Variations - Words edition...

[snexxer]

Out at dawn
we build a den
Out on our bikes
Repairs on the lawn

Climb the trees
Make a swing
Build a dam
Of rocks twigs and leaves

Watch the clouds
See funny shapes
Fall, trip and stumble
They're only scrapes

Streetlights come on
We go home again
Tomorrow we are
Off to the coast in the car.

 

[Saltfountain]

Out at dawn
we build a den
Out on our bikes
Repairs on the lawn

Climb the trees
Make a swing
Build a dam
Of rocks twigs and leaves

Watch the clouds
See funny shapes
Fall, trip and stumble
They're only scrapes

Streetlights come on
We go home again
Tomorrow we are
Off to the coast in the car.

Welcome to the thread!

Love the poem mate.

We also have a form each week, as well as a theme.

You're not the first to miss it, so don't worry!

This post tells the set up this week...

I'm glad people liked (or seemed to like) cinquains, and found the form an easy one to work with.

This week it will be similar, as we're going to try playing around with the cinquain form...

The theme for this week is

Memories of younger days

So we're talking hopes, dreams, soaring wins, crushing defeats and all the other flotsam and jetsam of our lives so far...

And we're going to try mirror cinquains this week.

As the name suggests, once we've done the traditional cinquain as we did last week, we write some more, but with the syllable pattern reversed.

So our poems will look like

Start with
Two syllables
Then four as last week
All the way up to eight then two
Again
But now
We add the same but in reverse
Two leads to eight then six
As we come back
To two

As always, have fun. Be creative with the theme. But most of all, enjoy discovering the words that want to be written.

 

[Saltfountain]

I wish
That I could still
Remember how life was
When I was younger and carefree
Those days
Are gone
And all I'm left are memories
That fade in the late sun
Of evening time
I dream

 

[barefootgirl69]

Let's try this...


Siblings
and our cousins -
First playmates. Companions.
Barefoot in summer, tan skin warm.
Best friends.
Good times.
Running around, laughing, shouting.
Water sprinklers. Forts.
Good memories.
Family.*



*fam-ly in southern vernacular

 

[Saltfountain]

*fam-ly in southern vernacular

Even in southern vernacular that's a 3 syllable last line

 

[barefootgirl69]

Even in southern vernacular that's a 3 syllable last line

Curses (in southern!)

I have no idea what you're talking about, Salty.

*runs away*

 

[Photog1rl]

Music
Fills my young ears
Rhythms from drums and bass
Keeping time and calming my brain
Till sleep
Finds me
Softly snoring on a speaker
Surroundings forgotten
Peace in chaos
Childhood

 

[Saltfountain]

2 weeks of cinquains... Can we manage a 3rd?

Only joking...

This week, something completely different!

We're going to have a go at

Clerihews

Now as I'm sure I don't need to remind anyone here, that gives us both our form, and our subject for the week.

So crack on, be creative, and have fun!

 

[Saltfountain]

What's that? Some of you have never heard of a Clerihew?

Well damn...

So a Clerihew is a quatrain (a 4 line poem).

The first line is the name of the person the poem is about. Usually about a famous person, but if you want to write about a fellow Litster, feel free...

The other three lines describe the person, usually in a humorous way.

The first two lines rhyme, as do the last two (aabb) but there are no rules on line length or syllables.

Is that clearer for those at the back flicking rubber bands?

 

[Saltfountain]

Donald J Trump
The dumb, orange lump
His loss of grip on reality
Is in plain sight for all to see

 

[lingus60]

Nigel Farage
Wants to go large
By emulating Trump
What a fucking chump

 

[AmberLGreen]

Amber L Green
Oh what a Queen
She’s so fucking hot
Whether you like her or not

 

[Saltfountain]

Amber L Green
Oh what a Queen
She’s so fucking hot
Whether you like her or not

@AmberLGreen
Very rarely seen
Feel free to send tits
Or other naughty bits

 

[lindi_85]

Lindi Franki
Wants hanky panky
She waits on her knees
For someone to please

Jesus these things write themselves

 

[Saltfountain]

@Wand3rlust
Has an awesome bust
But just rolls her eyes
And claims it's all lies

 

[ScarletDaisy]

@Saltfountain
Has me reaching for paper and pen.
This is harder than the limerick...
I may have thought, 'why... that prick!'

 

[Saltfountain]

Maurice Micklewhite
Wanted his name in lights
So in order to find fame
He changed to Michael Caine

 

[Saltfountain]

@Cjbdd
Is not for the likes of you and me
The only one who gets to see
Is lucky old @lingus60

 

[Cjbdd]

@Saltfountain
He is always poutin
He wants to see my chest
Can’t he just give it a rest?

 

[lingus60]

@Cjbdd
Invited me round for tea
I got more than I bargained for
But I ain’t complaining that’s for sure!

 

[Awaywego]

Lindi Franki
Wants hanky panky
She waits on her knees
For someone to please

Jesus these things write themselves

Also so fun

 

[Cjbdd]

@lingus60
Is proper but filthy
He’s as dirty as me
Which is why we are we

 

[AmberLGreen]

@barefootgirl69
Is mighty damn fine
She likes to giggle and flit
Through the pages of Lit

 

[AmberLGreen]

@cheekygirl75
Keeps this place alive
There is never any boredom
When she is on the forum

 

[lindi_85]

Edward Thomas Hardy
Looks good in a cardi
He’s all kinds of cute
With a face to boot