September 2021 -- poetry challenge!
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Try writing a poem about something you're a fan of?
(Disclaimer: I'm really bad with rhyming poetry.)
Wishing I was out in space
Living on Moya would be ace
No earthly problems, plenty to see
Nothing to keep me here, I would be free
Of course the Farscape crew had their problems, too
Maybe I should keep that in mind when I'm feeling blue
Still, I might make some tea and curl up in bed
And content myself with a re-watch instead
(Narrated by Henri. Featuring a postcard that an online friend made for me years ago.)
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Yay! Nice job
Pretty drad postcard too.
I'm inclined to agree with the desire to get off the planet these days. I'm halfway through S4 on my re-watch.
Pretty drad postcard too.
I'm inclined to agree with the desire to get off the planet these days. I'm halfway through S4 on my re-watch.
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Ode to Trekking
I'm thinking I'm not liking
Hiking.
Just a bunch of sand and dirt and rocks.
Rocks in my shoes.
Dirt in my socks.
I won't mention where the sand went.
That would be indecent.
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Final Fall
Bright gold fades to brown
Silenced under winter's mask
Hope dies with the leaves
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Yay for another participant! The ode made me LOL, and the haiku is beautifully sad. Well done!
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Alliecat wrote:... and the haiku is beautifully sad.
I should have used "muted" rather than "silenced" because the initial line refers to colors, not sounds. "Muted" can apply to voices just as well as does "silenced," while also applying to colors, which "silenced" does not.
So - revised version:
Bright gold fades to brown
Muted under winter's mask
Hope dies with the leaves
I suspect there is a more subtle word than the blunt "dies" which would convey the same idea... more subtly.
I'm overthinking it. Who cares.
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Well, it could work if you had synesthesia… maybe some of those colours are soundsdavidd wrote:
I should have used "muted" rather than "silenced" because the initial line refers to colors, not sounds. "Muted" can apply to voices just as well as does "silenced," while also applying to colors, which "silenced" does not.
And I actually liked your “blunt” last line… It echoes my feelings about autumn.
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And I actually liked your “blunt” last line… It echoes my feelings about autumn.
Yes, and I suppose there's something to be said for the contrast between the final line and the relative calmness of the preceding lines. So... yeah, I meant to do that!
Synesthesia...
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Just a couple of days left to post your entries!
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It's fall.
That's all.
Prize outfit! by TrueFan, on Flickr
(and thanks for the super cute prize outfit!!)
That's all.
Prize outfit! by TrueFan, on Flickr
(and thanks for the super cute prize outfit!!)
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Summer
has disappeared,
but maybe
if I return to the garden,
and enter fearlessly,
it will transport me
back to green days
filled with mint
and magic,
and I will never
have to return.
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OMG, I love this poem, dargos!!! How I would love to disappear into a warm sunny green garden and never have to come back!
It sounds like maybe TrueFan likes fall more than I do. Wow, that hair, too!
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Ugh, I don't know where that month went. It kind of limped by in a miserable funk.
Thanks to everyone who participated and brought a little fun to September!
I do have something for all the participants, although sorry, only had 3 outfits. There's one extra parasol. So I'll draw names and you can pick in order what outfit + parasol colour you'd like, and #4 can have the extra parasol. Hope that makes sense, as it's very late and my brain is fried from reading too much online stuff that wasn't fun.
With an entry for each photo/poem, I have:
TrueFan 8
dargosmydaddy 8
Cornflower Blue 2
davidd 4
If that count looks right to everybody I'll do the draw soon.
It sounds like maybe TrueFan likes fall more than I do. Wow, that hair, too!
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Ugh, I don't know where that month went. It kind of limped by in a miserable funk.
Thanks to everyone who participated and brought a little fun to September!
I do have something for all the participants, although sorry, only had 3 outfits. There's one extra parasol. So I'll draw names and you can pick in order what outfit + parasol colour you'd like, and #4 can have the extra parasol. Hope that makes sense, as it's very late and my brain is fried from reading too much online stuff that wasn't fun.
With an entry for each photo/poem, I have:
TrueFan 8
dargosmydaddy 8
Cornflower Blue 2
davidd 4
If that count looks right to everybody I'll do the draw soon.
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Feel free to post more poems....!!
Prize draw (click the box; it's a video):
(Janice apologizes for taking so long, but she blames me -- since I wasn't looking in the bag, I couldn't see whether there were any tags under her feet each time I lowered her )
I'll be in touch with the winners!
Prize draw (click the box; it's a video):
(Janice apologizes for taking so long, but she blames me -- since I wasn't looking in the bag, I couldn't see whether there were any tags under her feet each time I lowered her )
I'll be in touch with the winners!
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The prize draw was super fun! My sister was amazed and I think a little creeped out, ha.
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Oh good. I guess the day is a success when I can either tick off or creep out at least one person.
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Addalee called dibs on the prize dress because it matches her hair. Sorry for not posting sooner! We've had a lot of rain lately, and then life got in the way... and I took a picture with the parasol, too, but it didn't come out. So we will have to try again soon
Thank you, Alliecat!
Thank you, Alliecat!
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It absolutely suits her. I was bummed that the sleeves were so long, but I guess they could be shortened. Anyway, it’s the perfect colour for her.
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Bergamot says thank you!
Bergamot with parasol by TrueFan, on Flickr
Bergamot with parasol by TrueFan, on Flickr
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I apologize for the confusion that arose
Over the time and location
For my vacation
But that's how it goes
Sometimes.
Finally I am in a new and different place
Where, for a bit, I'll stay.
For a month, or some weeks, or a day
This will be Home Base
These humble confines.
A fine, fun parcel reached me here
With contents oh! So very jolly!
A postcard, chocolate, a dolly brolly
And a calendar for next year.
From a friend of mine.
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