By Debra White
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It snowed here today. Molly and I had fun!
Picture courtesy of Google as I'm somehow unable to upload my own photo that I took from our walk this morning. |
By Debra White
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It has come to my attention (on many more than one occasion when entering, or being nominated for a contest) that the number of total votes placed in the voting booth add up to way more than the views of my entry.
For example, there are a total of 69 votes placed in the Poem of the Month booth this month. My entry had only 40 views and this is including the views before the booth opened! In other words, the voters are not reading all of the entries. It niggles me! Niggle - to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety. ** Please note, I am not being a bad sport about the result of the contest AT ALL, but I DO believe that there is a lack of integrity shown in the voting booths. Anyway, mini rant over :) The Octelle is a poem consisting of * 8 lines using personification and/or symbolism in a telling manner. *syllable count is 8/8/7/7/7/7/8/8, *rhyme scheme is A1A2bbccA1A2. The first two lines and the last two lines are identical (refrain). Image courtesy of Google |
By Debra White
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I think my poem speaks for itself!
I love watching our Springer Spaniel, Molly, sleeping. She has some great adventures in her dreams, I can tell! Image courtesy of Pinterest - this dog is so like Molly! |
By Debra White
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What made you feel happy today?!
An ekphrastic Ottava Rima poem. Image courtesy of David Attenborough Fans Facebook page. |
By Debra White
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knocked-up : made
Image courtesy of google |
By Debra White
| Author Notes | Image courtesy of my good friend, Maria Jose Garcia. The photo is taken in her gorgeous garden in Spain. |
By Debra White
I want to go out!
Want freedom and fun,
to frolic and run.
Go gadding about
out there 'til I'm done.
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Gadding - Going out in search of pleasure, especially in an aimless manner.
Toasty - Comfortably warm. (collinsdictionary.com) The photo is of our Springer Spaniel, Molly, looking longingly out of the window. When she's out, she wants to be in. When she's in, she wants to be out! The Emmett style is a five line form, related to the acrostic styles. The Emmett has 2 rules: 1.The first line of the Emmett is five WORDS long. Each word of the first line becomes the first word of the following lines. So the second word in line one becomes the first word of line two, the third word becomes the first word of line three, etc. 2. the Emmett has a rhyme scheme of abbab. There are no other restrictions on meter or line length. *I have chosen to write in 5/5/5/5/5 syllable count. |
By Debra White
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The Mad Dog Stanza is:
*Stanzaic: One or more quintains *Syllabic: 6/6/4/4/6 *Rhymed: xabba (my x rhyme is the same as my a rhyme) *Metric: Iambic Image courtesy of David Attenborough Fan Page on Facebook |
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