Standing for what’s right
Seeking opportunities
For the greater good
Senryu
Standing for what’s right
Seeking opportunities
For the greater good
Senryu
National Lion Day
Paying tribute to
All our earthly Lions
Us named Leona
And the King of all
The Lion of Judah
Syllabic Verse
Looking for escape
Not aware of his resources
Flight to freedom lost
Haiku
Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that, like the work in Translucence, reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know (here’s a good place to look!) Ignore any accompanying English translation (maybe cover it up, or cut-and-paste the original into a new document). Now start translating the poem into English, with the idea that the poem is actually “about” your photograph. Use the look and feel of the words in the original to guide you along as you write, while trying to describe your photograph. It will be a bit of a balancing act, but hopefully it will lead to new and beautiful (and possibly very weird) place
This is the original photo with the original poetry which I found posted at: https://awakenedeye.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/gr-magritte.jpg
Believer be aware
Always put on your armor
Wear it daily
The lion sleeps
But he will arise again
So be on guard
Your great adversary
Is as a roaring lion
Wanting to devour
The lion slumbers
But he will again awake
So be wise
Be spirtually ready
Don’t be caught off guard
Always be vigilant
For the devil
Is as a prowling lion
Seeking to devour
Stand against him
Wearing the Armor of God
He will flee.
Word Lunes
(Based on 1 Peter 5:8-9 and Ephesians 6:10-18)
He attacks with vengence!
What is it the enemy fears?
Observe his means.
What is the main strategy
That he uses to frighten you?
Tanka
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. —Eric Hoffer
We smiled, chittering and chattering
As daylight filled with bright sunshine
Spilled upon us walking sprightly.
In the distance a lion roared
But the sound did not reach
Our quiescent ears
Dulled by sleep.
Our guard down,
The lion
Strikes!
Caught
Off guard
We scramble
To stand and fight
The enemy attack.
Unprepared for battle,
Head and heart vulnerable
To fleshly fear and worldly anger,
We attempt to vanquish our beastly foe
Unprotected. We cry out for God to help us!
Reverse Etheree and Etheree
Based on 1Peter 5:8 and Ephesians 6:10-18
Sittin’ and dreamin’
When I grow up I want to be…
And the Lion goes “ROAR!”
Senryu
Like a Lion’s loud roar
Shaking the barren tree limbs
From their sleepy core
Awakening season’s centers
To life once more
Then the Lion sleeps, time dims
March shuts Winter’s door
With Daffodil’s as assenters
And Songbirds galore
March leads a chorus of hymns
Life to restore
As Springtime rain mentors
March exits, no encore.
Like a frisky Lamb she skims
Toward the exit door
Double Trochee
DOUBLE TROCHEE: 4 quatrains–96 syllables–7-5-7-5 –7-5-7-5– 7-5-7-5 –7-5-7-5– Rhyme: a-b-c-b
Why do lions roar?
Answer:
They roar to communicate with each other and they roar to proclaim where their territory is, they do this every evening.
Roaring is also one of their strategies for catching prey – they creep up on the prey and when they are close enough,
they will let out a roar that confuses that animal(s) and strikes fear into the lion’s prey.
The prey then cannot “think” or react correctly out of fear and so is trapped and caught by the lion.
Answers.com–Wiki Answers –http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_lions_roar
[NaPoWriMo–Day 13] [April 2014 PAD Challenge: Day 13–Animal poem]