alisanne | Snowflake Challenge, Day 14

Day 14

In your own space, create your own challenge. Whatever your challenge is, and have fun with it! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I have seen a ton of fabulous responses to this!
I'm going to go with a personal challenge to myself this time.

I challenge myself to write a poem this year. *wibbles*

You should know, I suck at poetry. BUT there is

poetic_hp, and they even post prompts, so there's a built in community where I can post my attempt, once I try. :/

To those of you who write poetry...Any tips?

Current Mood: thoughtful

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From:

lightofdaye

I'm sure you'll do great at it. Good luck.

If all else fails plenty of things rhyme with cock.

From:

shaddyr

*spits coffee on keyboard*

OMG. Ok, you're not wrong but... I wasn't expecting that. Silly of me, really.

From:

alisanne

Ahahahahaha!
And here I was trying to think classy. *g*
I forgot my audience I think. ;)

From:

shaddyr

I am sure you will do great!

You could always go for a limerick. *grin*

From:

alisanne

LMAO! Apparently one including the word cock. ;)

From:

shaddyr

I cannot *believe* I wrote this. I blame you. And

lightofdaye. Because I refuse to take responsibility for this.

A poem's a bit tricky to write,
And words, it seems, often do fight,
But if you feel a block,
Write about Harry's cock,
and add Snape for a bit of all right.

*sigh*

Your. Fault.

From:

smallhobbit

One's mind is above
Such basic thoughts and feelings
But one's hands are not

From:

alisanne

LOL! See? So clever.
I may not be ready for this. :/

From:

smallhobbit

If I can, you most certainly can!

From:

shaddyr

Alas, I cannot
Claim that my thoughts are above,
Such crass desire.

Tag.

From:

smallhobbit

My tongue wets my lips
As I plan its future path,
A lick to the top.

From:

shaddyr

Mapping his body,
The cartography of skin,
A brilliant study.

From:

smallhobbit

Mountains and valleys
Descending from height to depth
Nothing unexplored

From:

shaddyr

In shadow hidden,
I find my ultimate goal
A tight, furled entrance.

From:

smallhobbit

I go in slowly
Taking my time to enjoy
The promise within

From:

shaddyr

Rapture on descent
Exquisite heat surrounds me,
fanning my desire.

Side note: we should compile this into one long Haiku when we decide its done and post it. I'm having an absolute blast with this and I hope you are too!

Edited Date: 2018-01-22 08:53 am (UTC)

From:

smallhobbit

Seeking to control
I find I can no longer;
Explosion occurs

I totally agree. I feel we may be climaxing

From:

shaddyr

ahahahah! You're hilarious!

We come together,
Lost in a sea of pleasure
Hazily we drift.

I think that might be a wrap!

From:

alisanne

You guys are awesome! Post that sucker!

From:

smallhobbit

Sounds like a satisfying conclusion!

From:

shaddyr

Posted!

On DW

and

On LJ

From:

smallhobbit

Yay! I'm thesmallhobbit on LJ because I use slightly different variations of my name in different places.I like to confuse myself.

From:

lightofdaye

Oh my. I accept my share of the blame without feeling the least bit guilty. That's hilarious.

From:

alisanne

That is completely awesome, and I'm jealous. :P

From:

alisanne

Oh, and you need to go post this at poetic hp!
Not sure if they have it on DW (

poetic_hp?), but it's def on LJ (

poetic_hp).

From:

shaddyr

Erm. I thought you had to write something based on their prompt? Or that is only a suggestion?

Ahhh. I read the profile page - I see. You don't have to follow the prompt. Ok. I WILL DO THIS THING!

And blame you guys.

Edited Date: 2018-01-18 05:33 am (UTC)

From:

bridgetmkennitt

I don't write poetry, but you totally got this! \o/

From:

alisanne

Ha! We'll see.
<3 Thank you!

From:

brumeier

What worked for me when I did a similar challenge last year was to choose a type of poem I thought I could easily manage, familiarize myself with the rules, and then just hammer away at it.

Or you could just go free form!

From:

alisanne

Good idea!
I'm going to try it. :)

From:

brumeier

Good luck!

From:

fairyniamh

No tips, I started my writing with (original) poetry and they have even been published... Still, I ran away from it and have not gone back.

I wish you good luck though. It isn't as easy as it looks, but I have faith that you can do it.

From:

fairyniamh

A song to listen to while...

Yeah, don't write poetry to this. XD

From:

alisanne

If you embedded a link here, I can't see it. :(

From:

fairyniamh

well poomp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywmpMQYojs

From:

alisanne

Bwahahahahahahahaha!
That was awesome. :)

From:

alisanne

It doesn't look easy at all!
<3

From:

smallhobbit

I do a neat line in doggerell, my strapline is probably 'Well, it rhymes'.

For a couple of rounds

sherlock60 had a poetry page and I tackled most of the forms. I'd say launch yourself at it. The little brother comm

holmes_minor has some gifted poets who swim beautifully - I bounce along on the seabed and bob up every so often.

From:

alisanne

LOL! I'd accept rhyming. :)
*nods* This seems to be the consensus.

From:

kelly_chambliss

Yay! We always need more poetry. I've never written fannish poetry, but in my non-fan stuff, I try to let the images do the talking. Concrete and specific, that's my approach. And Alexander Pope's maxim: "the sound must seem an echo to the sense." You'll be great, lovey!

From:

alisanne

I hope you're right, dear. :)
And we'll see if you still think that when I write you bad McGonagall poetry for your birthday. LMAO. <3

From:

delacourtings

i don't claim to be a very good poet but i do dabble in the genre and i've taken a few creative writing classes and read a few writing books. here's some exercises/ i've done over the years that might prove to be helpful!

•make a list of happy images (or sad ones, or angry ones, whatever emotion you please. ) you can choose one of these to further expand on or you can just keep this list in your back pocket for when you may need it later.
•ea deverell has some great writing worksheets for writing novels but i find this metaphors and smilies worksheet really useful for poetry.
•make a list of opposites, things that contradict each other. these can come in handy when you want to create a certain image.
•write something aural. write with the intention/goal that all of your words will sound good spoken out loud.
•write something inspired by a piece of music.
•write something inspired by a painting.
•and one of my favorite exercises was a jargon exercise. you take specific jargon, like medical terminology or i used spy jargon, and create a poem out of it. i still have my piece if you want or need an example.

some things to keep in mind/things to try to do whilst writing:
•alliterate
•have concrete imagery
•connect things in unconventional ways
•play on words
•have a theme. for this poem, the prompt was sing so i used a lot of musical imagery and vocabulary. play, harpsichord, singing, crescendo, fortissimo, etc!

•i also find other people's poetry to be a great source of inspiration. i have some quote and poetry tags you might want to peruse here and here. and lifeinpoetry posts a lot of beautiful quotes from poems.

•and of course, there's also always prose poetry! ;)

i hope this helps you at least a little bit, sorry it got so long!