Variations - Words edition...

[Saltfountain]

I love her when she’s on the pole
I love her when she’s being a mole
I love her when she’s throwing a rhyme
I love her when it’s just pantomime.
I love her when she’s drunk as fuck
I love her when she’s calling out schmuck.
I love her StillRain I am
I lover her @AmberLGreen eggs and ham.

I may use this as the form next week though...

 

[StillRain]

Looks like this is on me...

Welcome to the thread! Always nice to have new people stop by (especially if they poke gentle fun at @AmberLGreen )

This week the poems are acrostics.
If you look down the left hand side of the poem she wrote about you, it spells your name.

Please don't feel you have to delete yours though

LOL I didn’t read the instructions.


Do I ever?

 

[AmberLGreen]

LOL I didn’t read the instructions.


Do I ever?

You should drop by more often. Your poetry is fantastic

 

[Saltfountain]

LOL I didn’t read the instructions.


Do I ever?

No

 

[Saltfountain]

You should drop by more often. Your poetry is fantastic

Oh what a surprise... Little Miss Attention-Ho likes poems about herself

 

[AmberLGreen]

Oh what a surprise... Little Miss Attention-Ho likes poems about herself

Will you stop making up pet names for me. You know it gets me so turned on

 

[Bloodandglitter]

Broken
Liar
Ophelia
Once upon a time in Hollywood

Duplicity
A murder at the end of the world
No way home
Don't come knocking
Gemini man

Lucky numbers
I'll sleep when I'm dead
The con is on
Tiny beautiful things
Emmett's mark

Resurrection

@Bloodandglitter

OMG I LOVE THIS!

 

[lindi_85]

Dashingly handsome,
Enigmatic, and fun,
Friendly and
Thoughtful to everyone
@deft

 

[deft]

Dashingly handsome,
Enigmatic, and fun,
Friendly and
Thoughtful to everyone
@deft

This is wonderful! Thank you so much!

 

[Awaywego]

PSA...company in town and I am falling behind

Update: dang eyes and early morning

Cute, cunning and cool
Jokes about much here on Lit
But her words @lingus60
Def, all love
Daily, it's fun to follow this pair

 

[Saltfountain]

PSA...company in town and I am falling behind

Cjdbb

Cute, cunning and cool
Jokes about much here on Lit
Def, can be serious some
Balances both perfectly for us
But her words @lingus60 all love

Might want to check out her username again

@Cjbdd

 

[Awaywego]

Might want to check out her username again

@Cjbdd

Thanks Salt, it's been a week and Lit is my break

 

[Cjbdd]

Laugh and love, we do both
Into me, I’m into you
Never stop, we can’t get enough
Give me your time, I’ll give you mine
Undeniable attraction, we never get bored
Sure of yourself, and of me

 

[Saltfountain]

Ladyhawke
I am giant
Nocturnal projections
Dead famous people
In dread response

@lindi_85

 

[Mrtenant]

Candle flames in the dark
Again, I find you there
Serenely being yourself
Clandestine
Arresting
Dancing in the shadows
Intriguing
A wonder do I behold
Between the last gasp of sunset
Onwards among the emerging stars
Underneath the vault of heaven
Near the beat of my heart
Dearest, take my hand

 

[lindi_85]

Candle flames in the dark
Again, I find you there
Serenely being yourself
Clandestine
Arresting
Dancing in the shadows
Intriguing
A wonder do I behold
Between the last gasp of sunset
Onwards among the emerging stars
Underneath the vault of heaven
Near the beat of my heart
Dearest, take my hand

Oh, this is beautiful

 

[Awaywego]

Lit OG with his bestie,
Into each other, they be
Now and then, they play
Going around on Lit for fun,
Usually found together
Saying sweet words to the other

@lingus60 and @Cjbdd

 

[Mrtenant]

Oh, this is beautiful

I'm here all week. I can make more. Anyone else want one?

 

[Cjbdd]

For our leader…. @Saltfountain

Salty as fuck
As cutting as a knife
Likeable always
Teases and taunts
Friend for life
Only person on earth who could get me to write a poem
Understanding when he needs to be
Naughty always but way nicer than you think
Teacher of the arts
An ear for me for me when I need one, and sometimes the word of reason
Ignores my bitchy…most of the time
Needs a smack every once in a while

 

[Saltfountain]

Wow
Another post gets the Wand3r treatment
No one and nowhere is safe
Dangerously sharp
3yes rolling like a bad gambler
Rolling so far she's
Looking
Upwards
Somewhere in
That Lahndahn

@Wand3rlust

 

[Wand3rlust]

Such
A
Lovely and
Terrific
Fella
One of my favourite litsters
Using his
Nouse
To be
Always creative and
Inspirational
Nice.

 

[Saltfountain]

And now I'm blushing

I think that's a great place to leave acrostics this week, as there's no better way to end it than a nice poem about me!

So where do we go now? We'll, I've been inundated with a request this week

"Dear Salty, stop cunting around you cunt and do Tankas one week, cunt"

I think they must be Australian...

Anyway, as that was the nicest request I received, and I'd been toying with Tankas for a while (fuck, that sounds like some niche porn ) let's do it!

So what's a Tanka? And why does it like to be toyed with?

Firstly, as with any Japanese poem we're going to use the westernised structure.

The form of a Tanka is highly rigid.

Line 1 - 5 syllables
Line 2 - 7 syllables
Line 3 - 5 syllables (hey, it's a fucking haiku!)
Line 4 - 7 syllables (oh...)
Line 5 - 7 syllables

There are no rhyming requirements (which I know will please at least one of you )

Traditionally, in a tanka the first 3 lines are descriptive, and then it pivots and reflects on the subject in the last two lines.

I'll be concentrating more on syllable count in my poems!

Our Tankas need a theme, so this week, let's do poems about

Nature

As always, just give it a go. We learn by our mistakes and all that...

Be creative and have fun

 

[Saltfountain]

The brook flows gently
Lapping over roots and rocks
Lazily until
Can I dad? Can I? And SPLASH!
Black lab enters like a brick

 

[Awaywego]

My life at the beach
You think it's all fun and games
But much to care for,
Sea life, wind, water and sun
Each can teach, nature is tough!

 

[Saltfountain]

The sun beats down on
Flowers that turn their faces
To the sky above
Time to open umbrellas...
Summer is a concept here