Congratulations, Amp! Each line in this really fit like a dovetail joint.
Congratulations, Amp! Each line in this really fit like a dovetail joint.
Very good Amp. Congrats. I'll be looking for your new form.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Congratulations ampoule. Yours was clever and funny. I liked the Edmund Hillary one, too, firefangled. And thank you AuntShecky, for first runner-up. I had a lot of fun thinking it up. I read all of Virgil's, and now I'll have to check out all of Pendragon's.
Where can I find Pendragon's clerihew's?
Thanks you guys, that's very nice of you.
Boo hoo. I wanted to use the column poem for the next contest but alas there is no column feature here.So I will go browse some more and come up with something by morning.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
http://www.online-literature.com/for...o_threadratingOriginally Posted by qimissung
And congratulations, Lady Amp!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Okay, here we go:
Double Acrostic (Place/Something it is known for)
Deadline....August 1st, 2008
An acrostic is a composition in verse in which the initial letter of each line, read down, forms a word. For THIS competition your poem must also end with an acrostic but the word will be formed from bottom to top. To make this even more difficult, or perhaps easier for some, the word formed at the beginning has to be a favorite place, like your hometown or a place you like to go, and the end word must tell something about that place. Here is my short example:
Meditation by ampoule
P...Y...Ponder places you've been merry
A...A...A beach, a party, a simple tea
R...L...Return there with your mind, the portal
K...P...Knowing there the peace you'll keep
You may use any number of lines. I hope this makes sense and I hope you will have fun with it.
Here is a good site to read all about the history of acrostics: http://www.boloji.com/potry/learningzone/pkz13.htm However, do not get confused, their double acrostic is a little different than mine.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Congratulation, ampole. This form is a challenge.
Mental anguish disaffects.
Only ravines and crevices direct;
Useless equipment eludes the reach
Never meant to support the leg.
This turn of freight rifts ennui.
Attention grafts in evidence
In serious crisis, to a rash,
Nestled nests in succession of cliffs disparate.
Still reserves of reverent zeal
Infuse the mountain's travelling fauna
Duplicated in the bric-a-brac
Emulated by the lost climbers.
Last edited by alakungfu; 07-13-2008 at 08:37 AM.
"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows with wisdom how to use the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."
- Horace
And you, alakungfu, have met that challenge. Good job and thanks!
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Vacation Spot
Coming here is like coming home
Always finding that there is peace and magic
Problems just disappear like dream data
Enjoying the sand and the sun and sail
However I cannot always saddle up
Although I would remain adrift
The sea calls to me like a lover’s kiss
The sea beckons like Mozart’s music magically
Every night I hear its deep calling roar
Reminding me of what I miss most
Again to walk the shoreline daily
Seeking summer freedom…
Pendragon
© Sunday, July 13, 2008
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Wow! This is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would be.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Roaming youth, visiting the home
Of Juno, Jupiter, Vulcan,
Michelangelo, Fellini, da Vinci;
Eternal City, laid back is your leit motiv;
Infamous, it’s where great Caesar lived who proclaimed “Veni, vidi, vici,”
Totally conquering hearts where gladiators trod;
Art, architecture, The Chapel, churches, stupendous food, sun-abundant,
Live in my heart-your free spirit does not mar;
You sing eternally in me, an aria.
That was fun-and a challenge.
Last edited by qimissung; 07-14-2008 at 11:04 PM.
what's this?
i don't get it...
Find your dream and stick with it...or your life will have slipped past in a whisper with you still on the bottom.
A trip down memory lane, full of desires
sends one into a sensation, like a thousand fires
yearning and praying for more than mundane
leaving mentality to those with refrain
utopias in a dreamland seem almost at hand
megalomaniacs, everyone in order from z to a
secret schemes to cleanse the world end merely with a scream
haha not as good as i`d like but it was a real challenge and actually more fun than i`d thought it would be.
what i used to be will pass away and then you`ll see that all i want to know is happiness for you and me...
l0l-that's just crazy talk!
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