Friday, April 10, 2009

Poetry Stretch Results - Bite-Sized Sonnets

The challenge this week was to write a bite-sized sonnet, one in which the rhyme scheme of a sonnet holds, but each line is only one syllable. Here are the results.
Julie Larios at The Drift Record left this one in the comments.
    Poem Written to a Friend Upon Reading Huizinga's HOMO LUDENS

    Poets on
    play-grounds:
    words sound
    like song
    & sing ping-
    ponged rope-
    rhymes, hop-
    scotch. Bring
    the ball
    (sonnet
    on it)
    & if small
    bees sting—
    look! Swings!
Pratibha from Of something 'n' Everything left this poem.
    Closed
    eyes
    Posed
    Smile;
    Free
    soul
    flees
    alone;
    Dark
    skies
    call
    lights;
    Hope
    born.
Stephanie from Sparble left a poem in the comments, then the revision on her blog.

Jane Yolen also left a poem in the comments.
    How to Write A Poem

    Insight
    Now.
    Write
    And how.
    Butt.
    Chair.
    What?
    Where?

    Heart
    Pains,
    Art
    Gains.
    Bleed.
    Read.
© 2009 Jane Yolen

Julie Larios came back and left a second poem!
    Spring
    comes,
    brings
    dumb
    trees
    words
    ("leaf",
    "bird")
    and
    then
    lands.
    Again,
    green's
    queen.
Allegore at Life Allegorical shares a poem about the Tar Heels.

Carol at Carol's Corner left this poem in the comments.
    Son
    slams
    door
    grabs
    pack
    sets
    chin
    Squares
    shoulders
    Strides
    into
    soul
    jail.
Greg K. from Gotta Book also played along this week.
    A LITTLE ROMANCE

    Date
    One -
    Great
    Fun.
    "He's
    sweet."
    "She's
    neat."

    "Likes
    art!"
    "Bikes!
    Smart!"
    Kiss.
    Bliss!
Dianne White shares two bite-sized sonnets.

Avis Harley, who inspired this stretch, sent this poem our way.
    WORDS

    You
    need
    to
    read.
    Wise
    homes
    prize
    tomes.

    How
    thought,
    now
    caught,
    brings
    wings!

    © 2009 Avis Harley
Lisa Chellman at under the covers shares a poem entitled Downturn.
Where's my poem this week? Still struggling to get out of my brain, actually. I promise I'll post it as soon as it finds it way out of the maze.

It's not too late if you still want to play. Leave me a note about your poem and I'll add it to the list.

4 comments:

  1. I love these, especially Jane's about writing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. These are terrific. Greg's totally tickles me.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Tricia, I think you're entitled to take your time, with the veritable feast of poetry you've provided this month! Looking forward to reading it when it arrives.

    ReplyDelete
  4. What a fun group of poems. I especially love Avis'!

    ReplyDelete