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I decided to take some of Holly‘s advice on crafting poetry and practice with the various forms. This is truly not as easy as it might seem. And it does not help when you pick words like ‘under’ that have so few words with which to rhyme. Good or not, I had fun writing it.
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There once was a young lass from down under
Who would cause men to howl like thunder
She’d sway to and fro
Putting on quite a show
Leaving nothing for the imagination to wonder
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Image courtesy of Easyguy…
Twitter: HeatherKephart
says:
I think you’re already an expert! Love the pic. Is that Reece Witherspoon?
Twitter: AnneOnline
says:
Thank you, but I’m hardly an expert. It is fun, though. I don’t think that’s Reece Witherspoon, but it would be fun if it were.
LOL – not bad!
Let’s see: under, wonder, asunder, blunder, plunder, thunder, hunter (okay, that one’s cheating a bit)
One of the forms I find most mind-numbingly challenging is the villanelle (which, probably NOT coincidentally, rhymes with “I’m in Hell”). It’s a good brain limbering exercise, though.
Twitter: AnneOnline
says:
I need to go back to your post on crafting poetry and keep practicing. I tend to not follow rules, but it makes sense to know the rules before we start breaking them. Okay, 2 hours minimum per week editing my NaNo novel and another 1 hour per week [minimum] crafting poetry and/or working on writing techniques. Now {tentatively} off to learn what a villanelle is {peeks through fingers at page}. =)
Thar was really good Anne. Say, you don’t have her number by any chance as I could do with some howling
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Twitter: AnneOnline
says:
I thought you might like that one, Sire.