * * *</b></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 17.3333px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 17.3333px;">I Rather Hate the "Safe Place"</b></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">I usually stash important things in a<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>safe place</i><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Just temporarily, I tell myself,<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>for now</i><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">But when I need them I search,<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>in vain</i><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Only to discover they are<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>not found . . .</i><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">guess I'll have to try again<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>later</i></span></span></span></h2><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> © 2023 Stephanie
Abney</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Okay, give it your best shot and then come back here and click on this link ~ </span><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/poet-interview-candace-kubinec/" target="_blank">POET INTERVIEW – CANDACE KUBINEC</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">~ to read that interview with </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Candace Kubinec I was telling you about!! Cheers!</span>!</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And here is a link to an online "chapbook" of her poems. They are lovely.</span></span></p><p><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 17.3333px; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/scrambled-memories-a-memoir-chapbook-by-candace-kubinec/" target="_blank"><b>SCRAMBLED MEMORIES by Candace Kubinec</b></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(Image from Pixabay)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-70783341397748470022023-04-18T00:30:00.001-07:002023-04-18T00:30:00.155-07:00 Day 18 2023 ~ “Octopoem” for #NationalPoetryMonth “30 Poems in 30 Days”<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Welcome to Day 18 of our annual poetry challenge: 30 poems in
30 days!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This fun little poem has 8 lines. It’s called an “Octopoem.” It’s
really easy to write: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pick a topic of your choice and describe it in EIGHT lines.
Each line can be as long as you choose and does not need to rhyme or anything
of that nature. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">HOWEVER</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">, the only thing you DO need to follow is the
order of the descriptions you use for each of the 8 lines about your poem.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You may use a title if you wish and then begin your eight
lines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">An </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Octopoem&newwindow=1&safe=active&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7tEkVdzEJ4HzoATe9IC4CA&ved=0CCUQsAQ"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">octopoem</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> has <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">8 lines describing the topic</span>
(or pet or person, whatever): <br />
<br />
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">line 1: color <br />
line 2: season <br />
line 3: place <br />
line 4: weather <br />
line 5: clothing <br />
line 6: furniture <br />
line 7: TV show <br />
line 8: food</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a couple of examples I have
written in the past ~</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He’s just
a good ol’ boy ~ my Jim<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">His eyes
are blue and they twinkle.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any season
that is warm makes him happy.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He loves to
be anywhere that his family is nearby.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He’s an
Arizona boy because he likes it hot.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He’s not a
fussy dresser – in fact, I struggle to get him to buy new clothes.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our rocking
chair is his favorite place to sit, but lying on the couch is a close second.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any TV show
is fine, because he’s going to be asleep soon anyway!<br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He’s not a
food snob. The man will eat almost anything I offer.</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">© 2018 Stephanie Abney</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmYe1FQMmMWgD6BV98pPzPkZKyAn1pTBKGd1HJdapEW-QBDn8k0PcQL7IxymCyxLo-3wmYHR7ft2x_mqU0hOtw9aoIkxRZqohxtef2r6cIt3enZ_mkULp2vUVwB3rpnrcmGD5eifj7Kia8Y4EPtdnsRfs5bkFTOtmUljBhpwhcEvjJ0c1YObm4u-hXw/w382-h287/With%20Matt's%20dog.jpg" width="382" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My Grandson,
My Friend</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">His favorite
color is green.<br />
He is a breath of fresh Spring air.<br />
He loves to be wherever I am.<br />
We love to play in the rain.<br />
If it's green, it's clean and ready to wear.<br />
When I can't find him he's usually hiding behind a chair.<br />
If “Wild Kratts” is on, we are good to go.<br />
He likes to eat everything as long as it is a peanut butter sandwich.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: .5in;">© 2015 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></p><p><b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE
REMEMBER</span></u></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on
this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without
my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to
someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this
blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative
property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and
no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own
the copyright to them as soon as they create them and especially once they post
them. Thanks so much!</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-28474811715701379292023-04-17T00:03:00.003-07:002023-04-17T00:03:34.790-07:00 Day 17 - “Pensee Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” for #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Here’s a poetry form that I really enjoy.
I basically use it every year. I had so much fun with this Pensee poem when I
taught school. It’s amazing what the students come up with. Let’s see what
y’all can do with it. You need to follow the directions exactly – more counting
of syllables but no rhyming required. I even created a little fill-in-the-blank
chart to help you out! Cheers!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">How to write a “Pensee Poem” ~ </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">“pensee” is a French word that means “a
reflection or thought.”</i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> It is a five-line, structured poem that does not
rhyme. </span><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt;">Each line has a
specific number of syllables and addresses a specific part of the poem ~ see
box below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thing to watch
out for is to follow the pattern, including WHAT should be expressed on each
line, using a SPECIFIC number of syllables ~ and remember – THIS poem does not
rhyme. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pattern</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Subject</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">(2
syllables)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Freedom</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Description</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">(4
syllables)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 189.0pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our liberties</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Action</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">(7
syllables)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 189.0pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Granted unto us by God</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Setting</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">(8
syllables)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 189.0pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Outlined in our Constitution</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Final thought</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">(6
syllables)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you Founding Fathers</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is how
the above example looks as a poem: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Freedom</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b><i>Our liberties</i></b><br />
<b><i>Granted unto us by God</i></b><br />
<b><i>Outlined in our Constitution</i></b><br />
<b><i>Thank-you Founding Fathers</i> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
© 2014 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">And a couple more examples
from previous years:</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="615" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8kDFsrwdlHtrABY2vQyOalaVF51C5-khSeBwWyXqlNHxpco6ABmVOT3a0ulEr6Uzsp7fr4VMoLhfmAM43qkmbt02EtdNR1995kLli_oY6YfNuQRGfM3eu1M5Cyt2PRqv3yeAFPCIJsAN9HSvHpy7G4GYd5XLcU7DtiX4sTHRMHVLCQKGNUJxsuA2c-Q" style="text-align: center;" width="309" /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grandkids<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So full of love<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Throwing their arms around me<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As we snuggle on Grandma’s couch<br /></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I lead such a charmed life</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> © 2018
Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ice cream<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cold, smooth, and sweet<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Makes its way to my tummy<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the end of a trying day<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For now, all is just fine.</span></i></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> © 2016 Stephanie Abney</span></span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p>
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">So, these are a few of my
examples, but you get the idea. So, go ahead and try several ~ perhaps one
about an emotion, an animal, one of your favorite foods, a time of year
(holiday/season), an event, or something in nature. What comes to mind?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OK, today we
are going to write a “Pyramid Poem.” This is quite simple </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">if you follow the rules</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> ~ it’s one of
those “parts of speech” poems that the teacher in me LOVES (great for
classroom teachers and homeschoolers). It has some repetition in it, which is
part of its charm. Children seem to really like this format, to listen to a
pyramid poem and to write one on their own. Those of you with kids at home, I
do hope you enlist their creativity on some of these poetry forms. This would
be a good one to involve them in. It’s a fun one where each line builds off of
the previous line as </span><u style="font-size: 14pt;">certain words are intentionally carried over</u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When all is
said and done – if you center the words (which I realize you can’t do in the
comment section here or on a FB post) – but when you save it for yourself or
post it on your own blog, center the words so the poem is in the shape of a
pyramid. It’s a fun little poem . . . so let’s begin:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is the format</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ <span style="color: blue;"><b>ONE</b> word
for part of speech indicated on each line</span> <span style="background: yellow; color: blue; mso-highlight: yellow;">BUT THE CATCH IS ~ once you have
selected a word for NOUN – that same word needs to be used EVERY time a NOUN is
called for in the poem, same for the adjective you choose and so forth</span><span style="color: blue;">. </span>Syllable counts, word counts, and rhyming are not specific
or a requirement, although some may occur,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">BUT </span></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">using the <b>same word for a particular part of speech IS a requirement</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is the pattern: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Line 1: </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">noun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Line 2: </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">adjective, noun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Line 3: </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">adjective, noun, verb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Line 4: </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">adjective, noun, verb,
adverb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Line 5: </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">adjective noun verb adverb
prepositional phrase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">**** (OK, so note that prepositional phrases will often have a noun by
their very nature – telling WHERE something is happening – so for the last line
you get to ignore the “all nouns need to be the same” rule – EXCEPT, your
reoccurring noun WILL be in the last line before the prepositional phrase).
Hope that was clear enough. Worked for me, anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Now, if you are not up to speed on all the parts of speech – be sure to
read the step-by-step” overview that pertains to the following example (I’ll
post it right after the poem): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I found an easy-to-follow example online but no author credit was
given:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi4VlggfNnmUufF-hOYb3mKPmPOCYtgAR1EAEd7AXkfEwd4ju1Nvd0ne054ntK7FoqnxaTC8F768RN8-d_MJDFCnJMwznA8jiCoVgxfjY0-seXisAhnKD0pV9qXOqPeEBjNCDOd42NfxGQYr3Dx0vwg81GYBCh8jMMyYgq4AcY4bt0pXFeqVHEXGizQ/s1920/clouds-513069_1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi4VlggfNnmUufF-hOYb3mKPmPOCYtgAR1EAEd7AXkfEwd4ju1Nvd0ne054ntK7FoqnxaTC8F768RN8-d_MJDFCnJMwznA8jiCoVgxfjY0-seXisAhnKD0pV9qXOqPeEBjNCDOd42NfxGQYr3Dx0vwg81GYBCh8jMMyYgq4AcY4bt0pXFeqVHEXGizQ/w361-h219/clouds-513069_1920.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">photo credit: Stephanie Abney</span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> Clouds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Puffy clouds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Puffy clouds
float<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Puffy clouds
float sleepily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Puffy
clouds float sleepily across the horizon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Noun</span></u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">names a person, place, thing, or idea</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">
(clouds)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Adjective</span></u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a word that describes a noun</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> (puffy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Verb</span></u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">an action</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> (float)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Adverb</span></u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a word that tells how</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> (sleepily)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Prepositional Phrase</span></u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a group of words
that tells where something is or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">where something is happening</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> (across the horizon)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">And if you
need more info on prepositions and prepositional phrases – you will need to
just do an Internet search and get some help on it. Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">And here’s an example I wrote a
few years ago</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Children<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Sweet children<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Sweet children play<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Sweet children play happily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Sweet children play happily at Grandma’s house<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">© 2015 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And here’s one I wrote a couple of years ago when my internet was giving
me grief during poetry month. The Internet locked me out and wouldn’t reset
until a few hours later. Dang!! <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Internet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fickle
Internet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fickle
Internet disappears<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fickle
Internet disappears suddenly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fickle
Internet disappears suddenly during poetry month!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> ©
2021 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-74749593638962982202023-04-15T03:59:00.004-07:002023-04-15T04:00:29.934-07:00 Day 15 ~ “Synonym or Antonym Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days" #NationalPoetryMonth<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Synonym
and/or Antonym Poetry</span></u><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">:<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are simple yet POWERFUL poems. They incorporate a couplet, are
only three lines long (and the first line is ONLY a one-word title) and can
really be quite profound. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">INSTRUCTIONS:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-highlight: yellow;">LINE 1</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: Choose
any word. <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Write that
word in <b><span style="color: blue;">capital letters</span></b> on
the <b><span style="color: blue;">first line</span></b>.</span> (This
is your title AND your opening line).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-highlight: yellow;">LINE 2</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">: Choose
around 3-5 synonyms OR antonyms and list them <b><i>below your one-word first <span color="windowtext">line</span></i></b><i><span color="windowtext">, </span></i>and they become your <b><span style="color: blue;">second line</span></b>. If none come to mind, just look them
up in a thesaurus or at "<a href="http://www.synonyms.net/" target="_blank">SYNONYMS</a>"
~ a resource for synonyms AND antonyms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Remember ~
don’t just go off and list a bunch of adjectives about your subject (title) –
these NEED to be EITHER all synonyms OR all antonyms of your title (or darn
close), but “happy” and “creative” would not fit the bill. Does that make
sense??<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-highlight: yellow;">LINE 3</span></u></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">: THEN,
on the <b><span style="color: blue;">third line</span></b>, come up with a
descriptive phrase about the word. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-highlight: yellow;">And yep, the <u>ending words</u> of both lines
2 & 3 <u><i><span style="color: blue;">need</span></i>
to rhyme</u>.</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are a few nifty, helpful online resources:</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"<a href="https://www.synonyms.com/" target="_blank">Synonyms</a>"
~ <b><span style="color: blue;">resource for
synonyms and/or antonyms</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>(depending
on which little dot you click up by the search button)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"<a href="https://www.rhymezone.com/" target="_blank">Rhyme Zone</a>"
~ plug in a word, hit search and it kicks out a list of rhyming words (this one
is the easiest to use, I think, because the other one gives you thousands of
choices and that that’s too long to sort through and can be overwhelming.
So, whichever you like…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"<a href="https://www.rhymer.com/" target="_blank">Rhymer</a>"
~ pretty cool – even has six options on how to rhyme: end rhymes (rhyme ending
words), last syllable rhymes, double rhymes (like walking/talking), triple
rhymes (have the same vowel sounds in the third-to-last syllable and all
following sounds (explanation, destination, imagination), beginning rhymes
(scenery/cedar) and first syllable rhymes (carrot/caring).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s an example I wrote about 6 years ago that <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">uses synonyms</span> – I really
like it: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">IMMIGRANT<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pioneer,
settler, foreigner, outsider, newcomer.<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome.
I, too, walk to the beat of a different drummer.</span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">©
2017 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVU4ghJjw7Bg3uuj8Ur15pv9AfzvJaI-wuUh0xg6JVnb1Zzwol7H8f3w1Kl7dw4XYoLkOaRQopez1jGk5GtrEILkiRIehFtp25Iyjq2_3O7Cudyd4fYphO9tMuiE_tJUWJiqDIVAT9VUXPUV7LRDkb8jo_jI7RCpuS0ZoN2IvYOzczCPEjrMq0DRHMQ/s707/Peter%20Christian%20Peterson%20and%20Christine%20Sorensen,%20Glenwood%20Pioneers.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVU4ghJjw7Bg3uuj8Ur15pv9AfzvJaI-wuUh0xg6JVnb1Zzwol7H8f3w1Kl7dw4XYoLkOaRQopez1jGk5GtrEILkiRIehFtp25Iyjq2_3O7Cudyd4fYphO9tMuiE_tJUWJiqDIVAT9VUXPUV7LRDkb8jo_jI7RCpuS0ZoN2IvYOzczCPEjrMq0DRHMQ/s320/Peter%20Christian%20Peterson%20and%20Christine%20Sorensen,%20Glenwood%20Pioneers.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here’s an example I wrote today that <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">uses antonyms</span>: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">DISCOURAGEMENT</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anticipation,
elation, confidence, encouragement, hopefulness.<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A change of perspective leads from sadness to happiness.</span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
© 2023 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0uuTL6p49tPoDiswrWlcM11oac7JPMz1nYeix2wH-OExzHTum8QZAalqJp1MAb7LWEzPk0Z_SWHd1SBdD_7wYadHzxJfKxH4t3WTT3tnZHiLaBdJcvHX4BhUHAVT2nI8KXtDuJ1aD6Jg8V41LpqKhqdDVaOM6Ffuc5RWGvIzg7miCZljJervwFPHcw/s398/Bitmoji%20-%20WOOT.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0uuTL6p49tPoDiswrWlcM11oac7JPMz1nYeix2wH-OExzHTum8QZAalqJp1MAb7LWEzPk0Z_SWHd1SBdD_7wYadHzxJfKxH4t3WTT3tnZHiLaBdJcvHX4BhUHAVT2nI8KXtDuJ1aD6Jg8V41LpqKhqdDVaOM6Ffuc5RWGvIzg7miCZljJervwFPHcw/s320/Bitmoji%20-%20WOOT.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE
REMEMBER</span></u></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on
this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without
my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to
someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this
blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative
property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and
no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own
the copyright to them as soon as they create them and especially once they post
them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-17078548551311985732023-04-14T04:55:00.001-07:002023-04-14T04:55:28.484-07:00Day 14 2023 ~ Cinquain Pattern 2 for #NationalPoetryMonth and "30 poems in 30 days"<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">You’re doing
great!! Let’s stick with cinquain poems and try Pattern TWO ~ </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">we will
be counting WORDS this time and <i>not </i>syllables. Fun!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">American poet Adelaide Crapsey invented this five-line poetry form. You
may recall that <i>Cinq</i> is French for “FIVE.”
However, Adelaide took her inspiration from the Japanese haiku and tanka,
rather than from the French. Go figure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">This short five-lined poem doesn’t have an actual title; rather, the
FIRST line (one word) becomes the title. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It does not need to rhyme and in this version, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">you count the number of words per line and each
line has specific requirements for what kinds of words to use</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1st line ~ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">one word</span></b> – the
subject (or title) or your poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2nd line ~ <b><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">two words</span></u></b> that
describe the title/subject<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">3rd line ~ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">three words</span></b> that
express action (using 3 “ing” participles works well here, if you
like, or just 3 verbs; or an action phrase)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">4th line ~ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">four words</span></b> that
express a thought or feeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">5th line ~ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">one-word synonym for the title</span></b>
(restates your subject using a <i>different</i>
word)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeoeCehjhQ_oDR5ys7_wAKfIGVksRODrT5uy6xZ87NFYaK1Bhxu8XyFxDTh_wmKJraNkFGS-DqN5PTp0X5qsVLBHCkyITDVTERExvu5s0RwVSMFgSUa33KHkCLxBUsOQ9jok38NqHnvAOetOGPN4Mbjij-Tyr1K46pNfXbx6OJ5SVVMR0Wenw4Ho7wg/s1097/wedding%20cake%201970%20face%20off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="903" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeoeCehjhQ_oDR5ys7_wAKfIGVksRODrT5uy6xZ87NFYaK1Bhxu8XyFxDTh_wmKJraNkFGS-DqN5PTp0X5qsVLBHCkyITDVTERExvu5s0RwVSMFgSUa33KHkCLxBUsOQ9jok38NqHnvAOetOGPN4Mbjij-Tyr1K46pNfXbx6OJ5SVVMR0Wenw4Ho7wg/w285-h347/wedding%20cake%201970%20face%20off.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Family<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"> Getting married<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"> Trying, learning, growing<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Working things out together<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt;"> Love</span></span></h2>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> © 2023
Stephanie Abney</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[Or not
using participles . . . just an action phrase for line 3]</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6NhkwbllQbnW3JVlxGJHKXk8RYGwdO7v6xgxiDn7FxjIBlOQGJe8zHy7XQED-1zbgUtgClnDfEstws82XaGnt8C5bsNwGK30SN_I8D2PF3v6nbvg3GH9hJn1z5xRVzRhhmFzFNifvSCVm8NPQdWjAoAcAcfVAmfgPsrg6JWSsqwk4gz75kjVjP-ufQ/s1600/Jim%20doing%20service%20project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1502" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6NhkwbllQbnW3JVlxGJHKXk8RYGwdO7v6xgxiDn7FxjIBlOQGJe8zHy7XQED-1zbgUtgClnDfEstws82XaGnt8C5bsNwGK30SN_I8D2PF3v6nbvg3GH9hJn1z5xRVzRhhmFzFNifvSCVm8NPQdWjAoAcAcfVAmfgPsrg6JWSsqwk4gz75kjVjP-ufQ/s320/Jim%20doing%20service%20project.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Service<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Helping others<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s work together<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bearing one another’s burdens<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Love<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> © 2011 Stephanie Abney<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-52106000216350495162023-04-13T05:48:00.001-07:002023-04-13T06:21:26.579-07:00 Day 13 ~ Cinquain Poem (pattern 1) for #NationalPoetryMonth for “30 poems in 30 days”<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">I really love cinquain poetry.
Depending on where you get your instructions there are a few variations. I’ve
narrowed it down to three. Some years I share all three variations in one post
but today I think I will share with you the version I call “pattern one.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cinq is French for FIVE ~ this
poem has five lines that follow a specific pattern, each line has its own
purpose; title/subject, describe subject, express ACTION, then share a thought
or feeling and for the end, you will restate your title using a different
word(s), with only a two syllable count. DETAILS of how it goes are below in
yellow. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">This short five-lined poem <i>doesn’t
have an actual title</i>; rather, <u>the FIRST line (two syllables in this
case) becomes the title</u>.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">It does <b>not</b> need to rhyme and in this version you count the number of <b>SYLLABLES</b> per line and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">each line has <b>specific requirements</b>.</span> The first
line has 2 syllables; each line increases by 2 syllables until the last line,
which returns to 2 syllables.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">RESIST</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> the urge to add words - follow
the pattern - you'll be surprised at your results</span></u></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">1<sup>st</sup> line</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ~ <b>two syllables</b> – the <b>subject (or title)</b> or your poem</span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ~</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;">either
two one-syllable</span><span style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;"> words or one two-syllable
word</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">2<sup>nd</sup> line</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ~ <b>four syllables</b> that <b>describe the title/subject</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">3<sup>rd</sup> line</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ~ <b>six syllables</b> that <b>express action</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">4<sup>th</sup> line</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ~ <b>eight syllables</b> that <b>express a thought or feeling</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">5<sup>th</sup> line</span></u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ~ <b>two syllables </b>that show a <b>synonym for the title (restates your subject
using a different word)</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some of my poems as
examples of a cinquain poem, (pattern 1). I need to write some newer ones, but
this will get you started:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmOJlyZr9PAPIBV5mpjCMsDbwHSgpgiprni1NQJSwIW1AT7EG-VqYgRqfeSvcPawLgQaG9qZN222Cl495D-IclJF7YlVkGgQzy_bsSvIvwSMWy0Gz6RsOOio2bTJKTySX93r53K54wBKH_TtFHvyv2IIUHxeyvdz1gyZULj__OZqJIcl8s5axfXpKcA/s1280/animal-1298139_1280.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1280" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmOJlyZr9PAPIBV5mpjCMsDbwHSgpgiprni1NQJSwIW1AT7EG-VqYgRqfeSvcPawLgQaG9qZN222Cl495D-IclJF7YlVkGgQzy_bsSvIvwSMWy0Gz6RsOOio2bTJKTySX93r53K54wBKH_TtFHvyv2IIUHxeyvdz1gyZULj__OZqJIcl8s5axfXpKcA/s320/animal-1298139_1280.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Poems<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Feelings expressed<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">From down deep in my heart<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So you know who I am I’ll sing<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Word Songs </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">© </span><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">2011 Stephanie Abney</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span> </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhuc9uO6QKAIq8-4HbDbV2j7XZIwJ4W8ByvkmaYFR1vVxGET8SfzCYjFiTGnnjUtplxDA3iq-Z28RfRopr97pU5QJLnU7R0DixCvDs2SFg7IqmqGk-LjdcOShSPxmzn9v5PG2En6LAwtTsrmOu0olXr2fGltgL7cbxf_M_qND902lk_8OITMeX87Q2Q/s1280/boy-1298788_1280.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1280" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhuc9uO6QKAIq8-4HbDbV2j7XZIwJ4W8ByvkmaYFR1vVxGET8SfzCYjFiTGnnjUtplxDA3iq-Z28RfRopr97pU5QJLnU7R0DixCvDs2SFg7IqmqGk-LjdcOShSPxmzn9v5PG2En6LAwtTsrmOu0olXr2fGltgL7cbxf_M_qND902lk_8OITMeX87Q2Q/s320/boy-1298788_1280.png" width="320" /></a></i></div><i><br /> </i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Children</span></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> A gift from God</span></span></i></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Grace our lives for a time</span></span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Remain in our hearts forever</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Precious</span></span></i></div></span></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">© 1999 Stephanie Abney</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBGFM0Js6HZhpG1W0k6GunuOZzmN_MZ1HX8HS64MxVu5ZT4iD74uPOR4_PcSmIG4Iwq_yxN5Ipqy8YjHQw1_cB3MZaO4ybKuyOohqsAB1OQ3Mv1dvS4-ta09b6OOibYohhUQxojVHiqnoSh9vXP9E8MxHO-zJSRPaGTbB2v-ftzeKDLCPox8x6OwNoA/s1280/affection-1299580_1280.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBGFM0Js6HZhpG1W0k6GunuOZzmN_MZ1HX8HS64MxVu5ZT4iD74uPOR4_PcSmIG4Iwq_yxN5Ipqy8YjHQw1_cB3MZaO4ybKuyOohqsAB1OQ3Mv1dvS4-ta09b6OOibYohhUQxojVHiqnoSh9vXP9E8MxHO-zJSRPaGTbB2v-ftzeKDLCPox8x6OwNoA/s320/affection-1299580_1280.png" width="308" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Comfort</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Feeling secure</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Where judgment has no place</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Wrapped in the safety of your arms</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Husband</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> © 1998 Stephanie Abney</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s create some cinquain,
pattern one poems!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-69134735124771900532023-04-12T07:23:00.001-07:002023-04-12T07:23:17.811-07:00 Day 12 - Shadorma Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth “30 Poems in 30 Days”<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For Day 12
let’s try a poem that has 6 lines per stanza. It’s not a common poetry form and
may be new to many of you. It is said to have originated in Spain, but I
haven’t been able to document that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s called
“<b>Shadorama</b>” and it is made up of <i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">6 lines per stanza with a specific syllable count, but no need for
rhyming.</span> </i>Tomorrow we will move away from all the syllable counting
for a few days. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Tahoma; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It can be a
one-verse stand-alone poem or you can string together as many 6-line stanzas (following
the correct syllable count) as you wish to complete your poem. Most lines only
have 3 syllables so choose your words carefully to be able to get your point
across. I have often found that in poetry “less is more” and with just the
right words amazing pictures can be painted and they can be very
thought-provoking. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This is another poem where we need to
pay attention to the syllable count: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no rhyming scheme but the
syllables per line are very precise: 3/5/3/3/7/5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 1</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">3</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 2</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">5</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 3</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">3</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 4</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">3</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 5</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">7</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Line 6</span></u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ~ </span><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">5</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"> syllables</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So, here are a few different examples
I wrote, one just today about our new adventure (service missionaries to
students in Nigeria).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I could have opted for a much longer
poem by adding additional stanzas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But these will give you the main
idea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I can’t wait to see what y’all come
up with!! Cheers!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">EXAMPLES</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzz2XOtr5l2rYyXz1p9cI9LnC2sauARfzk1bnD6NR0ABAxmVBHoLbaMi6rGz1PFvCdbz9okz0ZnghlmD-aotVz4o02Axumosic-B4cyEI5Kju9ArGKKxviO82VYNjqAgTBNXEMvhANnHf0wUtse5jm6k-a5Lj0reUBz8n5m1YUGfXv1cdLfITSNKTmg/s960/Logan%20with%20worm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzz2XOtr5l2rYyXz1p9cI9LnC2sauARfzk1bnD6NR0ABAxmVBHoLbaMi6rGz1PFvCdbz9okz0ZnghlmD-aotVz4o02Axumosic-B4cyEI5Kju9ArGKKxviO82VYNjqAgTBNXEMvhANnHf0wUtse5jm6k-a5Lj0reUBz8n5m1YUGfXv1cdLfITSNKTmg/s320/Logan%20with%20worm.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My grandson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Calls me to come see<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He’s in awe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nature’s feast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He is guarding a treasure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For our eyes only<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> ©</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2019 Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Serving God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Helping others learn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Guiding them <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">See it through<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A better life lies ahead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Knowing others care<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> © </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2023 Stephanie Abney <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Grandchildren <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fill my heart with joy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Give me hugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And artwork<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They are so entertaining<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I lead a charmed life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">
©</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2019 Stephanie
Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Your turn. . . Cheers!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-62097924591631187332023-04-11T02:30:00.005-07:002023-04-11T02:31:20.384-07:00Day 11 2023 ~ How to write a “Tan-Renga” Poem for “30 poems in 30 days” for #NationalPoetryMonth<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 11 2023 ~ </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This is quite a fun poetry form – we’ve done it a few times before. But
I like it so here ya’ go:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">OK, so don’t freak out, but you’ll need to grab a partner because we
are going to write a “<strong><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tan-Renga,” which is a Japanese poem
of collaboration. It’s fun, really. Here’s the thing – you will need to find
someone to write this (SHORT – 5 line) poem with. Even if you live alone, you
can find someone. It can be done together, in person, or over the phone, or via
text, or email, or whatever works for you. Your partner in writing this poem
can be a spouse, a child, a neighbor, a friend; heck, it can be your mail
carrier – just someone other than yourself needs to help write this poem.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This
is basically a Tanka poem (which we do most years so it’s still probably to
come) BUT with one catch ~ <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">one
person writes the first three lines</span> (I’ll review the pattern for a Tanka
poem below – it’s only 5 lines) and <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">the second person finishes off the poem with the last two lines</span>, <i>almost as if in response to your first three
lines.<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></p>
<p><span face=""Tahoma","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">The name,
Tan-Renga (from Japanese) translates as "short linked poem" or "short
connecting poem." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a Tanka
in a nutshell. Rhyming doesn’t even enter in. The only concern is the number of
syllables per line: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 . . . but for this style – it matters who
writes which lines, as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Line
1 = 5 syllables (1<sup>st</sup> person writes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Line
2 = 7 syllables (1<sup>st</sup> person writes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Line
3 = 5 syllables (1<sup>st</sup> person writes)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: lime; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: lime;">Line
4 = 7 syllables (2<sup>nd</sup> person writes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: lime; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: lime;">Line
5 = 7 syllables (2<sup>nd</sup>
person writes)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So, 6 years ago I had my husband,
Jim, write this Tan-Renga with me ~ <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">I wrote the first three lines</span> and <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">he responded with the last two lines</span> and together we
came up with this:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1mrnl6EXhiaEzDibYvP4gZ5bxwWNqAUL8NQ2RNrEvkCt753FRpKdaJLF8BUhEOlO2ZYgntURHbmGoSF2ZoC2tM1A0QhTNHS863eb6LJj98qYNxf0_oonnS4mCG0jSzlA9mcCsXsvuMGDVWpXc-LTJGVJWpPsk7fXbHetoMs_sUuqljHI21V6JAHm5g/s5169/Newly%20Engaged.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="5169" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1mrnl6EXhiaEzDibYvP4gZ5bxwWNqAUL8NQ2RNrEvkCt753FRpKdaJLF8BUhEOlO2ZYgntURHbmGoSF2ZoC2tM1A0QhTNHS863eb6LJj98qYNxf0_oonnS4mCG0jSzlA9mcCsXsvuMGDVWpXc-LTJGVJWpPsk7fXbHetoMs_sUuqljHI21V6JAHm5g/w368-h245/Newly%20Engaged.JPG" width="368" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Our life together<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Has had a few learning curves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The highs and the lows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Giving, growing, and loving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We have become companions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">©</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> 2017
by Stephanie and Jim Abney</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUr0M03kSt2oL31zqJqmDUMj14jxtH53JG6N-URAS_9NL9lNe0QZftglpz7f9t5xKtlWKNSGQKuoXSOQlp9_apH0kG1ufW1VJ1jr6RHC4Rcv55aYgURFCowx4aKH6R167VetqFmsmMdo-uephWb0lY6_wCr6mje_KNjbIo2Ah7Ras1NLk20aka_d6PA/s4032/IMG_0203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUr0M03kSt2oL31zqJqmDUMj14jxtH53JG6N-URAS_9NL9lNe0QZftglpz7f9t5xKtlWKNSGQKuoXSOQlp9_apH0kG1ufW1VJ1jr6RHC4Rcv55aYgURFCowx4aKH6R167VetqFmsmMdo-uephWb0lY6_wCr6mje_KNjbIo2Ah7Ras1NLk20aka_d6PA/s320/IMG_0203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Since he is wisely asleep at this
hour (about 2:30am Tuesday morning), I can’t have him help me write another one
right now – but we might do it again later and then I can come back and add it
or share it on my FB National Poetry Month group. Cheers!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-77294008395579018412023-04-10T05:47:00.004-07:002023-04-10T05:50:39.421-07:00 Day 10 2023 ~ How to write a 5Ws Poem for “30 poems in 30 days” for #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Day 10 2023 </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Wow ~ once
you write today’s poetry form, you will be 1/3 of the way through Poetry
Month!! Crazy!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, I hope
you are enjoying yourself because I am enjoying reading your remarkable work,
particularly on our private FB group. If you are not part of that group and it interests
you, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Alrighty
then, today we will work on one of my favorites; it’s super easy and fun!! The
5Ws Poem answers the following questions: Who, What, Where, When & Why . .
.(but not “how” – stick to the 5Ws for this one). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It can be
about anything your little ‘ol heart desires. Kind of makes you feel like you
are a journalist! I have a friend who really embraced this style and pretty
much writes one daily, often making it part of her journal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This is an
obvious poem, (just fill in the blanks) but can serious and heartfelt or light
and silly depending on what words you choose to answer each question. Try several
of them for fun: silly, strictly informational, spiritual, serious, futuristic,
historical one, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">These poems
have no need to rhyme, nor are the lines any particular length or meter. So,
it’s a pretty simple poetry form to follow:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Line 1: WHO (or what) is
the poem about?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Line 2: WHAT action is
happening?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Line 3: WHERE does the
action take place?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Line 4: WHEN does the
action take place?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Line 5: WHY does this
action happen?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It’s fun and I have given
you several examples. Enjoy!! Cheers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA1xLYCxw38y2Gcd5TIYdISewT6UpEYiNBlNEiu1fvbosLCtyTDGQBrg_paNP5mAspcYqpTSu6uhzQM9nDOXCv3rTTWjJ0Ys3TzpmnopE4ZMt_cpsbCs9nzNKwv4Uxm-d5E2BNViQhh4IgA8EVGXXACXFx6GcyUV253jZXP5zE_1S6I71kEHhr6cbSw/s320/skateboarding-1870041_1920.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="320" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA1xLYCxw38y2Gcd5TIYdISewT6UpEYiNBlNEiu1fvbosLCtyTDGQBrg_paNP5mAspcYqpTSu6uhzQM9nDOXCv3rTTWjJ0Ys3TzpmnopE4ZMt_cpsbCs9nzNKwv4Uxm-d5E2BNViQhh4IgA8EVGXXACXFx6GcyUV253jZXP5zE_1S6I71kEHhr6cbSw/w332-h271/skateboarding-1870041_1920.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A group of teenagers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Making videos of being silly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At the local park,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During spring break,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Hoping to be the next YouTube Wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">© 2014 Stephanie Abney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jim and Stephanie Abney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Are helping college students get
through their first year,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Via Zoom to reach students in Nigeria,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Once a week for a year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Because they can make a difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> © 2023 Stephanie Abney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My children<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Laughing, wrestling, creating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tumble through the living room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Every day after school<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Because they feel safe and loved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> © 2017 Kaci Carlson (used
with permission)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A certain 17-year-old I know<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Questions everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At home, at school, at church,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">when he doesn't understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Because that's what people do who
want to change the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> © 2016 Stacy Johnson </span><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(used with permission)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-73183348348849479632023-04-09T07:13:00.000-07:002023-04-09T07:13:05.576-07:00 Day 9 ~ “Free Verse Poems” for Easter and “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, today is Easter. Let's just abandon all the rules (as
some of you out there prefer to do anyway) and write a free verse poem about
Easter OR whatever you choose. I just want to point out that </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">"free verse" </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">is NOT the same
thing as </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">"blank verse."</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Blank verse</u> IS unrhymed but surprisingly, it DOES
have rules - rules that pertain to things like “iambic pentameter” with
unstressed/stressed syllable patterns or “trochee” with stressed/unstressed or
even more craziness, how about dactyl blank verse with has
stressed/unstressed/unstressed syllable patterns? There is also “anapest blank
verse” – yeah, we’ll just stop there. So, we are not writing blank verse today
~ just free verse. And if nothing strikes your fancy – just use a favorite
poetry form of your choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">FREE
VERSE</span></u> is basically random, without any fixed metrical patterns of
any kind and while there is no need to rhyme, it’s totally fine if you wish to
use rhyme, but there is no need to count syllables or to worry about much of
anything – just let it come. But free verse is actually tricky to make it feel
cohesive, but once you get it just how you want it – you will be most happy
with it. Free verse poems can be long, short or anything in between, as long as
it seems to have a good flow, then you are good to go. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Nature, family, life, love, religion, Easter, whatever comes
to mind ~ go for it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, for today's </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">examples, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m sharing two free verse poems that
I wrote a few years back. I've shared them before but that's okay. I wrote
“Hope” in 2015 and have shared it every year since because I love it and for
today, it works well for Easter. The second poem, “Dishwater Redemption” was
first written in the mid-1970s when I had young children but I rewrote it a bit
in 2007. It also works well for Easter. Anyway, for what it’s worth, here are
two free-verse poems:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>HOPE</u></span></span></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hope creates
options.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It still can
happen.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact,
anything CAN happen.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hope is what
we cling to.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope I am
doing enough.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope
people understand the purity of my motives.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope my
family will all be together in the hereafter.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why do I
have hope?<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Because I
believe what Christ said when He came.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe He
really did die for our sins and that<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">through the
atonement of Christ<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and the
power of the resurrection;<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can be
raised up unto life eternal with my loved ones.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is what
I hope for.<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And because
I have hope<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">. . . I keep
trying.</span></span></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">© 2015 Stephanie Abney</span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWJdcXXn9pMK1UyyxlXEz5SuI_a5LqVAp7uCm7yIMAh1lQsMPNyv-sMGM-rCgPXK3tx5oiLGEseo-oxNjd7B_Uaf_FAhyQ4C-BMTbxFpKnmDxClIKGPwPtvUH58KVwFjeDuby0EblzHittFZZPTvnK6DqqqEzjtqAz0H_vPdBwf90Rd47EfBxYx_EYw/s400/E8D40076-EFF9-49BA-84B9-70220B6225C0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="318" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWJdcXXn9pMK1UyyxlXEz5SuI_a5LqVAp7uCm7yIMAh1lQsMPNyv-sMGM-rCgPXK3tx5oiLGEseo-oxNjd7B_Uaf_FAhyQ4C-BMTbxFpKnmDxClIKGPwPtvUH58KVwFjeDuby0EblzHittFZZPTvnK6DqqqEzjtqAz0H_vPdBwf90Rd47EfBxYx_EYw/w283-h369/E8D40076-EFF9-49BA-84B9-70220B6225C0.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Artwork by my granddaughter-in-law, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sadie Leavitt © 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dishwater Redemption</span></u></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The house is
quiet.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">My husband
and children are asleep.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The silence
of the room is interrupted<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only by the
sounds I make while washing the dishes.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I pick up
each dish and rinse away our dinner,<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am
reminded of the meal we enjoyed together.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The chatter
of the children as they spoke of their day<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lingers in
my mind and I feel a sweet contentment.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m nearly
done when I notice my well-used cookie sheet,<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Standing at
the back of the dish drainer;<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even though
I have washed it thoroughly,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">It really
doesn’t look very clean.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The evidence
of so many batches of cookies baked<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over and
over again until it looks tarnished and brown.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">When it was
new, it sparkled and shined.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now it is
discolored and scratched.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And for some
reason, tonight, this bothers me.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I take the
cookie sheet from its resting place and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Plunge it
back into the warm, soapy water.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I am
unable to rid it of the baked-on grime.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I reach in
the cupboard for an S.O.S. scouring pad<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">And go after
the suspect brown specks with renewed vigor.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I pay
special attention to the inside corners of the cookie sheet.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This proves
to be especially satisfying and I continue until it shines.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been
reborn and I can see my reflection in it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">And
suddenly, I realize… I am like the cookie sheet.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m not
dirty by any means, but perhaps,<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not quite
clean enough either; I have lost some of my sparkle.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Leaning against
the sink I know what I must do.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will take
upon me the S.O.S. scouring pad of repentance<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">And work and
pray hard to be shiny and clean,<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until the
Savior’s image shows in my countenance.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I plan to
keep my cookie sheet as bright as it looks today<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">And with a
few repairs here and there, and a heart full of love,<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can do the
same for myself, that I might be more useful<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">To those I
share this earthly space with.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who knew?
Sometimes, there’s not much difference between<br /> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A neglected
ol’ cookie sheet and a life too busy to notice<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of the
sparkle and shine has faded.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, S.O.S.
pads are a beautiful thing.</span></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ~ © Stephanie
Abney 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any
poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not
be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson
or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the
comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They
are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their
original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is
understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0033cc; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s
awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather
post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve
spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to
share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-65126161243876333332023-04-08T03:01:00.001-07:002023-04-08T03:01:21.993-07:00Day 8 2023 ~ How to write a Senses Poem for “30 poems in 30 days” for #NationalPoetryMonth<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Well, now that it’s finally starting to feel
like spring, this is a good time to write a poem according to our “senses.”
Enjoy!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can have lots of fun with this poem and its
variations. There is no need to worry about rhyming or counting syllables,
although it does have other requirements (basically just to “fill in the
blanks”) and it can be pulled together in several ways – try each of them, if
you wish, or just choose one way to share your poem.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So first, everyone is familiar with the “FIVE
SENSES” ~ sight, smell, hear, touch, and taste. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But many have argued that there are SIX SENSES if
you consider your mind ("I think") as one of the senses. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hence, we are writing a FIVE SENSES and/or SIX
SENSES POEM today!! Cheers!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chose a topic and describe it using each of your
six senses, one per line/</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here is a SIX SENSES format to follow, BUT feel
free to rearrange the order the various senses you use to describe your
object/topic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. I see
____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. I
smell ___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. I hear
___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. I feel
(as in touch) __________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. I
taste ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. I
think ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, if you want to concentrate on the FIVE SENSES
– you can change “I see” to "It looks like," etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">It
looks like (instead of I see) _________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. It
smells like _______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. It
sounds like (instead of I hear) _______________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. It
feels like _________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. It
tastes like ________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Cs7z3CT6Q4lEt_XHb7WSYSoK9j0nQvNo9wG9xBDG7K2OzofnReott8DRS_wAxKF0XpLlBAfS8SItlZXAWWlNxqdrWh4c-l0jVqQdkw781FXbw99_dADQglewMAxQ8lEzKOpb4keBfVZF2DXDwjCiaYsiYVSZobsxM_ivbsP7pLIYLjK7JNob9o8I_w/s1080/White%20bunny%20watercolor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1080" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Cs7z3CT6Q4lEt_XHb7WSYSoK9j0nQvNo9wG9xBDG7K2OzofnReott8DRS_wAxKF0XpLlBAfS8SItlZXAWWlNxqdrWh4c-l0jVqQdkw781FXbw99_dADQglewMAxQ8lEzKOpb4keBfVZF2DXDwjCiaYsiYVSZobsxM_ivbsP7pLIYLjK7JNob9o8I_w/w375-h252/White%20bunny%20watercolor.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">*</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 14.95px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">Artwork by Stephanie Abney </span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">©</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 14.95px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 14.95px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">Yeah, I know - there's not a poem about a bunny, but I love this one I did, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 14.95px; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">and with spring and all, I wanted to share it, so . . . )</span></span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, you CAN just leave it like it is once you fill
in the blanks (in any order using either five or six senses) and <b>remove
the numbers</b>; you don’t need those. That will give you a great poem by just
doing that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OR</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> you
can <b>remove most of the PRONOUNS, VERBS, and ARTICLES</b> and get a
new effect.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Think of a place that is special. Form an image in
your mind of this place. Then complete the following statements.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here’s my example, taken step-by-step.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I grew up in southern California and would go to
the beach every chance I got) . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First – fill in the blanks:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. I see
______________ the breaking waves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. I
smell _____________ the seaweed-tinged air<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. I hear
______________ the seagulls squawking overhead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. I feel
(as in touch) ____ the wet sand squishing between my toes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. I
taste ______________ the salty ocean water<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. I
think ______________ I’m back in my childhood heaven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OK, so, if I remove the line numbers and get rid
of the lines it turns out like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I see the breaking waves<br />I smell the seaweed-tinged air<br />I hear the seagulls squawking overhead<br />I feel the wet sand squishing between my toes<br />I taste the salty ocean water<br />I think I’m back in my childhood heaven</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">© 2017 Stephanie Abney</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that makes a nice poem BUT, if I remove most
of the pronouns, verbs, and articles, then I get this one; also a very nice
poem:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzI3u6y5qzkpPOl_EDWVjwOZX7cPuNE71yaE2tUrnaMaKcyYaCdiM2uYdyLqfwBM91YL9mppnVLfllVuxi-HgOHkTiA1HDvH2aqH18gADy846wKdZ4A5WOK2Zaqa2VFyN2fZXDTbe5pmolbO1H-rvm1QJTK7xRh0cDjyGLt2ECX213c8dtgv84B9JgA/s1920/beach-1525755_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzI3u6y5qzkpPOl_EDWVjwOZX7cPuNE71yaE2tUrnaMaKcyYaCdiM2uYdyLqfwBM91YL9mppnVLfllVuxi-HgOHkTiA1HDvH2aqH18gADy846wKdZ4A5WOK2Zaqa2VFyN2fZXDTbe5pmolbO1H-rvm1QJTK7xRh0cDjyGLt2ECX213c8dtgv84B9JgA/s320/beach-1525755_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><h2 style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">breaking waves<br />seaweed-tinged air<br />seagulls squawking overhead<br /> wet sand squishing between my
toes<br />salty ocean water<br />my childhood heaven</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">© 2017
Stephanie Abney</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And that makes a new version of the same poem and
it’s pretty cool as well.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">OR you can use the other format with FIVE senses
and follow the same steps; fill in the blanks, then take away the numbers and
even remove the pronouns, select verbs and articles and see what you get:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">It
looks like (instead of I see) _________________</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. It
smells like _______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. It
sounds like (instead of I hear) _______________<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. It
feels like _________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. It
tastes like ________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, there are a few different ways to approach
this type of poem. Enjoy!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><u><span style="color: blue;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i></b><i><span style="color: blue;"> ~ any poetry found
on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used
without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to
read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments
of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the
creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original
work and no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that
they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and especially once
they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*** Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog
or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and
paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB
wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to
come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching
the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting
my work.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-3140219865509027672023-04-07T01:33:00.002-07:002023-04-07T01:36:00.794-07:00 Day 7 ~ “Pleiades Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today’s poetry form might be another new one for many of you. Have you ever heard of or tried writing a Pleiades Poem? It was created in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Editor Emeritus of Sol Magazine, which appears to have been a poetry journal that is no longer in publication. At any rate, he named it for a star cluster in the constellation Taurus, “The Pleiades.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><u><i>It has some interesting requirements</i></u>: <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">ONE word ONLY title with a single seven-line stanza (so don’t go creating additional verses – this form only has one). Here’s the specific part ~ the FIRST letter of each of the following 7 lines MUST start with the same letter as the first letter of the title of the poem.</span> Kind of reminds me of those families who named every one of their kids with names that begin with the same letter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We will write ours as Craig Tigerman first designed it (others have tried to add syllable requirements, etc.) but Tigerman only said it HAD to be a single-word title, with seven lines, each line beginning with the same first letter as the title. So don't go changin' it, okay? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you want some help coming up with words that start with the same letter you can go here ~ <a href="https://wordfinder.yourdictionary.com/words-that-start/" target="_blank">Word Finder </a>and choose your letter and find lots of words that start with that letter:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another useful site: <a href="https://phrontistery.info/ihlstart.html" target="_blank">Dictionary of Unusual Words</a> – just click on the letter of your choice and you get a plethora of unique words with brief definitions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Oh, the examples I saw online have the first line start with a capital letter and the rest start with a lowercase letter, and the final line ends with a period. (You can insert commas where needed). So, here ya’ go ~ a few examples:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I wrote this one today:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOi7pjxAg-bBOt3rKQ_bVrccBNIWrliYaio_z1bNErDYe5e2wYY4SrUyV-jmlipglPx7Kc21Se80WtZYCEm7C7GoWrB8lWh7AM8x45Lq7Va6fJqcq6ca0awZ_NWtsSxj8GWt8I-m2ntanjlpkAG5x-HxGK7BtCaUSh6Galkarh-zETkr0kG0zuSW1xw/s640/-Starburst-%20corn%20syrup%20painting.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="458" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOi7pjxAg-bBOt3rKQ_bVrccBNIWrliYaio_z1bNErDYe5e2wYY4SrUyV-jmlipglPx7Kc21Se80WtZYCEm7C7GoWrB8lWh7AM8x45Lq7Va6fJqcq6ca0awZ_NWtsSxj8GWt8I-m2ntanjlpkAG5x-HxGK7BtCaUSh6Galkarh-zETkr0kG0zuSW1xw/w236-h330/-Starburst-%20corn%20syrup%20painting.jpg" width="236" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stars</span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><h3 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Shooting stars,<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">self-luminous sequins,<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">sparkling in the night,<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">spanning space and<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">sky waiting for my wish,<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">scintillating anticipation,<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">shimmering through my soul.</span></span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stephanie
Abney © 2023</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">(artwork by Stephanie Abney</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">©)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cucumbers<br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crinkley edges,<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">crunchy, crisp and<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">creeping vine bearing<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">cucumiform fruits,<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">cultivated plant,<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">comes from the gourd family,<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">cucurbitaceae.</span></span></span></h3><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">© 2018 Stephanie Abney</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGWaxr4yJ-eo8DyDbqHHw2nQBZA3b6-OgCq-EFrihWtZzYyCXW1-ooxhRDcJIS5tHXxzkBzkG3-6kquXXsChcLYl-tddMbrY9sNd99YFYqre5ahFi4ocA3FKqeMR4N-8wsv9f_BZ-ZqQRkJf2yf17E12N4HHdPlDjV1pfv0LAfPtC_ET1Sf6te3FNzA/s1920/cucumber-779320_1920.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="919" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGWaxr4yJ-eo8DyDbqHHw2nQBZA3b6-OgCq-EFrihWtZzYyCXW1-ooxhRDcJIS5tHXxzkBzkG3-6kquXXsChcLYl-tddMbrY9sNd99YFYqre5ahFi4ocA3FKqeMR4N-8wsv9f_BZ-ZqQRkJf2yf17E12N4HHdPlDjV1pfv0LAfPtC_ET1Sf6te3FNzA/w139-h270/cucumber-779320_1920.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sleep</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Something that<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">seems to evade me,<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">slumbering a little here,<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">snoozing a bit there, ol’ Mr.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sandman passes me by,<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">singing lullabies to others,<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">shoot, there goes my alarm!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">© 2018 Stephanie Abney</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(cucumber image from Pixabay - free use)</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><u>PLEASE REMEMBER</u> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they post them. Thanks so much!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO THIS SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-2406931345291258792023-04-06T01:24:00.002-07:002023-04-06T05:31:45.861-07:00Day 6 2023 - How to write a “What if . . . I might” poem<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Y'all are doing great!! This is a fun one . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's basically a “finish the sentence” type of poetry form.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a poem that will get you thinking of many possibilities; some thoughtful, others silly, some adventurous, or even fanciful, some surprisingly profound. Let your imagination go or reach deep into your heart. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 26px;">SEVEN LINES</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 26px;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fill in the blanks any way you want – changing the words you can create dozens of poems. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span><i><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;">No rhyming required unless you choose to rhyme any of the words.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #1</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">: What if ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #2</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">: I <span style="color: blue;">might</span> ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(leave a space between lines 2 & 3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #3</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">: What if ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Line #4: I <span style="color: blue;">could</span> _____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(leave a space between lines 4 & 5)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #5: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">What if ____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #6: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">I <span style="color: blue;">would</span>_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(leave a space between lines 6 & 7)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Line #7: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Ask a question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here’s a wonderful example poem from a delightful participant in a poetry workshop I presented a few years ago (used with permission):</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0LexUYPoNUXVFBKokbiI7eSbZbBJrrKpwUwNdgkzNYN1kF4wEpJYphTlpcWz-jY60hOB1_1zwxxea3dUQKv5tZv9vHCKAhyphenhyphenwO38qIldGReQRBCHJo1VLK0HX41UOiJiYaKDbToV95UGf/s1600/frog-2544523_1920+by+Alexas+Fotos+-+Pixabay+.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #0d1db8; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0LexUYPoNUXVFBKokbiI7eSbZbBJrrKpwUwNdgkzNYN1kF4wEpJYphTlpcWz-jY60hOB1_1zwxxea3dUQKv5tZv9vHCKAhyphenhyphenwO38qIldGReQRBCHJo1VLK0HX41UOiJiYaKDbToV95UGf/s320/frog-2544523_1920+by+Alexas+Fotos+-+Pixabay+.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="310" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if I kissed a big fat frog?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I might gain a rich handsome prince.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if I took the big frog home?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I might live happily after, since<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if he did become a prince?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I might be quite famous, I ken<span style="color: blue;">*</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But then I’d have to consider:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I might have to kiss him again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27px;">__</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="color: blue;">*ken:</span> Scottish vernacular for “know”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> © 2019 Buckshot Dot </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><u><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here’s one I wrote years ago: <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if I danced in the rain?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I might get a little bit wet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if I sang at the top of my lungs?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I could land a singing contract, I bet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What if I went back inside and sat down?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would never know what I might do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wonder, would you be so bold, if it were you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">© 2011 Stephanie Abney</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_P9uBq5-FRFAxbwS6FWEOxYLyKyLRgdEMQJ0oYaA5yKnOwWwmz9z9iMK39omSx0OTlUBPby8m8I7ZyU_OAhLUZvnQ-XDFCISjPEVWgYQRUtTuhM6_2UX506APWpwBaeiVnny9HRARCQN/s1600/dancing-2081158_1920.jpg" style="color: #0d1db8; 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font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u><span style="color: blue;">PLEASE REMEMBER</span></u></i></b><i><span style="color: blue;"> ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they post them. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO THIS SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.</span></span></i></div>Stephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.com1