Category Archives: Rhyming

I PLAY NO MORE

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Mike Patrick

I’ve been so busy trying to write an impossible novel, I almost missed one of the Welsh poetry forms from Imaginary Garden with real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-gymryd-anadl.html. This week they want a toddaid. A toddaid is a stanza comprising a ten-syllable … Continue reading →

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THE FISH

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Mike Patrick

Theme Thursday’s prompt #57 is Fish, http://themethursday.blogspot.com/2011/10/thursday-october-13-2011-fish.html. Now, I’m a fisherman. I love to fish, so this would seem to be a natural for me, but with my propensity to experiment lately, I’m going to again post a rough draft. … Continue reading →

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TIME

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Mike Patrick

The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/, threw out a real challenge in their ‘Croeso i Gymru!’ post, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/10/croeso-i-gymru.html. They want us to write an awdl gywydd: a Welsh poetry form with seven-syllable lines and a rhyming scheme of ******A … Continue reading →

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WRANGLER

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Mike Patrick

With a heightened awareness nagging, I find poetry everywhere. For the last couple of weeks, verse has been assaulting me in everything I do, everything I hear and everything I see. It’s gotten to where I can’t go to the … Continue reading →

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THE CALL OF DREAMS

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Mike Patrick

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/, introduces us to the triolet, another of those fun French forms from the past. You should check out Real Toads and give the triolet a try. THE CALL OF DREAMS by Mike Patrick It’s … Continue reading →

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MIRAGE

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Mike Patrick

Poetry Tow Truck, Prompt #38, asks for a poem with a cross between popular culture and an “old fashioned” form. It’s pretty easy to poke fun a pop culture, so let’s just do it. I believe this qualifies as a … Continue reading →

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FIELDS OF TIME

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Mike Patrick

Another off-prompt day. So much in this fevered mind demands attention. FIELDS OF TIME by Mike Patrick In vain, through bordered fields of time, I search for youth that once was mine, but time is but a looking-glass, with nothing … Continue reading →

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KIDNAPPED

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Mike Patrick

Margo Roby, http://margoroby.wordpress.com/, in her Tuesday Tryouts asks us to write a genealogical poem. The creation of my family tree ends on a beach on either Scotland or Ireland sometime around 1768. Sandy is a genealogy buff and has spent … Continue reading →

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THE SQUIRREL’S TALE

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Mike Patrick

I can’t help it, none of the prompts attract me. After finishing Poemcrazy, I have to play with at least a few of the lesser ideas from Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge’s book. She asked that I look at something—no, really LOOK … Continue reading →

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KEYSTONE

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Mike Patrick

The Sunday Whirl, http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/, with wordle prompt #22, a baker’s dozen of, “raw, sheep, verve, yearn, fingertips, omen, muse, mirror, strengthen, opal, corridor, thrust, and thread,” arrived while I’m in the middle of reading Poemcrazy, by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge. Margo Roby … Continue reading →

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