#unrhymable words challenge

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Prompt #10: Extra Credit/Free Choice.

I've named my chocobo Chrysanthemum,

And I want to compose her an anthem chum,

But it's hard to make rhyme,

So I'm finding that I'm,

So desperate for words I might ransom some.

Practically unrhymable silliness. You can blame @pinxli for putting me up to trying to rhyme bloody "Chrysanthemum"! Never let it be said I back down from a challenge, although judging by this nonsense, I probably should have done!

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Some Poetry Writing Tips

Rules for Writing Good Poetry

There are no officially sanctioned rules of poetry.

However, as with all creative writing, having some degree of structure can help you reign in your ideas and work productively.

Some guidelines for those looking to take their poetry writing to the next level.

Or, if you literally haven’t written a single poem since high school, you can think of this as a beginner's guide on the basics and have you writing poetry in no time:

Read a lot of poetry. If you want to write poetry, start by reading poetry. You can do this in a casual way by letting the words of your favorite poems wash over you without necessarily digging for deeper meaning. Or you can delve into analysis. Dissect an allegory in a Robert Frost verse. Ponder the underlying meaning of an Edward Hirsch poem. Retrieving the symbolism in Emily Dickinson’s work. Do a line-by-line analysis of a William Shakespeare sonnet. Simply let the individual words of a Walt Whitman elegy flow with emotion.

Listen to live poetry recitations. The experience of consuming poetry does not have to be an academic exercise in cataloging poetic devices like alliteration and metonymy. It can be musical—such as when you attend a poetry slam for the first time and hear the snappy consonants of a poem out loud. Many bookstores and coffeehouses have poetry readings, and these can be both fun and instructive for aspiring poets. By listening to the sounds of good poetry, you discover the beauty of its construction—the mix of stressed syllables and unstressed syllables, alliteration and assonance, a well placed internal rhyme, clever line breaks, and more. You’ll never think of the artform the same way once you hear good poems read aloud. (And if you ever get the chance to hear your own poem read aloud by someone else, seize the opportunity.)

Start small. A short poem like a haiku or a simple rhyming poem might be more attainable than diving into a narrative epic. A simple rhyming poem can be a non-intimidating entryway to poetry writing. Don’t mistake quantity for quality; a pristine seven-line free verse poem is more impressive than a sloppy, rambling epic of blank verse iambic pentameter, even though it probably took far less time to compose.

Don’t obsess over your first line. If you don’t feel you have exactly the right words to open your poem, don’t give up there. Keep writing and come back to the first line when you’re ready. The opening line is just one component of an overall piece of art. Don’t give it more outsized importance than it needs (which is a common mistake among first time poets).

Embrace tools. If a thesaurus or a rhyming dictionary will help you complete a poem, use it. You’d be surprised how many professional writers also make use of these tools. Just be sure you understand the true meaning of the words you insert into your poem. Some synonyms listed in a thesaurus will deviate from the meaning you wish to convey.

Enhance the poetic form with literary devices. Like any form of writing, poetry is enhanced by literary devices. Develop your poetry writing skills by inserting metaphor, allegory, synecdoche, metonymy, imagery, and other literary devices into your poems. This can be relatively easy in an unrhymed form like free verse and more challenging in poetic forms that have strict rules about meter and rhyme scheme.

Try telling a story with your poem. Many of the ideas you might express in a novel, a short story, or an essay can come out in a poem. A narrative poem like “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot can be as long as a novella. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe expresses just as much dread and menace as some horror movies. As with all forms of English language writing, communication is the name of the game in poetry, so if you want to tell short stories in your poems, embrace that instinct.

Express big ideas. A lyric poem like “Banish Air from Air” by Emily Dickinson can express some of the same philosophical and political concepts you might articulate in an essay. Because good poetry is about precision of language, you can express a whole philosophy in very few words if you choose them carefully. Even seemingly light poetic forms like nursery rhymes or a silly rhyming limerick can communicate big, bold ideas. You just have to choose the right words.

Paint with words. When a poet paints with words, they use word choice to figuratively “paint” concrete images in a reader’s mind. In the field of visual art, painting pictures of course refers to the act of representing people, objects, and scenery for viewers to behold with their own eyes. In creative writing, painting pictures also refers to producing a vivid picture of people, objects, and scenes, but the artist’s medium is the written word.

Familiarize yourself with myriad forms of poetry. Each different form of poetry has its own requirements—rhyme scheme, number of lines, meter, subject matter, and more—that make them unique from other types of poems. Think of these structures as the poetic equivalent of the grammar rules that govern prose writing. Whether you’re writing a villanelle (a nineteen-line poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with a highly specified internal rhyme scheme) or free verse poetry (which has no rules regarding length, meter, or rhyme scheme), it’s important to thrive within the boundaries of the type of poetry you’ve chosen. Even if you eventually compose all your work as one particular type of poem, versatility is still a valuable skill.

Connect with other poets. Poets connect with one another via poetry readings and perhaps poetry writing classes. Poets in an artistic community often read each other’s work, recite their own poems aloud, and provide feedback on first drafts. Good poetry can take many forms, and through a community, you may encounter different forms that vary from the type of poem you typically write—but are just as artistically inspiring. Seek out a poetry group where you can hear different types of poetry, discuss the artform, jot down new ideas, and learn from the work of your peers. A supportive community can help you brainstorm ideas, influence your state of mind as an artist, and share poetry exercises that may have helped other members of the group produce great poetry.

Source ⚜ More: Notes ⚜ References for Poets ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

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here is a list of different poetic forms that might help you get started if you’re feeling a bit stumped, unsure, or it might give you a challenge if you want to try something new! <3

Blank verse: Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter.

Examples:

Villanelle: The villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets (3 lines) followed by a quatrain (4 lines). There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately at the end of each subsequent stanza until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines.

Examples:

do not go gentle into that good night by dylan thomas

10 villanelle poem examples to study

Haiku: The haiku is of ancient Japanese origin. It usually contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five (though modern examples do not systematically follow that pattern). Haiku poems typically contain references to nature.

Examples:

Sonnet: Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The two main types of sonnets are the following:

• Shakespearean (or English) sonnet: three quatrains (4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines). Rhymes are ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG

• Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet: divided into two stanzas, an octave (8 lines) followed by a sestet (6 lines). Rhymes are ABBAABBA + CDECDE or CDCDCD

Limerick: A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the third and fourth lines are typically shorter.

Examples:

Elegy: A melancholy poem that serves the purpose of a lament for or a celebration of a deceased person.

Examples:

Elegies, Book One, 5 BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

Lycidas, BY JOHN MILTON

Because I could not stop for Death, BY EMILY DICKINSON

Ode: An ode is a lyrical poem that expresses praise, glorification, or tribute, with the subject matter being a person, event, or idea. Classic odes contain three sections: a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode—effectively a beginning, middle, and end.

Example:

Ode on a Grecian Urn, by JOHN KEATS

Concrete poem: Also known as visual poetry, it is essentially poetry which is shaped in a certain way which adds to its meaning.

Found poem: Found poetry is a form of poetry in which you create a poem by cutting up, remixing, or otherwise transforming an existing piece of text. (you can use dialogue from the show/scripts?)

Blackout poetry: Blackout poetry is the process out taking an already existing piece of text and blacking out the words save for a few select ones that take on new meaning.

[lunar-wandering]

I feel like as soon as Wukong started rhyming, Mei would immediately take it as a challenge to trip him up with unrhymable words (orange, antidisestablishmentarianism, etc.) Monkey King is not tripped up at all, because he’s just that good, to Mei’s frustration. This goes on through the whole episode.

HDFSLKDFJLSDFKS NO YEAH

THAT’S MEI’S ATTEMPT AT BREAKING HIM OUT OF WHATEVER RHYMING SPELL/CURSE HE’S GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO HSFKSLKFLKSDJF

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How to Write Poetry: 11 Rules for Poetry Writing Beginners

Here are the 11 guidelines you can use to start on your poetry as a beginner. For number 1, the first thing to do read lots of poetry,  since if you want to begin poetry, at least read it a simple way, by not looking into a grander meaning and let the words of your favorite poem flow out of your voice. Then, you can analyze, ponder, do a line-by-line analysis or retrieve the symbolism from any poetry works such as a Robert Frost verse, an Edward Hirsch poem, an Emily Dickinson’s work, or even a William Shakespeare sonnet. The number 2 rule for poetry writing is to listen to live poetry recitations. Since listening to poetry can fun like a musical, such as the first time you go to a poetry slam and hear the catchy consonants of the poem out loud or being at a bookstore to see the fun and instructive poetry readings. By listening to the sound of great poetry, you will find the hidden beauty in the making of them. From stressed and unstressed syllables to alliteration and clever line breaks, the moment you hear good poetry out is when you never look at this art form the way ever again. For rule number 3, it is best to start small because overwhelming yourself is not good. So, starting with a short poem like a haiku or small rhyming poem rather than an epic. For the haiku or small rhyming poem can be the start that is needed to being poetry. Let’s not be mistaken for Quantity over quality, as it is better to read a seven-line free verse spotless poem than a sloppy rambling epic empty section iambic pentameter. In rule number 4, don’t obsess over the first line, since if the words don’t feel right, then keep writing and come back to the first line when you’re ready to try again. The opening line is just the start of the overall piece of art. So please don’t give it too much importance.

In rule number 5, you have to embrace the tools you have been given, such as a thesaurus or a rhyming dictionary, to complete your poem. Many people can be surprised that tons of professional poets use these tools to their advantage. But you have to be sure to understand the meanings of the specific words you decide to put into your poem. Some of the synonyms listed in a thesaurus will not mean the words you are trying to express. For rule number 6, you have to enhance the poetic form with literary devices such as metaphors, imagery, allegory, synecdoche, and even metonymy. This can be easy or challenging depending on the poem, such as in unrhymed free verse poems or poetic forms with strict rules about meter and rhyme scheme. Finally, in rule number 7, you must tell a story with your poem since ideas such as a novel, short stories, or essays can come out of poetry. A narrating poem such as The Waste Land by T.S Eliot can be as long a book, while a poem such as The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe can you feel as much fright and danger as a horror movie. Communication is an essential part of poetry, so embracing that instinct is needed to tell short stories in your poems.

For rule number 8, you must express big ideas, such in a lyric poem like “Banish Air from Air” by Emily Dickinson, as that poem can express philosophical ideas or political concepts used in an essay or poem. You can be precise or detailed in language and express philosophy in a few words that you carefully choose to use for great poetry. Especially in nursery rhymes or silly rhyming limericks, they can also express big, bold ideas if you choose the best words for the job. For rule number 9, you have to paint with your words or use words to paint a picture of the ideas you want to write about with your word choice. In creative writing, you have to paint a picture of what you are describing in your own words, from people to objects to scenes and so much more, as the artist’s method is the written word. For rule number 10, you must familiarize yourself with myriad forms of poetry since every poem or type of poetry has its own requirements, from the rhyme scheme and the number of lines to meter and subject matter, which makes them unique from other poems as the structures are the poetic twin to the grammar rules that are used in prose writing. It is important to succeed in the boundaries of poetry you have chosen whether you are writing a villanelle or a free verse poem. You will have to combine all of your work into one kind of poem while also keeping flexibility in it. And finally, in rule number 11, you must connect with other poets, whether in poetry readings or writing classes, to reciting them out loud to each other as poets can grow and learn from each other to perfect their own craft, as they read from each other and even take notes from their partner’s feedback. Listening to many forms of poetry created by others can inspire you to do better at your poetry work. Since being in a community of poets will help you grow a larger state of mind as an artist and even influence other members to become poets themselves.

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Hurrah! - (Tanka Tuesday)

Hurrah! – (Tanka Tuesday)

Before … In bygone days, We could only listen To music in real time. Now we’ve loads of … Choices. (Badger Hexastitch) Photo with thanks to Pexels This post is inspired bu Colleen’s weekly Tanka challenge. This week we are to use synonyms for the words Past and Present. Colleen also encouraged us to try using the form “Badger Hexastitch”, which is a six-line unrhymed poem with the…

[sciencespies]

This Sound Artist Is Asking People to Record COVID-19 Haikus

https://sciencespies.com/news/this-sound-artist-is-asking-people-to-record-covid-19-haikus/

This Sound Artist Is Asking People to Record COVID-19 Haikus

With most brick-and-mortar museums shuttered due to COVID-19, cultural institutions across the world have had to get crafty with their offerings. One of the latest projects to come out of this uncertain time is a collaboration between the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and Los Angeles-based sound artist Alan Nakagawa.

In late March, the Santa Ana, California, museum reached out to Nakagawa and challenged him to come up with an interactive initiative that people could take part in from home.

Dubbed “Social Distancing, Haiku and You,” the project asks participants to write and digitally record haikus inspired by their own personal experiences during the pandemic. Upon receiving the digital recordings, Nakagawa will use Pro Tools software to create a sound collage that interweaves the multitude of voices into a single composition.

Nakagawa, who had his first-ever solo exhibition at OCMA last year, tells Smithsonian that the museum realized “people were getting tired of looking at their computer screens and decided it wanted to collaborate with sound artists instead.”

The beauty of the project is that people don’t need to have a literary background to participate. Simply put, a haiku is an unrhymed Japanese poem spread across three lines that contain five, seven and five syllables, respectively. Finished haikus are comprised of 17 syllables. April also happens to be National Poetry Month—meaning, in other words, that the COVID-19 haiku challenge couldn’t have come at a better time.

Speaking with Hyperallergic’s Elisa Wouk Almino, Nakagawa describes the haiku as a “forgiving platform” that allows writers to be both “nonsensical” and “surreal.” By creating the sound collage, the artist hopes to convey a sense of the “collective experience” caused by the pandemic’s “paradigm shift.”

Poetry lovers started submitting compositions soon after the museum’s announcement. Nakagawa estimates that he has received about 80 haikus so far. One that particularly resonated with him was written by an elementary school student. It reads:

We are very scared

We miss our friends very much

We love everyone

Another submission highlighted by Hyperallergic states:

I am 6 feet from

insanity, but I still

have TP and wine

Nakagawa, who also happens to be a trained drummer, says he chose the haiku as the project’s literary form because of its simplicity and approachability. He likens writing a haiku to creating music.

“It’s similar to the idea that music is not the notes, but the space between the notes,” the artist says. “I could teach you a rock beat, but the reason my beat and your beat would be different is because the way we approach the space between those notes is different. For the haiku, each person’s approach to those 17 syllables is going to be different, along with their language, descriptions and observations.”

He adds, “We’re all dealing with this pandemic, and in a sense that’s the note, but we’re all having a different experience. To me that is the space between the notes. The beauty of the haiku is that it’s inherently more about what’s not said than what is said.”

Nakagawa says that he hopes the “cathartic experience” will help people feel a little more centered during this anxiety-ridden time.

“I’m not sure what the final piece will be like, and what one person’s haiku will sound like amidst the other haikus,” he notes. “Sometimes moments can be a little more comforting when you know you’re not alone.”

To submit a typed haiku and recording of your work (most smartphones come equipped with a voice recording app), email info@ocma.net. The deadline for submissions is April 16, and the finished composition will be released April 23.

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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 004: MYER BRIGGS

YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE IS: MEDIATOR (INFP-A)

Mind: 74% Introverted / 26% Extroverted Energy: 15% Observant / 85% Intuitive Nature 86% Feeling / 14% Thinking Tactics: 35% Judging / 65% Prospecting Identity: 728% Assertive / 28% Turbulent

Mediator personalities are true idealists, always looking for the hint of good in even the worst of people and events, searching for ways to make things better. While they may be perceived as calm, reserved, or even shy, Mediators have an inner flame and passion that can truly shine. Comprising just 4% of the population, the risk of feeling misunderstood is unfortunately high for the Mediator personality type – but when they find like-minded people to spend their time with, the harmony they feel will be a fountain of joy and inspiration.

The INFP personality does reflect Edgar quite well. He does tend to come of as a calm sea, while those who know him know that there’s wonders lurking in the depth of his mind. It is however surprising to see that his Thinking is less impactful than his Feeling, as you’d expect him, he who reads and ponders so much, to be less of an heart-person and more of a head-person. Yet, I do think it fits. His Thinking is driven by Feeling, by the wish to understand and explore more than to just analyse and take the facts as they are. He cares about how they impact the world, the universe, the people around him, and how he feels about it all is an important factor that makes him read so much.

Mediators have a talent for self-expression, revealing their beauty and their secrets through metaphors.

This is certainly accurate for Edgar. While this self-expression is never meant to be expressed for the sake of others, but simply because his words are an outlet for the thoughts he gathers and connects, he does love to talk about it. Not constantly, not randomly, but with those he trusts and those he wishes to join the conversation.

Listen to Many People, but Talk to Few

This also applies beautifully to Edgar. While he definitely doesn’t struggle to hold a conversation, he enjoys listening more than to preach (even if he were someone who thought his own words deep or important enough for preaches, which he certainly isn’t). Perhaps this won’t show as well in this RP, as most of the people around him, the members of the Order, are deeply trusted people, so of course he is able -- and willing! -- to share his thoughts with them. An interaction with a stranger would certainly look different than with someone by whose side he has fought for death and life. Perhaps it’ll show itself in the recently-joined members, compared to those who have been in the Order with him for a long time.

If they are not careful, Mediators can lose themselves in their quest for good and neglect the day-to-day upkeep that life demands. Mediators often drift into deep thought, enjoying contemplating the hypothetical and the philosophical more than any other personality type.

The latter goes without question, the former, I believe has shown itself in recent years. Certainly, Edgar has always been withdrawn, enjoying the comfort of the Ravenclaw tower all throughout his stay at Hogwarts, but ever since then, ever since engaging with the Order’s cause, he might’ve forgotten himself even more. He used to write a lot, unrhyming poetry and jotted down epigrams, mostly, but this, along with other, adolescent hobbies, have drifted away from him eventually. All of his relationships (most of them long-term and considered serious) died because he would withdraw and not put enough effort into the love. He cared, of course, but sometimes he’d forget, staying out for hours, nights, sometimes even entire days, without letting his partner know where he was going. He means no harm in that, he just ... forgets, too absorbed by his own pondering and quest for good.

Mediators share a sincere belief in the idea of relationships – that two people can come together and make each other better and happier than they were alone, and they will take great efforts to show support and affection in order to make this ideal a reality. [...] But Mediators aren’t necessarily in a rush to commit – they are, after all, Prospecting (P) types, and are almost always looking to either establish a new relationship or improve an existing one – they need to be sure they’ve found someone compatible.

The test says that Mediators don’t enjoy committing to relationships, mostly because they prefer the prospect of things over actually doing it. This is the point I initially disagree with, as Edgar for me always had a very loyal personality, someone who longs for someone to be at his side, someone he can come home to. But now that I think about it, I think he’s always, somewhat, one foot out the door. As though he doesn’t really believe that no matter how beautiful and important the thing is he has with that other person, it will never last. Partially because of the war (the secrets he fosters because of the Order and he knows secrets are poison to a relationship, but also because he’s been with Muggles, and the worlds are just too different, it’s too dangerous to let them come together like this), and partially because, in a way, he knows that in the end there’s no one he wants to be as close to as with Amelia. If he were to picture his future -- which he avoids, usually -- then it’s always her, old and wrinkly, by his side, and no one else. 

The challenge is the many dualities that this type harbors when it comes to being sociable – Mediators crave the depth of mutual human understanding, but tire easily in social situations; they are excellent at reading into others’ feelings and motivations, but are often unwilling to provide others the same insight into themselves

I think, as long as Edgar is allowed to sit in a corner and observe at a party, he won’t feel particularly drained. It’s when he has to force himself into expression to make himself feel understood and therefore has to see himself through the eyes of others, that he wears out. I imagine that during the Inner-Circle meetings at the Order, he’s not the one to just take the word and go on about ideas, even if he has some, but listens first and then take someone aside in the five-minute-break to share his opinion. Furthermore, I wonder if his symptoms of OCD make it hard to fully relax when many people are around. In a dangerous situation this comes in incredibly handy as he notices patterns and uncommon happenstances, but when it’s a party where he’s expected to enjoy himself, it’s in the way. That’s why he smokes, to keep his hands from twitching and reaching out to fix little details, keep that calm sea facade of his. And what a luck that this is the 80s and smoking inside wasn’t a tabu yet.

Even as friendships grow stronger and deeper, and friends are lulled into a sense of mutual understanding, Mediators’ enigmatic qualities will never truly vanish.

Very important. Edgar isn’t ‘philosophical’ on purpose. To impress or appear a certain way. he couldn’t care less what his impact is on other people’s minds. There’s not a self-image with reputation he fosters, even when it seemed so in the past when he tried to please his parents by being the Good Child. He did so to keep Amelia out of trouble, and to make his parents happy, never to develop a certain opinion of others on him. This just happened as a by-product. So even when he does get to know someone, and loves sharing his thoughts with them, he won’t change. Because that’s just him, from beginning to end, always.

In the workplace: As subordinates, Mediators prefer latitude, and would much rather immerse themselves in a project, alone or with a close team, than simply be told what task to do and move on. People with the Mediator personality type aren’t looking for easy, forgettable work that pays the bills, they’re looking for meaningful work that they actually want to think about. [...] As managers, Mediators are among the least likely to seem like managers – their egalitarian attitudes lend respect to every subordinate, preferring communication as human beings than as a boss/employee opposition. People with the Mediator personality type are flexible, open-minded and give their subordinates the tools they need, be they responsible delegation or an intuitive and receptive sounding board, to get the job done. Keeping their eyes on the horizon, Mediators set goals that achieve a desirable end, and help the people working under them to make that happen.

Edgar is in the Inner-Circle of the Order, but not because he’s a Leader personality, but because he’s been around for so long that he just knows the ins and outs, because he knows the rules, because he’s undeniably trust-worthy and helpful when given the opportunity. Hence why I added the bit about a Mediator as a manager, because while, in a way, the Inner-Circle does seem to play a leading role in the order, it’s important to understand that Edgar doesn’t see himself as more important than any other member. On the contrary, he embraces every idea, no matter if it’s from someone who joined the cause centuries years ago or last month. Perhaps this is why he finds the negative opinions on the Dorcas and Co. so surprising; he firmly believes that new ideas should always be welcomed, especially if old ideas haven’t really gotten them far in the past, and therefore wonder why people are so resistant to more radical means. On the other hand, the ‘doesn’t just look for work that pays the bills’ amuses me, as Edgar does work at the Daily Prophet mostly for that. Money. He has to get around somehow. Then again, you could say he chose his column for the arts, so here again, he does love thinking about what he’s doing, putting his thoughts into his words.

All in all, I think Edgar fits the Mediator type. It is funny, however, how the Mediator sounds like quite the Hufflepuff type of personality. Naturally, we all know that Edgar’s second house would’ve been Hufflepuff, but considering how the Mediator’s weakness is ‘dislike having to deal with data’, I do wonder what the test got wrong about him (or me, as I took the test). Perhaps it is the fact that he doesn’t collect the data for the sake of data, but to translate it into the bigger picture, which is a Mediator thing to do, or perhaps it is because over the years, he’s grown more distant from just studying the world for the sake of studying it.

I’d like to retake the test in a few months, when I know Edgar a little better. Or when Edgar might’ve changed some more. After all, the events of the world don’t leave him cold, even if he’s not showing his fears and worries on the outside all the time.

[sammyheroes]

Mark Beaks: I challenge you to a rap battle!

Fenton: ok.

Mark Beaks: But go first so I can crush you with my skills later! Rhyme something with... Canada.

Gyro (hands Fenton a microphone): Destroy him!

Fenton: I've just been handed a news flash, The word Canada is unrhymable It's easier to, I don't know, get drunk and try to climb a bull But Canada damn it, ask any man on the planet and watch his stammerin' stamina, As they clamor and cram it into the middle of a sentence For a shot at repentance, Pass the problem on to all their nonrhyming descendants, I've never met anyone who could clean up after Canada, Except my uncle Tony from the Bronx He's a janitor (Drop Mic)

Team Science: (doing the dab) OH!!!

Mark Beaks: ... Show off...

(I take no credit from the rap. It's an scene where Lin Manuel Miranda shows up in How I Met your Mother)

[limejuicer1862]

#TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormChallenge starts today. It is weekly. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I'm working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. Already given some folk a headstart by saying the first #prompt is a #SESTINA . I will also blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.

#TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormChallenge starts today. It is weekly. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I’m working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. Already given some folk a headstart by saying the first #prompt is a #SESTINA . I will also blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.

SESTINA Quick Overview 39 lines Six six line stanzas One three line stanza End words of each stanza are the same, just rearranged. Below is a link that once you have chosen the end words will put them in the correct order for you. End words are UNRHYMED, unless you wish them to be rhymed. No stipulation as to line length, but it must be consistent throughout each stanza. Sestinas are…

[lets-all-be-jehan-for-a-while]

The moment you’ve all been waiting for... Results!

Hello, poets!

After reading and re-reading your poems, checking and re-checking their grades, the jury has finally come up with a podium for this year’s Les Mis Poetry Contest!

First of all, let’s name those who have been behind the contest this year:

@aflamethatneverdies, @redthepear and @pilferingapples

We have graded the poems out of 5 based on the following criteria:

Musicality and formal beauty

Personal enjoyment

Originality

Pertinence to the theme and use of the words listed

And we are proud to announce the winners! There were a lot of close grades, and the top two were extremely close

First place goes to @seethenewdaydawn for their poem “Growth”

Second place goes to @printfogey for their poem “Mabeuf”

Third place goes to @courfee for their poem “Vivent les Peuples”

Congratulations to you and also to all of you lovely poets for your submissions! 

Curtain call for this year’s Jehans: @rosestormclare @icarusthepuck @themedusacascade @writingrevolutionary @classy-sassy-enjolrassy @eposettemyass @obi-wan-kxnxbi, you were all amazing and thank you so, so much for your participation!

Now for remarks concerning the submissions as a whole: 

Redthepear:

First of all, I want to thank you all for joining me in this fangirl and poet wannabe project (this goes for the poets, my fellow jury members/ organizers and all those who have supported the project and spread the word!)

This year had seen 10 poems submitted, it’s a wonderfully round number but also wonderful news to this fandom that has so many poets and writers in its midst. The poems were all very different, ranging from free unrhymed verse to more restricted, traditional forms such as sonnets. Adding the challenge of words to add in the poem was in my opinion a good thing: that way we could see how you all treated them. However, the choice we gave of using them or not made it more complicated in the judging process, so we will have to think about it!

The themes in the poems were more varied than during the first edition of the contest, going from our classic Orestes Fasting and Pylades Drunk to poems about Cosette or Mabeuf. The Brick is such a rich story, and this year, many, if not all, of its faces were covered. I also have a lot of respect for the poets who decided to tackle several aspects of it at once, it was a hard task and you managed it honorably. 

Even if I am no literary critic, I would advise all of you to keep writing! There were some slightly awkward things in your works but also some lines that have made me quiver from their force and beauty. You are most welcome to participate in the future editions of the contest! 

Pilferingapples: Like Red, I really appreciated the poems that tried to handle multiple aspects of the book at once. It’s hard to cover even part of the storyline in Les Mis (as many adaptations have discovered), but if anything can do it, it’s poetry!   I’m also really impressed with how much the poetry this year covered the varied moods of the story. Everyone tried to bring together the despair and horror with the hope and love and defiance,  and it made for really affecting work.  Though that did make it really hard to judge! Thank you everyone who entered! I hope you’ll make more poetry–it’s been a treat to see.  (and extra thanks to @redthepear , for putting this contest together again!)

Aflamethatneverdies: 

I’d like to mention that everyone did a really great job. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and judging the poems.

There were lots of different styles this year, from the sonnet to free verse and I enjoyed seeing how the poets played with the language. Overall, I liked how everyone interpreted the words and the themes. There were quite a few poems with original takes on the theme, such as ones about Cosette, Mabeuf, Gavroche, poems which involved several characters and poems that took one metaphor and applied it to different characters. There were many places in the poems where I really liked the turn of phrase or how the metaphor was employed.  I would like to see poets keep trying new things and experimenting with the style and forms.

Thank you everyone for being a part of this, hope to see you all in future contests. It has truly been a pleasure being involved and I would also like to thank my fellow jury members and everyone who spread the word out for the contest, a special thanks to @redthepear for hosting it again this year and for doing much of the legwork for organizing it. Last but not least, to all the participants and future poets, keep reading and creating poetry and I wish you all the best in this wonderful journey.   

If any of you want more individual feedback, your grade(s) and the like, please send us an ask and we’ll do our best to send them to you!

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Poetry Day Ireland is April 27th. So I reunited with my fellow fools for poetry today in Cavan Burren Forest Park for a walk, picnic and poetry writing. The dogs got walked, too. I shared NapoWriMo’s Day 23 challenge. Which is a form hitherto unknown to me. But, like haiku, it has an unrhymed, strictly defined format.

The elevenie contains five lines of eleven words. Line 1 is a single noun. Line 2 contains two words about what that item ‘does’, with line 3 telling the where or how of Line 1. Line for is supposed to convey the meaning of it all. And Line 5 winds it all up with a single word. Apparently, it is very popular for teaching German as a Second language!

Today’s challenge was to write a double elevenie.

Calf Hut

  Letting the Stones Speak

Rock

Stands still

Cavan Burren forest

Eon’s old limestone seabed

Erratic

  Megalith

Stands proud

Stone Age craft

Art the first impulse

Presence

  NaPoWriMo2017 Day 23 Poetry Day Ireland is April 27th. So I reunited with my fellow fools for poetry today in Cavan Burren Forest Park for a walk, picnic and poetry writing.

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Poetry Challenge

I’ve been thinking of a poetry challenge that I could do to get better at writing, I was thinking about giving myself 2-3 days for every poem, the order is alphabetical, and there are 55 different types, thoughts?

Warning this is very long

ABC- A poem that has five lines and creates a mood, picture, or feeling. Lines 1 through 4 are made up of words, phrases or clauses while the first word of each line is in alphabetical order. Line 5 is one sentence long and begins with any letter.

Acrostic- Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.

Ballad-A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend which often has a repeated refrain.

Ballade- Poetry which has three stanzas of seven, eight or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five. All stanzas end with the same one line refrain.

Blank verse- A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter and is often unobtrusive. The iambic pentameter form often resembles the rhythms of speech.

Bio- A poem written about one self's life, personality traits, and ambitions.

Burlesque- Poetry that treats a serious subject as humor.

Canzone- Medieval Italian lyric style poetry with five or six stanzas and a shorter ending stanza.

Carpe Diem- Latin expression that means 'seize the day.' Carpe diem poems have a theme of living for today.

Cinquain- Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one word which recalls the title.

Classicism- Poetry which holds the principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.

Concrete- Also known as "size poetry". Concrete poetry uses typographical arrangements to display an element of the poem. This can either be through re-arrangement of letters of a word or by arranging the words as a shape.

Couplet- This type of poem is two lines which may be rhymed or unrhymed.

Dramatic Monologue- A type of poem which is spoken to a listener. The speaker addresses a specific topic while the listener unwittingly reveals details about him/herself.

Elegy- A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.

Epic- An extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure.

Epigram- A very short, ironic and witty poem usually written as a brief couplet or quatrain. The term is derived from the Greek epigramma meaning inscription.

Epitaph- A commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased.

Epithalamic (Epithalamion)- A poem written in honor of the bride and groom.

Free verse (vers libre- )Poetry written in either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern.

Found- Poetry created by taking words, phrases, and passages from other sources and re-framing them by adding spaces, lines, or by altering the text with additions or subtractions.

Ghazal- A short lyrical poem that arose in Urdu. It is between 5 and 15 couplets long. Each couplet contains its own poetic thought but is linked in rhyme that is established in the first couplet and continued in the second line of each pair. The lines of each couplet are equal in length. Themes are usually connected to love and romance. The closing signature often includes the poet's name or allusion to it.

Haiku- A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five morae, usually containing a season word.

Horatian Ode- Short lyric poem written in two or four-line stanzas, each with its the same metrical pattern, often addressed to a friend and deal with friendship, love and the practice of poetry. It is named after its creator, Horace.

Iambic Pentameter- One short syllable followed by one long one, five sets in a row. Example: la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH. Used extensively in sonnets.

Idyll (Idyl)- Poetry that either depicts a peaceful, idealized country scene or a long poem telling a story about heroes of a bye gone age.

Irregular (Pseudo-Pindaric or Cowleyan) ode- Neither the three part form of the pindaric ode nor the two or four-line stanza of the Horatian ode. It is characterized by irregularity of verse and structure and lack of correspondence between the parts.

Italian Sonnet- A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba followed by six lines with a rhyme pattern of cdecde or cdcdcd.

Lay- A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels.

Limerick- A short sometimes vulgar, humorous poem consisting of five anapestic lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables, rhyme and have the same verbal rhythm. The 3rd and 4th lines have five to seven syllables, rhyme and have the same rhythm.

List- A poem that is made up of a list of items or events. It can be any length and rhymed or unrhymed.

Lyric- A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. Many songs are written using this type of writing.

Memoriam Stanza- A quatrain in iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abba.

Name- Poetry that tells about the word. It uses the letters of the word for the first letter of each line.

Narrative- A poem that tells a story.

Ode- A lengthy lyric poem typically of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanza structure.

Pastoral- A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way.

Petrarchan- A 14-line sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abbaabba followed by a sestet of cddcee or cdecde.

Pindaric Ode- A ceremonious poem consisting of a strophe followed by a an antistrophe with the same metrical pattern and concluding with a summary line in a different meter.

Quatrain- A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a similar number of syllables.

Rhyme- A rhyming poem has the repetition of the same or similar sounds of two or more words, often at the end of the line.

Rhyme Royal- A type of poetry consisting of stanzas having seven lines in iambic pentameter.

Romanticism- A poem about nature and love while having emphasis on the personal experience.

Rondeau- A lyrical poem of French origin having 10 or 13 lines with two rhymes and with the opening phrase repeated twice as the refrain.

Senryu- A short Japanese style poem, similar to haiku in structure that treats human beings rather than nature: Often in a humorous or satiric way.

Sestina- A poem consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in varied order as end words in the other stanzas and also recur in the envoy.

Shakespearean- A 14-line sonnet consisting of three quatrains of abab cdcd efef followed by a couplet, gg. Shakespearean sonnets generally use iambic pentameter.

Shape- Poetry written in the shape or form of an object. This is a type of concrete poetry.

Sonnet- A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes.

Sound- Intended primarily for performance, sound poetry is sometimes referred to as "verse without words". This form is seen as the bridging between literary and musical composition in which the phonetics of human speech are used to create a poem.

Tanka- A Japanese poem of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the other seven.

Terza Rima- A type of poetry consisting of 10 or 11 syllable lines arranged in three-line tercets.

Verse- A single metrical line of poetry.

Villanelle- A 19-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain on two rhymes. The first and third lines of the first tercet repeat alternately as a refrain closing the succeeding stanzas and joined as the final couplet of the quatrain.

Visual- The visual arrangement of text, images, and symbols to help convey the meaning of the work. Visual poetry is sometimes referred to as a type of concrete poetry.

This is all pretty much copy past from this website:  http://www2.poemofquotes.com/articles/poetry_forms.php this website also has some more descriptive and extensive ways of explaining on how to write these types of poems. This list include some that are definitely my style, and others that are very far from my comfort zone, but I’ll try anyway, I don’t know when I will start this; probably over the summer, because there will be no school.