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Jan 12 10, 18:27
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Hi all, Based on the Robert Frost "Stopping By Woods..." thread, I'm inspired to throw out a second challenge. Taking Frost's The Road Not Taken poem below, create your own using the same end words. The words are: wood, both, stood, could, undergrowth / fair, claim, wear, there, same / lay, black, day, way, back / sigh, hence, I, by, difference. Good luck! ~Cleo QUOTE The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost, 1920
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Jan 14 10, 17:37
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I'm gonna post in here to keep to one thread. Hope das okay.
My offering is a rhymed unmetered piece. I'm not sure I've heard of such, but there tis. I'm also out of black ink in my printer, so posting this in color.
Scarlet Lipstick
I remember you last autumn, in the wood, scarlet beret, scarlet lipstick, both caught my attention and my soul stood like a Bantu hunter. I wondered a time if it could find its way out of that tangled undergrowth.
Lazy clouds overhead floated fair through their blue September claim, casting worry aside as if it were a thing to wear, then cruised nonchalantly to the same, to the same, west, east, here, there.
Clouds – I roved with them often from where I lay on the haystack. They transformed to castles – black and Chartreuse-green, then tangerine late in the day. At the drawbridge, roses lined the way and horses grazed, two chargers and a swayback.
On this quiet harvest wind there rides a sigh, making me wonder if your scarlet lipstick sent it hence. Its music notes enrapture me and say, “Tis I, tis I.” Your image in the clouds meanders by and like a Monarch butterfly, proclaims a difference.
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Cleo_Serapis Poetic Challenge using Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Jan 12 10, 18:27 Sekhmet Totems
Two gaudy effigies, carved in wood
stand ... Jan 14 10, 09:01 Merlin Reconsidering and finding that I am actually well ... Jan 15 10, 17:01 Sekhmet Hey Merlin - I think I prefer the second one - but... Jan 17 10, 13:32 Larry Hi All,
Thought I might chime in with my meager o... Jan 18 10, 13:19 Cleo_Serapis WOW!!!!!!
Leo, Merl... Jan 18 10, 14:16 Larry Hi All,
Here is a true story. Really!
A Dif... Jan 19 10, 09:25 Cleo_Serapis Glad that wasn't the case, Larry!
A lovel... Jan 19 10, 09:43 Merlin Good on ya for that sentiment, Larry.
I'm fort... Jan 19 10, 14:57 Cleo_Serapis Well done Merlin!
You all make this look EA... Jan 20 10, 06:38 Larry Hi Lori,
Once more into the fray with Frost's... Jan 22 10, 18:03 Cleo_Serapis Gosh Larry - you've really sparked an emotiona... Jan 22 10, 20:45 Larry Hi Lori,
Thank you for your kind words. I apolog... Jan 23 10, 01:07 Cleo_Serapis I believe it, Larry and am feeling the same sense ... Jan 23 10, 07:57 Larry Hello Again Lori,
Perhaps the 1/2 Billion raised ... Jan 23 10, 10:20 Merlin We just keep going and going....
Good on ya, Larry... Jan 23 10, 12:38 Larry Bob Rime’s Rhyme
Although this site would make a ... Feb 2 10, 01:07 Sekhmet Merlin! OK! I give in!
I'll be... Feb 2 10, 02:44 Merlin That was Larry up above, Leo, but we acknowledge y... Feb 2 10, 16:42 Larry Hi Merlin,
I read your Trebor Tsorf post in Herma... Feb 3 10, 00:46 Cleo_Serapis I'm not sure what's happened - it's be... Feb 3 10, 06:36 Merlin Trebor Tsorf Sedir Niaga
A small notation makes s... Feb 3 10, 09:14 Merlin Hi Larry, Lori, et al.
MM is not unique in declin... Feb 3 10, 09:34 Cleo_Serapis Hi Eric,
I am in favor of your idea. We're s... Feb 3 10, 12:07 Merlin Excellent, Lori.
Dialog is certainly a good thing,... Feb 3 10, 12:22 Cleo_Serapis That's OK - these threads can stay on page 1 i... Feb 3 10, 12:44 Psyche You gentlefolks persuaded me today
to fling this s... Feb 3 10, 17:26 Psyche I'm absolutely overwhelmed by Merlin, Larry an... Feb 3 10, 17:47 Psyche Larry, your poem about Haiti also touched me treme... Feb 3 10, 18:05 Larry Thanks Merlin, Lori & Syl,
This is such an en... Feb 3 10, 19:32 Cleo_Serapis BRAVO Sylvia!!! I really enjoyed your... Feb 3 10, 19:53 Cleo_Serapis I want to post this before I lose my train of thou... Feb 3 10, 20:43 Merlin I must add my note of congratulations to all parti... Feb 4 10, 22:06 Cleo_Serapis I have to get back to my poetic effort, !
Sin... Feb 5 10, 06:45 Cleo_Serapis One could even flip the stanzas backwards and star... Feb 5 10, 06:46 Merlin ....hmmmmmm.
would that be starting with "dif... Feb 5 10, 19:47 Cleo_Serapis Why YES! O wizzie!
difference/by/I/henc... Feb 6 10, 10:02 Larry Okay Lori,
This is in answer to your double chall... Feb 7 10, 15:46 Cleo_Serapis FABULOUS Larry!
Best of luck! Hope the... Feb 7 10, 18:54 Larry YEAH!!!
Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat De... Feb 8 10, 00:50 Cleo_Serapis Great game, Larry! I was thrilled and even Ba... Feb 8 10, 18:01 Larry Hello All,
Yet another answer to the "first ... Feb 11 10, 15:43 Cleo_Serapis This is AWESOME, Larry! Might you post it for ... Feb 12 10, 08:57 Larry Hi Lori,
Thank you very much for your compliment.... Feb 12 10, 11:02 ![|](style_images/antique/to_down_pipe.gif) Cleo_Serapis Hi Larry,
QUOTE I guess I could post it for crit... Feb 13 10, 08:09 Alan NOT THE SLIGHTEST MARK
Shall we have new bed of m... Mar 5 14, 10:23 JustDaniel Very well done, Alan... though it seems a very sad... Mar 11 14, 18:32 JustDaniel A Brain Mistaken ?
Perhaps my brain is made of wo... Mar 11 14, 19:05 Larry Woodie
I once possessed a car of steel and wood.
... Apr 7 14, 23:08 Cleo_Serapis Hahahaha! Great response Larry! Apr 15 14, 07:13 Larry Hi Lori,
Thanks for the read and the chuckles.
N... Apr 15 14, 23:02 Cleo_Serapis Hello Larry.
I spy with my little eye that Y... Apr 16 14, 07:57 Larry Hi Lori,
Thank you! I had a wonderful birthd... Apr 21 14, 23:09 Alan DECISIONS, DECISIONS
Two roads diverged in a yell... Aug 13 14, 04:03 JustDaniel ... and here I am waiting behind you!! Aug 13 14, 11:03 Larry ... and I was behind you but decided not to wait.
... Aug 14 14, 23:54 Alan Sticks and stoned can break my bones
but words can... Aug 17 14, 02:41 Larry Hi Alan,
A word is but a tool and we must find th... Aug 17 14, 08:37 Larry Pennant for Trebor Tsorf
Perhaps it’s just indif... Jul 1 15, 23:02
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