tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post1926515410648188278..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - RoundelTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38017962356537811342009-10-02T10:23:16.550-04:002009-10-02T10:23:16.550-04:00This is a fun form! Mine is up for Friday Poetry h...This is a fun form! Mine is up for <a href="http://awrungsponge.blogspot.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-autumn-rondel.html" rel="nofollow">Friday Poetry here</a>. Thanks for challenging us!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-1461484795932757022009-10-01T16:11:56.711-04:002009-10-01T16:11:56.711-04:00This sure is a finnicky little form! Here's m...This sure is a finnicky little form! Here's my little roundel about fall - thanks for the stretch!<br /><br />-Andy<br /><br /><br /><b>Fall</b><br />Summer’s face has turned away<br />and winter’s chill is calling.<br />Skyblue sky turned steely gray,<br /> autumn is falling.<br /><br />The pumpkin vines are sprawling.<br />Frost arrived and plans to stay,<br />but summer lawns are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17956597843799247132009-09-30T14:22:59.009-04:002009-09-30T14:22:59.009-04:00I found your blog through Kristy's blog and de...I found your blog through Kristy's blog and decided to take you up on your challenge. You'll find my roundel on my blog (http://rebecca-writes.blogspot.com).<br /><br />Thanks for the stretch!Rebecca Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842712720778708758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-79731422986995100922009-09-30T14:19:01.062-04:002009-09-30T14:19:01.062-04:00Quite a challenge! Swinburne's model turns the...Quite a challenge! Swinburne's model turns the first phrase of the first line into Lines 4 and 11, so I wrote mine with that in mind. <br /><br />Backyard Junco <br /><br /><br />Just a little junco in the apple tree<br />this morning was enough to make me fiddle<br />with my plans, make me wait & see<br />(just a little)<br /><br />what the day would bring. I put the kettle<br />on, Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-89737853649385322512009-09-29T10:42:04.517-04:002009-09-29T10:42:04.517-04:00Oh, and my blog address would be:
http://kristydem...Oh, and my blog address would be:<br />http://kristydempsey.livejournal.com/71624.htmlKristy Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07143672841076012235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-67132227859478574712009-09-29T10:41:26.604-04:002009-09-29T10:41:26.604-04:00I posted mine at my blog, Tricia. And what of thes...I posted mine at my blog, Tricia. And what of these things metrically? Alice's seems quite fluid though Swinburne's is a bit more exact. I wasn't sure if I should count syllables or just allow it to sound right to my ear.Kristy Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07143672841076012235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-3092982111428803332009-09-29T06:54:25.207-04:002009-09-29T06:54:25.207-04:00I love these last lines, both the fun "willfu...I love these last lines, both the fun "willfully burnt the toast" and the haunting "round and austere as a leathery moon". There is magic in that sea turtle.<br /><br />Churchyard<br /><br />Whispers are rising from under each mound<br />calling to me though they gave up this game<br />of living for death, for peace underground.<br />I trace every name.<br /><br />Babies and Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-30470686533581695482009-09-28T23:48:53.963-04:002009-09-28T23:48:53.963-04:00Okay, I've been trying to write a sea turtle p...Okay, I've been trying to write a sea turtle poem, so that's where I went with this. Love "willfully burnt the toast," by the way. And Tricia, your poetry adventure sounds fantastic!<br /><br /><br />Sea Turtle Roundel<br /><br />Sea Turtle swims through a brine-green sky,<br />sweeping the water with flippers like brooms.<br />The jellyfish shiver when she goes by,<br />round Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-22006869855652267042009-09-28T19:17:17.393-04:002009-09-28T19:17:17.393-04:00A Halloween Poem of Ill Manners and Iller Meter
G...A Halloween Poem of Ill Manners and Iller Meter<br /><br />Godfrey was an annoying gent.<br />He died of gout, but came back a ghost.<br />He crept into our kitchen, then<br />He willfully burnt the toast.<br /><br />He ate the Spam. He stole the roast.<br />The spoons he bent. The dishtowels he rent!<br />With chocolate syrup he engrossed<br /><br />Messages of ill temperment.<br />But what Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-88164569543816288082009-09-28T14:46:40.884-04:002009-09-28T14:46:40.884-04:00Kristy - That's exactly what I'm here for!...Kristy - That's exactly what I'm here for! Don't know that I'll be able to do it myself, but I'm going to try.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-18501274925050727472009-09-28T14:44:02.430-04:002009-09-28T14:44:02.430-04:00Oh, just go on. Push me out of my comfort zone, wh...Oh, just go on. Push me out of my comfort zone, why don't ya! <br /><br />I've never attempted a roundel. I'll try. I think.Kristy Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07143672841076012235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49831282241052643332009-09-28T12:45:14.662-04:002009-09-28T12:45:14.662-04:00Erg--this is going to take a lot of thought and I ...Erg--this is going to take a lot of thought and I am in the middle of some tricksy work on a graphic novel. I think I will pass. Never mastered the roundel before (though much admire the form) or even attempted one, but this is not the time for me to try. Good luck all. I look forward to admiring what comes out.<br /><br />Janejaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.com