Shared Poem - You Decide What Kind!

here's background on these fab 4:
limericks end with the same sounds: lines 1,2,5, are A and 3 and 4 are B - what we could do here is after posting yours, you provide the words to end the lines of the one - example clue/stew/harsh/marsh/chew

sonnets are obviously hard as hell but we could have fun and maybe even turn some good ones out. personally i'd have more fun eating nails. :D :D
maybe we could each contribute 2 lines at a time? or 7 and 7.

death poems are sort of self-explanatory aren't they? i wrote mine one sad silly night years ago, although they're supposed to be done at ceremonial moments, (like hari kari - DON"T try at home!!) before the big bye-bye. there was a full moon that provided sentimental background, too. :rolleyes:
with this one we could use the format we've used for the haiku - the last person's last line and build on it. it could be simultaneously spiritual, silly, helpful (like a friend of mine lost her friend recently, and i had nothing to offer but a poem) .

so the tanka (a.k.a. waka) was really popular into the 1500's - and i always think of my brothers' tonka trucks when i hear this word. :)
"The first three lines (kami no ku) usually present an image or thought and the last two lines (shimo no ku) shift the focus to a related idea. We might see this as similar to a sonnet's "turn." - from http://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/poetso...rch_tanka.html
with this one we could add the last two lines, and start the first three of the next.

here's an example by Lady Ise:
Pillows know, they say,
and so we slept without one.
Why then do rumors
like swirling pillars of dust
rise as high as the heavens?

I like the idea of a tanka. (But Lady Ise's went two lines then three, by the way. :p) Another idea for that is instead of starting the lines of the poem for the next person, maybe we could write one then provide the topic for the next. Like, "[my poem].......cat fur in the sun." Then you write about cat fur in the sun, and suggest another topic.

oops, yes they did!

I'm for the death poem, firstly because it's depressive :D, then because as far as I understand, it has no fixed form and I'm sooo against fixed metrics (obviously cos I'm too lazy to care of syllables and stuff :D).

Oops, Koa, did you vote? You voted for tanka, not death poem, just so's you know.

there's always the coin toss! :D

It has to be the tanka for me. Whilst I like sonnets, they take too much time.

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Originally posted by emily655321
Oops, Koa, did you vote? You voted for tanka, not death poem, just so's you know.

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Did I? And most of all, did I vote? I think I didn't...cos in this poll threads I always say my opinion then forget to cast the vote... But maybe I did this time...don't remember...*will try now*

'bout ready to wrap this up - anyone else want to vote? we're closer and closer to the finish line...and the tanka is 3 paces ahead of the death poem, 5 seconds left, 4, 3...

have voted now. tanka, tanka, tanka!!

whoo! under the wire, fayefaye. Guess I'd better get back to work on that then :p

death poem death poem! :(

Bah, I see my battle is lost already :D

Koa, you're on both forums right now! oh, yeah you know that :D
do you want to start a death poem thread thread or just start throwing a few up here, like mud on a window? :p

Don't worry thanks, I'd end up not caring much about the death poem thread, I know how undisciplined I am... :D

*picks up some mud and looks for a good place to throw it* :D

The Universe, with
all its splendor, always seems
to mystify me.
The suns, stars and galaxies;
what purpose do they all serve?

The Mystagogue seeks
Initiates who will learn,
adapt, and evolve
according to the Wisdom
from the Past for the Present.

:thumbs_up

Have a great Weekend!

Sincerely,

Uncle Lar