Hepta Crown response by Cybele, WATER Options

[Cybele]

Seven topics on the theme of WATER
(Some old, some new.)


Haiku

silhouette heron
pensive on the water’s edge-
evanescing light

Cinquain

Hoar frost
clings like jewels
suspended from the web
of a spider on the sundial
then melt


Limerick

As we all sang a psalm from a Psalter
when christening our baby daughter,
the priest caused a muddle
when he slipped on a puddle,
and our baby slipped under the water

 


Logarhyme

Around the World

While sailing on the briny sea
a sudden thought occurred to me.
while at the wheel.

The point I like to keep my eyes on-
that slightest curve on the horizon’s
my Achilles heel.

How do I steer around the bend,
avoiding falling off the end
sail over keel?

R & M

The Schooner Charlotte Louise

In the hazy mist of dawning, the Charlotte Louise
slips wraithlike, from her mooring place, into the gentle breeze.
Like a spider’s web her halyards tower, sparkling with dew
awaiting squares and topsails from her scampering crew.
Mainsail sheets and outhaul ropes are now brought into play.
The topsail leech is checked again as she gets under way.

Like a dancer in her ball gown now, crinolined and sequinned
Sails billowing about her as she waltzes on the wind.

ACROSTIC

POSTCARD FROM THE SPELLBOUND


Skimming towards
Portsmouth. Suddenly,
Elizabeth II appears
Looming majestically
Long, sleek and elegant.
Bound for the Americas.
Onboard excited passengers,
Underway at last, wave gaily.
Nothing prepared me for her wash.

Drenched! ( W
                      i      
                        s      
                           h

                            I
                           
                              was
                                   there.)





Blank  verse

THE GOLDFISH

Do goldfish get cold?
Hardly I’m told.

Can they be bored
with their whole world explored
after one tour of the tank?.

Their mind’s are blank
in three seconds!

New scenery?
Yippee!


(All rights reserved by Grace Galton as unpublished works)

[Guest_Don_*]

Hi Grace,

I am very impressed.  This set is going to be a challenge for others to better.

Don

[Guest_Jox_*]

Hi Grace -

This is like a collection of Grace's Greatest Hits - Vol I. Think we now need more volumes.

Great stuff and really impressive - like the way you've employed a collection of different forms. Really holds water. Well done, Grace.

J.

[Guest_Nina_*]

Hi Grace

Well done with this.  What a clever idea to pick one theme and write 7 different form poems.  This is the first challenge on MM that I have looked at and found absolutely no inspiration.

Nina

[Guest_Cathy_*]

Hi Grace,

I love these and the way you've written about water in
7 different forms.  You've taken a plain subject and turned
it into something beautiful!  Way to go!

Cathy

[Cybele]

Hello Don,

I am very impressed.  This set is going to be a challenge for others to better.

Many thanks Don. I know you are not keen on blank and free verse but I think my favourite is the Goldfish!

[Cybele]

Hello James,

This is like a collection of Grace's Greatest Hits - Vol I. Think we now need more volumes.

Ah, there are three new ones James.  :block:

Great stuff and really impressive - like the way you've employed a collection of different forms. Really holds water. Well done, Grace.

Really holds water?      

Thanks James

[Cybele]

Hello Nina,

Well done with this.  What a clever idea to pick one theme and write 7 different form poems.


Thank you Nina.

This is the first challenge on MM that I have looked at and found absolutely no inspiration.

Don't I remember you saying that about Clerihews??? I shall expect to see your posting appearing here before long Nina.  

 

[Cybele]

Hello Cathy,

I love these and the way you've written about water in
7 different forms.  You've taken a plain subject and turned
it into something beautiful!  Way to go!

Many thanks Cathy. It was great fun. I have yet to master all the other forms likle Kyrielles, Sonnets, and Rondeaus, which you seem to find easy!

[Guest_Don_*]

[b]Hello Don,

I am very impressed.  This set is going to be a challenge for others to better.

Many thanks Don. I know you are not keen on blank and free verse but I think my favourite is the Goldfish!

Good morning Grace,

I prefer blank verse over free verse because it has meter.
I am not adverse to free verse; I just fail to appreciate it because I began at the other end of the  rod and am slowly working toward nuances of free verse.  Hence, I must keep trying.

A few years past I heard a couple of radio personalities making a joke about a fish swimming around in a bowl decorated with a pirate ship and a castle.  The scene was always new as it swam around.  Of course, they added sound effects and dramatics.  Yours is a little more informative with the three second memory.

Don

[Cybele]

[b]Hello Don,

I prefer blank verse over free verse because it has meter.
I am not adverse to free verse; I just fail to appreciate it because I began at the other end of the  rod and am slowly working toward nuances of free verse.  Hence, I must keep trying.

When I started writing two years ago, everything, but everything was R & M.
I never thought I would be able to get the hang of either blank verse or free verse. It is only since I joined MM that I have begun to appreciate the genres.

A few years past I heard a couple of radio personalities making a joke about a fish swimming around in a bowl decorated with a pirate ship and a castle.  The scene was always new as it swam around.  Of course, they added sound effects and dramatics.  Yours is a little more informative with the three second memory.

I had to find out this information for my sons when they were small and concerned about their goldfish getting bored. However that didn't account for the fact that they soon got bored themselves!  Then I found out that goldfish can live for up to 20 years!!! Off they went to a friend's pond pronto!!

[Cleo_Serapis]

Such wonderful poems and poetic form choices Grace!

Here I grant to you - your accolade +1 for them:

I love all of them - if I had to choose one:

As we all sang a psalm from a Psalter
when christening our baby daughter,
the priest caused a muddle
when he slipped on a puddle,
and our baby slipped under the water

Your Limerick caught my net...

Great job!  :pharoah2

~Cleo  :cloud9:

[Cybele]

Hello Lori,

Such wonderful poems and poetic form choices Grace!

Here I grant to you - your accolade +1 for them:  

Yippee! More fish for my goldfish bowl!

I love all of them - if I had to choose one:

As we all sang a psalm from a Psalter
when christening our baby daughter,
the priest caused a muddle
when he slipped on a puddle,
and our baby slipped under the water

Your Limerick caught my net...


Great job!

I have to admit I loved writing sibilants which began with a 'p'!