New Dance Assignment: Shape Poetry
Okay... let's see if anybody is looking. :)
First Dance assignment since I housed the Poetry Dance Hall here at Blogger. This one I figured would be easy. It is called shape poetry. You basically write the poem in the shape of the item you are writing about. Here's an example I didn't write:
........................................................Copyright © 2001 Johnathan Sluder
Having said I figured it would be easy, I wrote one of my own. Maybe I just make things difficult, but this one took me awhile. LOL. Maybe because I was determined to make it rhyme.
Lady Moon
...She
......lights
.........the sky
...........in the deep
..............of night, a
.................silvery lady
....................with stars in
......................her crown.
.........................Rising high as
...........................day takes flight,
.............................she dances the
...............................sky in her evening
..................................gown. Even the tide
....................................loves her every move,
......................................it follows her every
.......................................way she turns. And
........................................the wolves cry, throats
........................................arched in song, crying
.........................................their love from a
.........................................heart that yearns.
........................................The night lies dark
.......................................and the world's astray
.....................................and the words of
...................................the song no longer
.................................have tune, ‘til she
............................returns to dance
......................again, with crown
...............of stars…the
.........Lady
...Moon.
~Dawn Allynn
So... there ya go. Feel like dancing? Well the rules are the same. Write it anyway you want and then post a link here to your own journal, blog, or website. (no, it doesn't matter where your journal/ blog/website is housed... what matters is that we can find it) I am looking forward to saeeing what everyone comes up with!
First Dance assignment since I housed the Poetry Dance Hall here at Blogger. This one I figured would be easy. It is called shape poetry. You basically write the poem in the shape of the item you are writing about. Here's an example I didn't write:
Broken Car
.....
What can I do with
a car that doesn't go
Can I find some way to fix it
How long will it be before I can go again
Can the car even be fixed or is it hopeless
I can't take a bus to work they aren't around
Stranded ..............No Money
Damned ...............Things ..
........................................................Copyright © 2001 Johnathan Sluder
Having said I figured it would be easy, I wrote one of my own. Maybe I just make things difficult, but this one took me awhile. LOL. Maybe because I was determined to make it rhyme.
Lady Moon
...She
......lights
.........the sky
...........in the deep
..............of night, a
.................silvery lady
....................with stars in
......................her crown.
.........................Rising high as
...........................day takes flight,
.............................she dances the
...............................sky in her evening
..................................gown. Even the tide
....................................loves her every move,
......................................it follows her every
.......................................way she turns. And
........................................the wolves cry, throats
........................................arched in song, crying
.........................................their love from a
.........................................heart that yearns.
........................................The night lies dark
.......................................and the world's astray
.....................................and the words of
...................................the song no longer
.................................have tune, ‘til she
............................returns to dance
......................again, with crown
...............of stars…the
.........Lady
...Moon.
~Dawn Allynn
So... there ya go. Feel like dancing? Well the rules are the same. Write it anyway you want and then post a link here to your own journal, blog, or website. (no, it doesn't matter where your journal/ blog/website is housed... what matters is that we can find it) I am looking forward to saeeing what everyone comes up with!
posted by Poetry Dancer at 11/22/2005
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9 Comments:
(not cowboy poetry) has a completed assignment on display.
Also, your moon poem is great!
Wow!!! I am impressed this should be fun...I wil try on my new blogspot...My Meandering Muse
Love, Courtenay
Here is my feeble attempt at the shape poem. I wasn't feeling real creative so it is kind of simple. I may try another one when I am not as tired.
http://journals.aol.com/sierrajazz/TinyDropBigOcean/entries/838
I like your poem! Here's mine
http://journals.aol.com/teesbabe00/PeaceRose/entries/545
oh wow! the poem is shapely magnificent!
I'm gonna think of one for me....
Gem :-)
Dawn~If you can make this writing I did into a bell shape I will mail you a prize! ;-)
http://journals.aol.com/sassydee50/SassysWORD/entries/491
I found it interesting to find one of my poems on a site I never visited. I don't mind at all, I'm actually flattered. And it actually is very easy to design a shape poem. The biggest thing is getting it to work keep it's form on a website. But the best thing to do for creating it, is to first establish a template using some symbol or letter, and then replacing that symbol with the words of the poem.
-- Johnathan Sluder
Hi Johnathan :) Glad you didn't mind the use of your poem, I was going to try and get permission, but could not find how to contact you (and still can't!)but I am glad you seem not to mind. Thanks for allowing us to see your fine example, it's always nice to have something to view when a style is new to you.
Hope you perhaps decide to "Dance" with us one of these days, glad you dropped by for a visit!
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