Today for the September Open Write, our host at http://www.ethicalela is Stacey Joy of California. You can read her prompt and her poem here and see the amazing Diamante form generator that will help you write your own Diamante poem. Today’s topic is food, but as I was reflecting on last night’s dinner, I chose Riesling as my topic.
Rhine grapes
light, refreshing
flavoring, fermenting, fulfilling
German white wine perfection
dinnering, relaxing, reading
citrusy, aromatic
Riesling
Continuing with Friday’s poetry marathon that I began sharing yesterday, here are some more poems from the 24 poems in 24 hours. I had other writers contributing as well. The first one was written by my stepson, who chose the word laughter to write an acrostic. I love his creativity and his random example of laughter right at the start!
1:00 pm hour – Andrew Johnson, Acrostic Poem – a poem in which the first letters of each line spell a word vertically, often defining or explaining the acrostic topic.
LAUGHTER
Little spontaneous
Alien pajamas
Universal expression
Good times had
Human experience
Topic of discussions
Emotion of healing
Right kind of feeling
2:00 pm hour – Shadorma – Kim Johnson – a Shadorma is a poem that has six lines with this syllable pattern: 3,5,3,3,7,5
Shaving Cream
shaving cream!
not just for shaving
but also
for cleaning
when little fingers write words
into the lather
3:00 pm hour – Abecedarian Poem by Boxer Moon – In an abecedarian poem, each line or stanza begins with the first letter of the alphabet and continues with letters in successive order, or the poet may take creative license and use the stitch-up feature that Boxer used, stitching the ends back to the beginning. I think he created a whole new form – a Circular Abecedarian! He not only wrote it forward, but also back up from the bottom, starting with A and working back up to Z. The man shows his genius in this Halloween poem.
All alone, Zombie of Me
Before Dawn, Your life will be.
Crackling bones, Xanthic Demon!
Demonic Songs, Why have you Chosen Me- Dreaming?
Every Breath a stone, Vicious Song!
For Here my Creature roams, Ugly rightful wrongs!
Gleaming with blood, Tomorrow I’ll retrace.
His eyes yellow with crud, So fast-paced.
Inside no love, Retreating from my space.
Just as teeth chatter, Quietly, I leave my place.
Keynotes of feelings matter, Pathogen thoughts infected.
Leave, oh please leave,—- Rejected!
My heart punctured and deceived- Neglected!
Neglected- My punctured heart grieved- dejected!
Or rejected- Leave, oh please, leave in the latter
Pathogen thoughts, Keynotes of life do not matter.
Quietly, shhhhhh! Justify my chatter…
Running, Ruining, my face! Inside without love
So fast-paced, His eyes yellow stained with crud!
Tomorrow I’ll retrace, Gleaming with blood.
Ugly vicious wrong! For my creature roams
Vicious, ugly, song. Each breath a stone
Why must we repeat this Demonic song?
Xanthic Demon, Crackling bones!
Your life is mine, Be.
Zombie of me, A me of Zombie?
– Boxer Moon
4:00 pm hour – Kim Johnson – Limerick – – a humourous rhyming verse of three long lines, then two short lines, with a rhyme scheme of aabba.
Goofy Schnoodle
A schnoodle who sleeps upside down
Is a goofily-schnoozing nap hound
He contorts in my chair
Chasing rabbit dreams there
Ollie chases those hares ‘round and ‘round!
5:00 p.m. hour – – Kim Johnson – Decima- a ten line poem with 8 syllables in each line, having rhyme scheme of abbaaccddc
Monster and Robber Spray
we used to have a can of spray
when you were but a wee youngster
to rid bad robbers and monsters
to keep those things of fear at bay
and chase those horrid scares away
together we would fill the air
of Lysol-labeled love and care
you thought it did the magic trick
better than any billystick
come near us? No monster would dare!
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