Snowflake Challenge, Day 14

[alisanne]

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?

Comments

[lightofdaye]

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

If all else fails plenty of things rhyme with cock.

[shaddyr]

*spits coffee on keyboard*

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

[alisanne]

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

[shaddyr]

I am sure you will do great!

You could always go for a limerick. *grin*

[alisanne]

LMAO! Apparently one including the word cock. ;)

[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.

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[smallhobbit]

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

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[alisanne]

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

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[smallhobbit]

If I can, you most certainly can!

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[shaddyr]

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


Tag.

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[smallhobbit]

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

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[shaddyr]

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

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[smallhobbit]

Mountains and valleys
Descending from height to depth
Nothing unexplored

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[shaddyr]

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

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[smallhobbit]

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

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[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!

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[smallhobbit]

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

I totally agree. I feel we may be climaxing

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[shaddyr]

ahahahah! You're hilarious!

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

I think that might be a wrap!

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[alisanne]

You guys are awesome! Post that sucker!

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[smallhobbit]

Sounds like a satisfying conclusion!

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[shaddyr]

Posted!

On DW

and

On LJ

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[smallhobbit]

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

[lightofdaye]

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

[alisanne]

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

[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).

[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.

[bridgetmkennitt]

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

[alisanne]

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

[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!

[alisanne]

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

[brumeier]

Good luck!

[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.

[fairyniamh]

A song to listen to while...



Yeah, don't write poetry to this. XD

[alisanne]

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

[fairyniamh]

well poomp.

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

[alisanne]

Bwahahahahahahahaha!
That was awesome. :)

[alisanne]

It doesn't look easy at all!
<3

[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.

[alisanne]

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

[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!

[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

[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!

[alisanne]

What an awesome resource, thank you so much, this is fabulous. :)

♥