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Scarlet's Music in the Night
Scarlet's Music in the Night
Scarlet journeys west, alone and friendless in the dark...
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Sea Monsters-A Prehistoric Adventure
Sea Monsters-A Prehistoric Adventure
A review; Nationa Geographic DVD, 2008
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healfromwithin: I just posted, "Makani, Aloha 'oe," which is a free-verse poem, in English and Hawaiian languages. This poem speaks of the wind, first - Makani, as it rushes down the Ko'olau mountains here on Oahu. Building up strength, Makani ua - a windy rain - moves over the islands; and becomes 'ena Makani, a gale-force wind that cuts to the core; then, at last, Makani calms to a dying breeze, whispering farewell, leaving a rainbow in his wake. I wrote this after our valley in Palolo, at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains, kept company with Makani, Makani ua and 'ena Makani for a couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy this poem of aloha! |
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healfromwithin: Just posted: "Writer's Lament," a funny, quirky poem about a writer who awaits an acceptance letter, only to receive yet another rejection. |
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healfromwithin: Some clarifications on The Pantoum: (Writer's Digest article/by Miriam Sagan) "The basic form of the pantoum is the four-line stanza or quatrain. 1. Write a four line stanza. Highly imagistic or emotional lines work best - the pantoum is a cut-up; you can't tell a strict story with it. 2. Now let go of your sense of control! Allow the words to take over. 3. The pantoum is based on repetons�??repeating lines. Lines 2 & 4 of a stanza become lines 1 & 3 of the next. 4. Complete this stanza by creating the connecting lines. 5. Repeat this pattern indefinitely until the pantoum concludes. For the best effect, go a minimum of five to seven stanzas. Line1/Line2/Line3/Line4 Line2/Line5/Line4/Line6 Line5/Line7/Line6/Line8 (and so on) In the final stanza of the pantoum, go back to the beginning. There are two lines that haven't been repeated yet: line 1 and line 3. To close out the poem, make line 3 the second line of the final stanza and use the first line of the pantoum as the end. When you reach this point, you can always go back and make revisions to fit the needs of your poem. It's important to make this first (and last) line great. You can alter the ending if you like, using a slight variation of line 1. Another ending option is to put lines 1 and 3 in the order in which they originally appeared and to end the pantoum with line 3. Use whichever works best for you; both methods unify the pantoum and bring it full circle." Here is a very good site to view: http://miriamswell.wordpress.com/?s=pantoum Here is a classic John Ashbery piece, reprinted on this site: http://poetrying.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/pantoum-john-ashbery/ |
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healfromwithin: Some clarifications on authentic Tanka: Tanka poems consist of two stanzas. They have the same syllable format as the Haiku in the first stanza and a summary stanza of two lines, seven syllables each. A Tanka poem has a title. |
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healfromwithin: Some clarifications on authentic Senryu: As in a Haiku poetry, Senryu poems also have no title but are about people, not nature. These poems may contain humor about human nature and have the same syllable pattern as Haiku. |
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healfromwithin: Some clarifications on authentic Haiku: Haiku is a very old form of poetry, which originated in Japan. The poem has a total of seventeen syllables and no title. Haiku poems are usually about things in nature like butterflies, waves, trees, fish or birds. The poet tries to picture a moment in time so that the reader can almost see what is happening. The poems are written in the present tense: must have an action verb, nature as a theme, and be about a particular event (not general). Word or phrase may suggest a season. Lines are usually left open (lines do not rhyme) but may close A-B-A. The syllable/line format is 5-7-5. |
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healfromwithin: I'm back after a long time away. I intend to write children's stories, poetry, YA fiction and adult fiction, to start with. |
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