Poetry Thursday 104 - Emotion and a new form
I was asked the question both last week then again yesterday about where poetry comes from. In a number of comments over the 100+ weeks that I've been concentrating on poetry I have probably addressed the question in a number of ways. For me it boils down to the expression of emotion and as such is available to everyone. It's true that there are a variety of ways of getting your feelings down on paper, different structures like haiku, sonnets, couplets and blank verse to name a few, but it is good to begin when you are feeling emotionally charged for whatever reason.
There are some offerings below that have been generated in the last few days. That's not to say in the second case that I am feeling unduly depressed or despondent but have reflected back to a time when I was being treated for clinical depression and have tried to produce a word painting of what it felt like at that time.
The haiku was written on the spur of the moment and was appropriate to the day.
[image error]All Fool’s Day
April Fool againCold day for gullible folkButt of others’ joke©David L Atkinson April 2014
Despond
The sheer sides of the troughslick, black with tears of despond and frustration.Hope - the chance of footholds by which to escape.Reality that they are as slick asthe walls when they appear.False hope makes them seem obviousbut user instructions lie providingfurther lubrication.There is a bright unreachable sky and the ground is normal and variedlike a grassy field, or sandy beach.BUT there is no escape.You live with the inevitability, exist inyour time and succeed, but they don’t know.©David L Atkinson April 2014
It may be the above grows even further in the future but there comes a time when you have to commit to paper.
However, poetry may also be fun and you can write funny haiku, limericks or villanelles. The latter is quite a complex, highly structured French form of poetry although it began as a less fixed form prior to its development at the beginning of the 17th century. It was derived from a poem by Jean Passerat written around 1606. Rather than try to describe the form the sample below follows the format closely.
The subject is based upon the current situation of Sunderland AFC's current plight.
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A Sunderland Villanelle
Sunderland is a wicked teamThe epitome of great playThey may yet fulfil the dream
Football is to me the schemeSkills and thrills brighten SaturdaySunderland is a wicked team
And if they may sour the creamIt was no fault of their displayThey may yet fulfil the dream
When Poyet instils self-esteemEnemies are simple to slaySunderland is a wicked team
As the pressure grows more extremeAnd time allowed quick to decayThey may yet fulfil the dream
Red and white warriors forward streamWords to football’s gods I praySunderland is a wicked teamThey may yet fulfil the dream.©David L Atkinson April 2014
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As a further effort in getting my work out there I have signed up to the above site which claims 90 million readers.
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God Bless
There are some offerings below that have been generated in the last few days. That's not to say in the second case that I am feeling unduly depressed or despondent but have reflected back to a time when I was being treated for clinical depression and have tried to produce a word painting of what it felt like at that time.
The haiku was written on the spur of the moment and was appropriate to the day.
[image error]All Fool’s Day
April Fool againCold day for gullible folkButt of others’ joke©David L Atkinson April 2014
Despond
The sheer sides of the troughslick, black with tears of despond and frustration.Hope - the chance of footholds by which to escape.Reality that they are as slick asthe walls when they appear.False hope makes them seem obviousbut user instructions lie providingfurther lubrication.There is a bright unreachable sky and the ground is normal and variedlike a grassy field, or sandy beach.BUT there is no escape.You live with the inevitability, exist inyour time and succeed, but they don’t know.©David L Atkinson April 2014
It may be the above grows even further in the future but there comes a time when you have to commit to paper.
However, poetry may also be fun and you can write funny haiku, limericks or villanelles. The latter is quite a complex, highly structured French form of poetry although it began as a less fixed form prior to its development at the beginning of the 17th century. It was derived from a poem by Jean Passerat written around 1606. Rather than try to describe the form the sample below follows the format closely.
The subject is based upon the current situation of Sunderland AFC's current plight.
[image error]
A Sunderland Villanelle
Sunderland is a wicked teamThe epitome of great playThey may yet fulfil the dream
Football is to me the schemeSkills and thrills brighten SaturdaySunderland is a wicked team
And if they may sour the creamIt was no fault of their displayThey may yet fulfil the dream
When Poyet instils self-esteemEnemies are simple to slaySunderland is a wicked team
As the pressure grows more extremeAnd time allowed quick to decayThey may yet fulfil the dream
Red and white warriors forward streamWords to football’s gods I praySunderland is a wicked teamThey may yet fulfil the dream.©David L Atkinson April 2014
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Marketing
[image error]
As a further effort in getting my work out there I have signed up to the above site which claims 90 million readers.
http://www.scribd.com/dla1950
God Bless
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