Just had an idea which I thought might be fun, not sure if it's been done before. We could write a poem together, one line at a time. Like in the game 'Consequences'. If it turns out to be any good we could publish it on the site.
Ground Rules:
1) Poem will be written in heroic couplets. (Iambic pentameter lines, rhyming AA BB CC etc).
2) Anyone can chip in, when they think of a line copy and paste all that's gone before and add the line underneath, trying to rhyme if they're writing the second line of the couplet, and not to come up with something unrhymable (like 'purple') if they're writing the first.
3) Er ... That's it. If there needs to be some other rules, we'll add them as we go along (that's if anybody's interested and this doesn't just die on it's arse, like I suspect it might).
For those who might not know: An Iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (ta TA) and Iambic Pentameter comprises five Iambs. I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here.
By way of example, here's a heroic couplet of Lord Byron's:
"And thus they formed a group that's quite antique,
Half naked, loving, natural and Greek."
(Don Juan, Canto II, CXCIV)
Emphasising the unstressed/stressed element:
"And THUS / they FORMED / a GROUP / that's QUITE / anTIQUE,
Half NAK / ed, LOV / ing, NAT / uRAL / and GREEK."
Right. I'll start.
"The sylph Serena rose and rubbed her eyes"
Ground Rules:
1) Poem will be written in heroic couplets. (Iambic pentameter lines, rhyming AA BB CC etc).
2) Anyone can chip in, when they think of a line copy and paste all that's gone before and add the line underneath, trying to rhyme if they're writing the second line of the couplet, and not to come up with something unrhymable (like 'purple') if they're writing the first.
3) Er ... That's it. If there needs to be some other rules, we'll add them as we go along (that's if anybody's interested and this doesn't just die on it's arse, like I suspect it might).
For those who might not know: An Iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (ta TA) and Iambic Pentameter comprises five Iambs. I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here.
By way of example, here's a heroic couplet of Lord Byron's:
"And thus they formed a group that's quite antique,
Half naked, loving, natural and Greek."
(Don Juan, Canto II, CXCIV)
Emphasising the unstressed/stressed element:
"And THUS / they FORMED / a GROUP / that's QUITE / anTIQUE,
Half NAK / ed, LOV / ing, NAT / uRAL / and GREEK."
Right. I'll start.
"The sylph Serena rose and rubbed her eyes"
