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| From:  Sassy_Catt (Original Message) | Sent: 3/9/2005 6:10 PM |
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How it works: I give you a list of 10 words and you must use at least 6 out of 10, preferably all 10 if possible. The poems must make sense. This week there is no poem size limit. Poem style - your choice. It's up to you, whether you want to write structured or unstructed, rhymed or no rhyme. WORD LIST - Mar 09/05 - obsidian - sluggish - reed - translucent - gauze - fields - golden - survey - barge - bevy Have fun with this!!!!!!!!!! Hugsssssssssss Sassy *S* | | | |
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Dale, Your poem has a Mark Twain feel to it. I can almost see him journeying down the mighty Mississip in this. This is too cool! |
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The Cause Translucent as the night Is this obsidian In my hand I turn to it For direction Like sailors on a barge Look to the stars above But nothing can Be my guide. All I survey Lays in the wake Of this world Filled with destruction, Sluggish industry and Faded innocence Visions of golden fields Appear but still The fragile reed breaks And noone, not even a Bevy can make a difference. Change starts with its grass roots Then turns into a revolution Bringing change isn't Fixed with bubble gum or tape Or plastered in gauze It takes commitment To the cause. |
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Marie, WOW...... I loved your take on the words - this is great! *S* Hugssssss Sassy *S* |
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Marie-This is great, made for an excellent poem. Good job! I enjoyed it and read it at the other group and I recognized those words.  Hugs Dale |
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| "Larks Ascent" A bevy of larks
Fly as if disturbed
From reed' fields
By the rumble
Of a distant volcano
With high priority
They survey
Contours of translucent earth
Coursing the sky
With the steadied ease
Of a sluggish barge
Steering
Between sun
And obsidian clouds
As if avoiding
A butterfly hunters gauze Copyright © 2005 Tinka Boukes
obsidian,sluggish,reed,fields,gauze,translucent, bevy,survey,golden,barge |
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Tinky, That's a bevy of goodness in my translucent brain from this obsidian beauty. lol Loved it. Great job. Hugs Dale |
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Tinka, Fantastic poem using the words, great imagery! Animals/birds can sense things long before we can and I can picture a flock of them lifting off as the earth begins to rumble. Hugssssss Sassy *S* |
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Tinka, Your poem is so clean and presents the beauty of nature. Great imagery. Applause. |
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Hi Sassy, Oh with a little help from a dear darling  "demon" I got this going....lol This was my "Other" effort *!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!**!*!**!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* Word Challenge 2 <o:p></o:p> Once the playground of many Fields and heaven In a gauze melancholy view Bevy survey high priority Golden horizons now gone Not translucent anymore As a barge of obsidian Sluggish volcano glass Slowly covers up reed Once again The power of nature Has spoken Copyright © 2005 Tinka Boukes |
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Tinka,
I'm so glad the "demon" helped you to get this on the boards! It's outstanding! I'm so glad you're enjoying these word challenges! *S* Hugssssss Sassy *S* |
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Reviewed by Tinka Boukes 3/13/2005
Hi Sassy, Quite an challenge it was... you did teach me a few "Grand" new words here....lol!!
Maybe not a master piece but hell i am always up for a challenge...
specially...when it comes to enrich my knowledge of the literary word!! Love Timaicha ~ Tinka ~ Skippy ~ Babygirl ~ "Only Me" |
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ok - time to post one of the ones I wrote for this challenge. LOL 
| Her Domain S. Cat Mar 9/05
Her gilded barge rides the sluggish current, past predators basking in Ra's golden rays, laying near the reed clustered embankments. While fellahin toil endlessly in the fertile fields, fish dart through the translucent Nile waters. Her obsidian eyes survey her vast domain, she reclines beneath gauze draped awnings, surrounded by a bevy of servants and slaves. 
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I bow down to you Cleopatra!  The Nile is a mysterious river and the river of life. I've written a couple of poems about it and I will try and dig them up, well they won't fit the challenge but hey they're still good. lol I hope! Hugs Sassy Dale |
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Ah thanks Dale, glad you liked it! I've always been fascinated by ancient civilizations. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celts........ and the minute I picked obsidian for the word list - I thought of ancient Egypt. LOL Hugsssssssss Sassy *S* |
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Here's my 2nd entry. It's similar to Dale's.......... *S*
Hugsssssss
Sassy *S*
| Lazy River Days
S. Cat Mar 09 2005
Barges overflowing with grains or corn
Slowly float in the sluggish current,
down the mighty Mississippi River
The sun's golden rays beat down
upon the obsidian river waters
turning the water semi translucent
like a gauze curtain swaying in the wind
Long lazy days are spent up the river,
plying their trade from one end to another
Men gaze out upon cities and fields
A movement is detected, eyes survey
the reed strewn river banks
A bevy of quails is spotted there,
calmly gazing back at the bargemen.
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