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Saturday, December 8, 2018
page 29
Linda Bole offers us this challenge for this weeks prompt, Find the closest book and turn to page 29. Choose 10 words from page 29 and use at least 7 of them in a poem.
10 words from page 29 - Scotland, purple, heather, orange, Paris, zones, coupon, youth, international, ponies
In our youth we dreamt of international travels cross time zones and borders see the Eiffel Tower of Paris The purple heather of Scotland stay in hostels along the way learn new cultures - fall in love have your heart broken Break a few hearts along the way like Bob Dylan says - stay forever young then one day we wake up old Our bodies no longer able to wander settle now for books on other places Remember once upon a time in our youth we dreamt
Wow! This is such a worthy poem for all the feelings it stimulated in my emotional sponge! I really felt this poem, it excited me and caused my throat to constrict like I was going to cry. And the rhythm of the poem was used in such a way as to compliment the sad. nostalgic tones going on!
Tasha, don't you think it would be a good idea to read the prompt all the way through before you comment? Bonnie did a really good job with the prompt, in fact, I felt she went above and beyond because she actually did it the way I wish I would have told everyone to do it by listing their words.
I re read it and re read it several times and still don't see coupon...I didn't say what a good poem I was and I ought to have done so., I missed the seven, thinking all ten were required, mea culpa, You did right to scold me. and I apologize.
Linda meant read the prompt! it says CHOOSE 10 WORDS FROM PAGE 29 AND USE AT LEAST SEVEN OF THOSE WORDS IN YOUR POEM. I ALSO DIDN'T USE ORANGE AND PONIES BUT FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE HUNG UP ON COUPONS. NO I DIDN'T USE COUPONS WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT I USE THAT PARTICULAR WORD?
IN CASE YOU NEED FURTHER HELP UNDERSTANDING I USED THE FOLLOWING 7 WORDS....Scotland, purple, heather, Paris, zones, youth, international... 7 of the 10 words chosen.
tricky this one, as i am in a library. didn't even look at the title of the book i picked up....here goes.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
to climb through the glass to the winter river for her blood of ice crazy ladies all sugar and spice no things nice all things evil and crass this is doing bad things to my liver but she still has many poison arrows in her quiver though she is too old and i am too tired, she still wants me to give her babies
she stabbed me and broke my hand now i'm a one hand band lost and adrift looking for solid land when i fall need someone to give me a lift so i can arise and stand tall.
Hey can we have the list of words you picked from page 29? I like the beginning of this poem a lot. but then you drifted back into the nasty women poem you always write... also I think you could do better than this is doing bad things to my liver... how about all things evil and crass split my heart with the tiniest sliver... just a thought. Now that I reread it I also like the last verse. it holds with the rest of the poem and isn't just a random thought as you sometimes do. all in all good job on the one.
thanks bonita. a bit stressed when i wrote this. i've escaped to a hotel now. landlord said marie crawled through the broken window and stole my stuff....can't say i am completely surprised. performing tonight though. down at bar loco, still nowhere near acapulco ha ha - love - paul.
from page 29 of the introduction to " the old curiosity shop " by charles dickens. gotta be straight up on the screen, before i get murdered.
NATIVITY
" every dumb beast slouches it's way toward behlehem " - that god guy, that keeps fucking with my head.
the stars sparkled but the sun was dim never a clear path for the easily led just give me my daily bread hearts too heavy to carry because they are full of lead maybe i will......and maybe i wont marry but i have no more time to tarry.
gotta go and get in to more trouble. take care everyone - love - paul.
thanks bonita. you still in a mood with me? 'cos i got some ridiculous adventures if you want to hear them . the " train to nowhere " and " fleeing to a hotel to escape marie after she broke the window and went after me with a knife " stories are goodies - love paul.
I had nothing in mind when I chose them except thinking I might use Mantle and diamond to make a baseball poem, but I ended up using neither. Realizing that I had four words that were slant rhymes made me think I could get a villanelle out of it. I decided to make it an ABC villanelle, a form I invented, because that gave me leeway to use more of my page 29 words.
I’ll make it succinct: I want to plead guilty. I’m making it formal.
I must have been jinxed. I may have been hungry. I’ll make it succinct:
I’m perfectly normal, I did it for money. Went flush and then formal,
I got myself linked To William F. Buckley (Who was never succinct),
And to my infernal Shame, I was shortly To make it more formal:
I sang from Trump’s hymnal, I went to the brink. Collusion’s not funny. That makes it succinct, And finally formal.
balcony electromagnetic disguise Venusian blue trees universe papers robotic smile
she stared from the balcony into the Venusian night sky her thoughts were on the his radiant smile she'd come through the electromagnetic field to get here, and she didn't know how long she'd be permitted to stay on her visa and neither one could disguise the grip of love this Venus was not the Venus as we know it this was another universe, another dimension and the trees were blue and the air was soft she couldn't wait to touch his warm lavender skin and look into his huge purple eyes love was kind and life was good she would stay as long as she could she would use her time wisely and live...
Nice poem, Dear Linda, so ou like Sci Fi? I prefer Urban fantasy myself, have enjoyed it in the past though. I like what you wrote, told a good story...
The travesty of honesty when otherwise is more might sway a jury sometimes unless they're keeping score. A source of information which is questionable at best may well be insufficient to satisfy a quest. A case built on a tissue of lies and simple greed may not reward the plaintiff with anything he'll need.
I was late, also, Tasha. And Paul didn't make it at all. He'll be back soon. He's been fixing up our 3 vehicles. His van, my Blazer and the farm -truck. They all needed inspected and they all needed winterized. Plus, he was being abused by a couple of his friends who were pestering him to high heaven because they had both totaled their cars and needed something to drive and, of course, my husband is the ONLY one on earth who knows anything about cars....
When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift
ReplyDelete10 words from page 29 - Scotland, purple, heather, orange, Paris, zones, coupon, youth, international, ponies
In our youth we dreamt
of international travels
cross time zones and borders
see the Eiffel Tower of Paris
The purple heather of Scotland
stay in hostels along the way
learn new cultures - fall in love
have your heart broken
Break a few hearts along the way
like Bob Dylan says - stay forever young
then one day we wake up old
Our bodies no longer able to wander
settle now for books on other places
Remember once upon a time
in our youth we dreamt
Interesting poem...didn't see coupon, though? Did I miss it?
Deleteno I didn't... I did use 7 of the 10 as per requirements of the prompt.
Deletenice one bonita. been roaming for a while.....it's dangerous
DeleteWow! This is such a worthy poem for all the feelings it stimulated in my emotional sponge! I really felt this poem, it excited me and caused my throat to constrict like I was going to cry. And the rhythm of the poem was used in such a way as to compliment the sad. nostalgic tones going on!
DeleteTasha, don't you think it would be a good idea to read the prompt all the way through before you comment? Bonnie did a really good job with the prompt, in fact, I felt she went above and beyond because she actually did it the way I wish I would have told everyone to do it by listing their words.
DeleteI re read it and re read it several times and still don't see coupon...I didn't say what a good poem I was and I ought to have done so., I missed the seven, thinking all ten were required, mea culpa, You did right to scold me. and I apologize.
DeleteLinda meant read the prompt! it says CHOOSE 10 WORDS FROM PAGE 29 AND USE AT LEAST SEVEN OF THOSE WORDS IN YOUR POEM. I ALSO DIDN'T USE ORANGE AND PONIES BUT FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE HUNG UP ON COUPONS. NO I DIDN'T USE COUPONS WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT I USE THAT PARTICULAR WORD?
DeleteIN CASE YOU NEED FURTHER HELP UNDERSTANDING I USED THE FOLLOWING 7 WORDS....Scotland, purple, heather, Paris, zones, youth, international... 7 of the 10 words chosen.
DeleteI like it. The way it goes forth, and comes home.
Deletetricky this one, as i am in a library. didn't even look at the title of the book i picked up....here goes.
ReplyDeleteENOUGH IS ENOUGH
to climb through the glass
to the winter river
for her blood of ice
crazy ladies
all sugar and spice
no things nice
all things evil and crass
this is doing bad things to my liver
but she still has many poison arrows in her quiver
though she is too old and i am too tired, she still wants me to give her babies
she stabbed me and broke my hand
now i'm a one hand band
lost and adrift
looking for solid land
when i fall
need someone to give me a lift
so i can arise and stand tall.
Hey can we have the list of words you picked from page 29? I like the beginning of this poem a lot. but then you drifted back into the nasty women poem you always write... also I think you could do better than this is doing bad things to my liver... how about all things evil and crass split my heart with the tiniest sliver... just a thought. Now that I reread it I also like the last verse. it holds with the rest of the poem and isn't just a random thought as you sometimes do. all in all good job on the one.
Deletethanks bonita. a bit stressed when i wrote this. i've escaped to a hotel now. landlord said marie crawled through the broken window and stole my stuff....can't say i am completely surprised. performing tonight though. down at bar loco, still nowhere near acapulco ha ha - love - paul.
DeleteYup, good poem, though I too wish the evil woman were laid to res, literally!
Deleteescaped from mad marie. in a hotel 15 miles away from her. that should be far enough surely - take care tash - love - paul.
Deletefrom page 29 of the introduction to " the old curiosity shop " by charles dickens.
ReplyDeletegotta be straight up on the screen, before i get murdered.
NATIVITY
" every dumb beast slouches it's way toward behlehem " - that god guy, that keeps fucking with my head.
the stars sparkled
but the sun was dim
never a clear path for the easily led
just give me my daily bread
hearts too heavy to carry
because they are full of lead
maybe i will......and maybe i wont marry
but i have no more time to tarry.
gotta go and get in to more trouble. take care everyone - love - paul.
thanks bonita. you still in a mood with me? 'cos i got some ridiculous adventures if you want to hear them . the " train to nowhere " and " fleeing to a hotel to escape marie after she broke the window and went after me with a knife " stories are goodies - love paul.
Deletelove this one... beautiful
Deleteand that is what I don't want... more of your drama and pity parties...sorry but better off this way
Deletecan't help it if my life is dramatic and my ex is psychotic and bi polar bonita. that's just the way it is - paul.
DeleteWell this sounds kinda mystical,Nice.
Deleteheeeyyy tash. i am kinda mystical ha ha - love - paul.
DeleteHey! I like this poem a lot. You did a good take on the prompt!
Deletethanks wolfie. it would help if i made copies. losing a poetry book is like losing 6 months of work - love - paul.
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ReplyDeletenot much happening on this site this week. come on ladies. any book will do - love - paul.
DeleteBook is Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Gramm
ReplyDeleteTen words at random
Mantle
Collect
Diamond
Hungry
Shortly
Guilty
Succinct
Flush
Money
Formal
I had nothing in mind when I chose them except thinking I might use Mantle and diamond to make a baseball poem, but I ended up using neither. Realizing that I had four words that were slant rhymes made me think I could get a villanelle out of it. I decided to make it an ABC villanelle, a form I invented, because that gave me leeway to use more of my page 29 words.
I’ll make it succinct:
I want to plead guilty.
I’m making it formal.
I must have been jinxed.
I may have been hungry.
I’ll make it succinct:
I’m perfectly normal,
I did it for money.
Went flush and then formal,
I got myself linked
To William F. Buckley
(Who was never succinct),
And to my infernal
Shame, I was shortly
To make it more formal:
I sang from Trump’s hymnal,
I went to the brink.
Collusion’s not funny.
That makes it succinct,
And finally formal.
Wow!!! this poem kinda brightened my day! it made me smile and open my eyes wide! I found it all around enjoyable.
DeleteVery good, like you usually do. I am almost always in awe of our very special poetic gift, plus your fine mind too!
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ReplyDeletebalcony
ReplyDeleteelectromagnetic
disguise
Venusian
blue
trees
universe
papers
robotic
smile
she stared from the balcony
into the Venusian night sky
her thoughts were on the his radiant smile
she'd come through the electromagnetic field
to get here, and she didn't know how long
she'd be permitted to stay on her visa
and neither one could disguise the grip of love
this Venus was not the Venus as we know it
this was another universe, another dimension
and the trees were blue and the air was soft
she couldn't wait to touch his warm lavender skin
and look into his huge purple eyes
love was kind and life was good
she would stay as long as she could
she would use her time wisely and live...
so sweet and fun!
Deletegeez wolfie, what book was this? with venusian, universe and electrmagnetic on the same page it sounds good - love - paul.
DeletePaul, the book is called Null-A Continuum. It is a dimensional sci=fi. My favorite kind.
DeleteNice poem, Dear Linda, so ou like Sci Fi? I prefer Urban fantasy myself, have enjoyed it in the past though. I like what you wrote, told a good story...
DeleteThe Book: Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
ReplyDeleteThe words: Source, Might, Travesty, Honesty, Without, Insufficient, Information, (built, plans, year)
A Day In Court
The travesty of honesty
when otherwise is more
might sway a jury sometimes
unless they're keeping score.
A source of information
which is questionable at best
may well be insufficient
to satisfy a quest.
A case built on a tissue
of lies and simple greed
may not reward the plaintiff
with anything he'll need.
I love reading rhyming poetry out loud. This one is very well written for aloud reading.
DeleteSorry to be a bit late...yet better late...as they say.
ReplyDeleteI was late, also, Tasha. And Paul didn't make it at all. He'll be back soon. He's been fixing up our 3 vehicles. His van, my Blazer and the farm -truck. They all needed inspected and they all needed winterized. Plus, he was being abused by a couple of his friends who were pestering him to high heaven because they had both totaled their cars and needed something to drive and, of course, my husband is the ONLY one on earth who knows anything about cars....
DeleteKindness can be a burden sometimes, I agree. And you wouldn't really want him different, would you? Love our good nature, Merry Christmas
DeleteI like this one. It works well with the form. I love "when otherwise is more."
ReplyDeleteThanks Tad, your comment is heartening indeed.
DeleteOh, I, also, liked "when otherwise is more". Terrific!
DeleteMany thanks, Linda. It was your prompt and a good one, actually, just more work!
Delete