People have been posting since Monday, so do check out some of the other links. Plus, there's like prizes or something if you participate in the blogfest. Here are the blogfest deets:
1. Follow Shelly's blog
2. Sign up by filling out the Linky at the bottom of this post
3. Write a Poem
(ANY kind of poem or you could even blog about 'why I hate poetry.' I'm cool with that.)
(ANY kind of poem or you could even blog about 'why I hate poetry.' I'm cool with that.)
4. Post your poem the week of July 11th-14th (midnight PST)
What's with the poetry anyway? Well, back in the day, I used to fancy myself a poet. Then I realized I actually liked writing prose better (and was better at the whole prose thing).
But there is much to be said about poetry and much to be learned. Poetry is all about word choice and perfect phrasing. It teaches a lesson in restraint and cultivates an ear for the sound of language - for the rhythm, the rhyme, the flow of it.
So that's why I thought this blogfest was a fun and brilliant idea.
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Here's an old favorite of mine - circa 2003. (Hopefully, the spacing shows up. It's a visual poem.)
Take Chase
Running, running
Pushing leaping straining
Breaking
Free
Through platinum veiled night
Running, running, rushing
Through amber pooled forest paths
Running running singing
Silver wisps and
Breaths of mist
Through shadows and fog
Running,
Running
Eyes closed and
Sleeping
I run
With wolves.
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And here is a haiku from Alz, from a haiku collection apparently inspired by my Stories of Questionable Origin - circa 2009.
wish upon a star
wonder what you are -- oh shit
a fallen angel
Hope that tickled your poetic fancies. Let me know if you're blogfesting too. I'd love to read your succulent lines!
P.S. Don't forget to stop by on Friday when a Fairy Godmother will visit A Nudge as part of Danyelle Leafty's The Fairy Godmother Dilemma Blog Tour.
I've included the tour schedule to the left, but Danyelle is linking to each post on her blog.
Want to find out more about Danyelle's venture into Serial Novel-writing or her thoughts on why fairy tales are important?
Check out the first two stops on the blog tour!
As a bonus, Danyelle will be giving away e-book subscriptions to the Fairy Godmother Dilemma at each blog tour stop. So you have 10 chances to win.
P.P.S. Who else is RIDIC excited about the last Harry Potter movie?! Expect pictures next week!
Pushing leaping straining
Breaking
Free
Through platinum veiled night
Running, running, rushing
Through amber pooled forest paths
Running running singing
Silver wisps and
Breaths of mist
Through shadows and fog
Running,
Running
Eyes closed and
Sleeping
I run
With wolves.
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And here is a haiku from Alz, from a haiku collection apparently inspired by my Stories of Questionable Origin - circa 2009.
wish upon a star
wonder what you are -- oh shit
a fallen angel
Hope that tickled your poetic fancies. Let me know if you're blogfesting too. I'd love to read your succulent lines!
P.S. Don't forget to stop by on Friday when a Fairy Godmother will visit A Nudge as part of Danyelle Leafty's The Fairy Godmother Dilemma Blog Tour.
I've included the tour schedule to the left, but Danyelle is linking to each post on her blog.
Want to find out more about Danyelle's venture into Serial Novel-writing or her thoughts on why fairy tales are important?
Check out the first two stops on the blog tour!
As a bonus, Danyelle will be giving away e-book subscriptions to the Fairy Godmother Dilemma at each blog tour stop. So you have 10 chances to win.
P.P.S. Who else is RIDIC excited about the last Harry Potter movie?! Expect pictures next week!
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31 comments:
Hehe, the haiku made me laugh. ;)
I almost got my poetry on, but it's too tight! ;) It's been a few years since I tried my hand. I'm horrible with poetry, but I love your running with wolves poem.
Alz's haiku made me snort.
Prose FTW! *kidding*
I loved the visual of Take Chase :) I could feel the breeze. Nice job.
The haiku was funny. The poem about breaking free left an impression. Thank you for sharing.
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I tried so hard to write poetry as an angst-riddled teen but it never really worked out. I do like to make up haiku though.
I love your poem, and how 'amber' is the only 'warm' image in a poem full of 'cool' ones.
And I can't wait for Friday! :D :D :D
I loved your visual poem! Very beautiful!
The first touched me and the second made me laugh. So you nudged my emotions both times. :D Nice meeting you.
I love Take Chase - it's so suspenseful! I kept wondering why we're running...and then you answer my question perfectly. And your Haiku was totally giggle-worthy :)
Great poem! :)
So excited about HP!
I loved the poems. The haiku made me laugh and the first one had such a great urgency to it.
ROFL! Alz's poem cracked me up.
And Krispy, I loved yours. This line: Silver wisps and/ Breaths of mist, best of all. Beautiful!
Aw, I wish I could write decent poetry. These were lovely. The second was hilarious!
I love the "platinum veiled night" and much liked the way the words "ran" across the page/screen.
I'm with you though, prose is definitely what I feel more comfortable with.
haha Alz, how I love her.
I'm really glad you posted this!
Those were beautiful! I loved them both. The chase was fun and exciting. The haiku made me laugh.
The haiku made me giggle, and I liked the way the running poem ran all over the page!
I put up my silly poem on Monday, this has been fun!
cool. that you. made me take
breaths. to read it!
Great haiku. Fun poem :O)
this makes me want to run with wolves too! very emotive.
I love the "Silver wisps and breaths of mist" part of Take Chase, with all the "s"s.
LOL at the haiku.
Had an LOL moment with the haiku. Thanks!!
I liked them both but for very different reasons :) You, lady make me laugh! Thanks for joining on and joining early when I thought that maybe I had come up with the stupidest blogfest ever and noone will want to join- then looky, looky, Krispy comes to my rescue!
Thanks :D
I enjoyed the concept of running with the wolves and the visual element of the poem.
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I enjoyed the concept of running with the wolves and the visual element as well.
Very nice - I loved the layout of the poem and its sense of movement. Haiku funny too!
Love the running poem! and the haiku made me chuckle.
I like how your words literally break free from form, almost jumping right off the page. So creative.
Oh, visual poems are my favorite! Love the line, "Silver wisps and - Breaths of mist". So beautiful.
The haiku was too funny!
That's a funny haiku. I like the images of the first poem. The movement is very powerful.
I love how the running one LOOKS. I think the shape of a poem is a major part of the appeal.
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