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Cleo_Serapis
post Dec 9 07, 14:45
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Hi all,

Based on Mary's thread in here Karnak Critiquing Robert Frost, I've been inspired to throw out a challenge.

Taking Frost's poem below, create your own using the same end words and format as his. The words are: know, though, here, snow / queer, near, lake, year / shake, mistake, sweep, flake / deep, keep, sleep, sleep.

Good luck!
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening


Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost, 1922


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JustDaniel
post May 13 16, 09:01
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I am sorry, but how could I know
Dr Boyce was unknown there, although
he was widely well-known, not just here
where the Baptists say, Hell to the snow!

And they like Presbyterians. Queer?
I don't think so; their churches are near
to each other. It's not like a lake
is between, so they meet up each year.

I am wondering why the head-shake;
Tenth Pres. choir never makes a mistake
and their organist really might sweep
you right off of your feet. They've no flakes

in their choir, and their repertoire's deep
into classics and modern, so keep
your own bias at bay; you'd not sleep
when they sing. In your bed you will sleep.


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- Cleo_Serapis   Poetic challenge using Frost's 'Stopping by Woods..."   Dec 9 07, 14:45
- - Merlin   I spent most of my Sunday being a domestic, so hav...   Dec 9 07, 20:52
- - Merlin   Ok, 15 minutes doesn't get you much. Lake of...   Dec 9 07, 23:07
- - heartsong7   version 2: Out of the Woods What sound is that? I...   Dec 10 07, 01:39
- - Cleo_Serapis   These are fantastic Eric and Sue! Both are so ...   Dec 10 07, 06:30
- - heartsong7   Ah yes, Merlin. I wonder if this is about the UFO...   Dec 10 07, 12:02
- - jgdittier   Okanagan's this lake I know its waters clean a...   Dec 10 07, 15:33
- - Merlin   Great submissions, all. Makes me wonder if the ca...   Dec 10 07, 18:15
- - Cleo_Serapis   Well done Ron! What fun! OK - Mine is of ...   Dec 10 07, 20:24
- - Merlin   Before I go into hibernation, here's one more....   Dec 11 07, 22:11
- - heartsong7   Ron... I enjoyed the way you tie the UFO's and...   Dec 12 07, 10:43
- - Alan   Dear Lori, Not exactly what you asked for, I will...   Dec 20 07, 07:49
- - Alan   STOPPED BY BRUSH Which choc bar’s best, I wish to...   Dec 20 07, 14:43
- - Merlin   Good to see you join the Frosties. I put the quest...   Dec 21 07, 20:31
- - Alan   Dear Merlin, Thanks for the comment. Frost does s...   Dec 22 07, 02:49
- - jgdittier   Dear Cleo and All, Frost surely has honored this s...   Jan 6 08, 14:48
- - ohsteve   Here is one I just wrote, I have done parodys of t...   Dec 22 09, 11:21
- - Cleo_Serapis   Well done, Steve! Nice to see you rhyming ag...   Dec 22 09, 21:37
- - Sekhmet   Hi _ I've just wandered into Karnac Crossing o...   Jan 3 10, 06:06
|- - Cleo_Serapis   Well done Leo! Glad to see you trying out th...   Jan 11 10, 20:33
- - Larry   Hello All, From UFO's to furtilizer and Santa...   Jan 5 10, 05:43
|- - Cleo_Serapis   Hi Larry, I MUST go ahead and beat my muse into ...   Jan 11 10, 20:37
- - Merlin   Good to have you join in, Leo & Larry. Poor ol...   Jan 9 10, 13:12
- - ohsteve   Eric my wizardering friend, what a nice refresher ...   Jan 9 10, 17:51
- - Cleo_Serapis   Eric, A great addition to our little jingle of F...   Jan 11 10, 20:39
- - Cleo_Serapis   I've only just jotted down the first stanza - ...   Jan 11 10, 20:53
- - Larry   Hi Lori, Glad you and Bob liked my meager offerin...   Jan 12 10, 11:30
- - Cleo_Serapis   Larry! Yeah, I had meant to edit that Cap (Wo...   Jan 12 10, 12:58
- - Cleo_Serapis   OK - here's my attempt at the third stanza, La...   Jan 12 10, 14:18
- - Larry   Hi again Lori, Looks like we didn't give anyon...   Jan 12 10, 16:43
- - Cleo_Serapis   Well done, Larry! We should pick another po...   Jan 12 10, 18:15
- - Larry   Empty Nest - Again Excitement wanes for I should ...   Apr 23 16, 00:04
- - JustDaniel   A Visit to Sleepy, Hollow Wood Most Karnak visito...   Apr 27 16, 15:02
- - Larry   Hi Daniel, Sorry but I don't remember the sec...   May 11 16, 22:15
- - JustDaniel   I don't think the older one was from a challen...   May 12 16, 09:31
- - Larry   I am sorry that I didn’t know about Boyce and his ...   May 12 16, 22:03
- - Larry   Would that I, in my youth came to know choirs of e...   May 17 16, 11:34
- - JustDaniel   In my youth, I sang tenor, you know, in falsetto t...   May 17 16, 18:34
- - Larry   There are some things I wish that I could know, an...   May 20 16, 18:43

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