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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Interesting poem about the art of surviving? Enjoyed the imagery specially the "riotous bickering bats".
Next: amber, sun, butterfly, stage, owl, invite
The owl and the butterfly
Said the little blue butterfly to the old owl:
Nothing suits me more than dancing
in the sweet amber sun with my friends
I want every one to admire me
I feel eternally on the stage of the world.
Let me invite you to come with me!
The old owl didn´t answer.
She just closed her eyes resignedly
while her new friend
Ended in the paws of a stormy whelp.
Next challenge: auburn, sofisticated, solemn, basket, hut, yelding.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Wonderful poemPoor butterfly
Challenge: auburn, sofisticated, solemn, basket, hut, yelding
upon tablets of clay were written / in the style of a Rubáiyát
a young sophisticate with auburn hair -
unyielding grace in the face of whate'er
solemn in her task - a basket of screeds
to deliver promptly she did forswear
to tablet makers to supply their needs
one of many hundreds of faithful Medes
that scribes might style their clays on which to write
copying virtues of their great king's deeds
alas to history is lost their light
their texts now shut and arts gone at their height
- perhaps not to Magi prophetic seers:
the birth of a King and a star so bright
1/14/2023
Next: young, sight, brink, myth, lion, stumble, sign
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 01-15-2023 at 03:16 AM. Reason: Magi's > Magi
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Enjoyed! Some very sly usages -(un) yelding -s(hut)!
Next: young, sight, brink, myth, lion, stumble, sign
Under the Sign of the Lion
It was an unusual sight:
a lion cub stumbling about
surrounded by the drinkers
of the old tavern.
Some of the ladies
were on the brink of tears
about the young orphaned animal:
aw, he is so cute!
Gossip has it
that the cub lived in the tavern
until he had to be given back to nature.
The oldest cronies hold on to the myth
tha on dark moonless nights
there is a lion
Cautiously surrounding the tavern which,
for ever and a day
will be called:
The Sign of the Lion
Next challenge: rays, magic, underground, lifting, trial, efluviously.
Last edited by Danik 2016; 01-15-2023 at 07:20 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Loved your poem
Fudging a bit:
Challenge: rays, magic, underground, lifting, trial, efluviously (acrostic
in the light
evanescent rays o-
f winter sun urge seed-
lings from
underground's trial
vital in the mag-
ic of the season's progression
oh, miracles divine grant
us thine procession, we who are
seeking as seedlings -
lifting us toward th-
y promise in thy sight
1/16/2023
Next: translate, fresh, dance, midnight, wander, loose
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 01-16-2023 at 11:13 AM. Reason: misspell
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Beautiful!Good idea to make an acrostic of it.
translate, fresh, dance, midnight, wander, loose
Translations
The human body loves
to translate itself
in movement.
Be it through exercises
in the fresh air
or in the romantic turns
of a midnight dance...
Be it just wandering loosely
and carefree from place to place.
Is movement the way to harmony?
Perhaps!
Next challenge:new, optimal, caretaker, transcendent, search, dom.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Very nice poem !!
Challenge: new, optimal, caretaker, transcendent, search
As Pure As Fine Gentle Rain
Radiant transcendent beings... Some
Anciently searching - a lightsome people
In touch optimally with the divine feel
Nearer through the spirit as caretakers the
Yearnings as pure as fine gentle rain.
Dominions foretold without end... Others
Attest baptisms of water and fire just
Youthful stonewalled jests some don't get
Some receive the spirit, others just get wet.
1/18/2023
• golden (acrostic) shovel: "Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet." - Bob Dylan
• acrostic: rainy days
Next: wriggle, island, disco, talk, moon, suite
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 01-18-2023 at 12:53 PM. Reason: title / radiantly > radiant
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
A transcedent poem. Pondering however if the application of the word "new" is acceptable.
wriggle, island, disco, talk, moon, suite
Instantaneous poem
People wriggle in a disco
on a deserted island
where the full moon
talks to the stars.
The talk reverberates
like a musical suite
over the lonely island
where people stamp and stomp
to the sound of it.
Next challenge: legend, snake, vivacious, eons, asleep, ruminate.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
lol... I thought I could sneak "new" in using one of my techniques learned from the (now defunct) online "Poetry in Motion" daily contests. Nearly all my early haiku and minimalist poetry came from that era (circa 2003 and on).
edit: Found a similar game here
Love your poem
Back later with my effort...
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 01-21-2023 at 04:46 PM. Reason: online magnetic poetry game
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Challenge: legend, snake, vivacious, eons, asleep, ruminate
Thor's Bane
eons asleep
singularly coiled
snakelike
massive
no vivaciousness here
a legend -
slumbering ruminations
Ragnarok calls -
Jörmungandr answers
releasing its tail
1/21/2023
Next: bottle, stream, gnome, sound, slippery, farewell
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Enjoyed!
Next: bottle, stream, gnome, sound, slippery, farewell
The gnome in the bottle
"A slippery farewell"
said the gnome
imprisoned in the bottle
before he dived
into the stream of forgetfulness.
No more sounds were heard,
in what seemed
just an empty bottle.
Next challenge: riotous, climate, bandworm, riding, neatly, tempest.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
lol... enjoyed
Challenge: riotous, climate, bandworm, riding, neatly, tempest
Bandworm by Psywhispering
bandworm - a riotous beat
riding speed percussions into a
tempest neatly affecting climate
change from the energy generated
and carbon exhaled through dance
1/23/2023
Next: debut, crevice, rock, midnight, modest, glance
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Lol! Climate devastating bandworm!
debut, crevice, rock, midnight, modest, glance
The Crevice
A modest crevice
made her debut
just at midnight
gracing the
salient rock.
She was so insignificant,
she couldn´t be
detected at first glance.
Yet she bore in herself,
the secret of
the future ruin of the rock
Next challenge: roar, riddle, ransom, ranting, rusty, realm.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Enjoyed
how sublime !
the rantings of rhythm and rhyme
from the realm of glorious lyricists
by roaring front men offering riddles
in their syncopated rusty deliveries
of ransomed words - how sublime !
2/10/2023
Next: reflection, impact, thought, line, shift, detail
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Very elegant take with "r" rolling though the poem.
reflection, impact, thought, line, shift, detail
The impact of a thought
A thought may impact
a train of reflection,
like a pebble, that
thrown into the water
disturbs its quiet surface
or a small shift in
the line of the horizon.
The devil, the saying goes,
lives in the details.
New challenge: solid, sound, brakes, enterprise, channelling, wood.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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