They used my idea this week! I am so happy!!! Now I just have to come up with a poem that fits my random idea that came from reading too much yesterday. This is thrilling. I now know this will be a good week. I just have to figure out what my favorite thing is and brainstorm a little. The problem is I don't brainstorm or plan, I just write. This might take effort which excites me. Ta Ta for now, I am getting to work on this. (and to my job!)
So that was 7:43 AM and now it's 6:15pm and I have had a chance to think. This is much harder than I thought but I did it. For me I used the concept of a riddle to write a semi-poem and then I tore that apart and picked out all the beautiful parts of it to put together into a poem. I asked two people after reading my poem how obvious it was, my friend had no idea and my wife got it 2 lines into the poem. Here is my unnamed poem for this week.
Flowing in the wind
Like grass and tree limbs
Sweet fragrances erupting
Like flowers and fruit
As I am tickled
In a way only it could do
A smile crosses my face
For many a problem
Like fishing line
Stringy and Frail
It can get caught
Knotted, or tangled
Dead
Yet when we see it
Full of color
Any color you can imagine
24 comments:
tickled fruit and flowers; what an interesting thought...
I didn't quite put it that way, but that would be an interesting thought. Thanks for stopping in and reading.
I liked this ...
Thanks Katie-appreciate it.
Congrats on them using your idea. I wrote my poem already. I found it fun to try and convey an object without naming the object.
My guess is hair. Though I think I must be wrong.
I was going to say I was stumped, but then I read writerwoman's comment.
If it is hair, then it makes sense.
I like your poem though and I wrote mine based on your very cool idea.
Rose
xo
I'm glad I have something you enjoy so much in life!
Well from Anne's comment you should be able to guess that Sara (writerwoman) was right. It's hair, specifically a female's hair. I had a lot of other lines in the beginning. They made it way too obvious. Man I wish I had hair long enough to bother shampooing with nice stuff, but with 1/2 inch I just go with the 99 cent bottles.
Love the concept of picking out the beautiful words...what you end up with is always poetic. I'm impressed.
Chris,
Now that I know I was mistaken (I thought the object might be a night gown), let me say I enjoyed the flow of the poem!
I've flowed the suggested prompt for today in short "ode" form.
I invite you to guess. ;-)
give me a minute to get it up though. (no pun intended)
rel
Chris, it's a great poem and thanks for the prompt this week.
I like the line "like flowers and fruit".
I just have to say this is a wonderful feeling. I will be sure to come up with more prompts if I am actually going to get a lot of readers who actually say really nice things.
Pauline-really appreciate what you said. I do try to make it poetic.
Remiman-You had a good guess and that would be another object that I love, on Anne of course (she is like a spy, she might come back and read this)
Brian-thanks for the encouragement-that is what makes this group so important to me.
Nice prompt sir! And congrats on having yours used! I read your poem and I'm stumped. Always a treat coming here.
knotted and tangled...
I like this.
Cool. I was right. The poem is really pretty and sensual.
This was a brilliant idea and I guessed yours correctly. Mine is a tad too obvious ;) Wonderful poetry!!!
Oh thank God, I actually guessed right on someone's poem. Even if I had to read it twice. :) I really liked the opening images, they really draw you in to the poem.
My fellow bloggers-you are much too kind. I really appreciate the support I recieved this week. It really makes me feel like a part of the group that I look forward to hearing from as often as possible.
Wow- I would never have guessed hair! I was thinking something a little more magical, but I guess for you, Chris- hair is magical!
I have more the middle stanza kind of hair- ;)... and I loved the last part- hair is dead, the part that shows anyway- and the fact that it's so beautiful sometimes is amazing!
This was such a fun prompt and it really challenged me to think outside my own little box. Your comment was so kind on my poem- it's nice to have comfirmation and affirmation that what I write not only pleases me but others, too!
You really are an inspiration, Chris! Someday I may have a Lulu book too!
I love having long hair! Nice poem and great idea you had, glad it was used as the prompt this week!
Regina-thanks for taking the time to write such a thoghtful response. My wife's hair now, but the hair of many females, the one's without dreadlocks (which I find beautiful in a totally different way) have always been a facination. When someone lays their head on my shoulder or in my lap and I can smell their hair it's basically like you said-magical. I'm glad you liked what I had to say.
Crafty green poet-I love all types of hair but long hair was my favorite until I recently got stuck on short hair because I wanted my wife to get rid of the bangs-now I kinda wish I hadn't done that. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks for your support.
I like it, it flows well, vernacular could be expanded, but for the subject it works really well.
This I finally realized was my lil' sis/friend Casey-she just thinks my work is RAW, and it is. But that is the way I like it.
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