Thanks for coming back! Today's Day 4 poem is #78 in this year's Stafford Challenge (and #443, including last year's poems). Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Today, we’d like to challenge you to craft [a] short poem that involves a weather phenomenon and some aspect of the season.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, write a friend poem.” As usual, I'm merging both prompts in my poem. I refer here to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring, who is also the Queen of the Underworld, where she spends winter. Spring
Introducing his poem today, Alan wrote, "In his essay for The Rag-Picker’s Guide to Poetry, Maurice Manning describes his invented form, the 'honky tanka,' as six lines, five words per line, mixed-up meter, and maybe a rhyme, all inviting vernacular speech. I’m following today’s prompts with a honky tanka." Renewed Vow Lovely poem, Alan. Wonderful love poem too. I appreciate how you got in one rhyme, as Maurice Manning suggests: "toes" and "suppose." Thanks for coming by and reading our poems, everyone. Hope to see you tomorrow! Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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Ah, the springtime curse of allergies! I have somehow escaped them, but my wife and younger granddaughter start to suffer this time of year. As usual, a fine curtal sonnet. Alan's is charming - I'll have to try that form. I like Maurice Manning - I read his collection The Common Man and I enjoyed how he worked so much Southern vernacular into those poems.
Ah yes, allergies. I've somehow escaped them but my wife and one grandchild suffer every spring. Thanks, Peresephone. Nice curtal sonnet, as usual. And Alan's poem is charming. I like that invented form. I've read some of Manning's poetry and I like his use of Southern vernacular.
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