I really don’t know what I’d do
If I were you and you were me
I might celebrate my debut
I really don’t know what I’d do
I might enjoy me being you
But us being reversed is a mystery
I really don’t know what I’d do
If I were you and you were me
Triolet
#OctPoWriMo Day 12
Word Prompts:
should, might, consider, absolute, discover
Dont let your dreams slip away
And fall through the cracks of life
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Look at each day with new eyes
Keep your future plans alive
Dont let your dreams slip away
There’ll always be imperfections
Trying to crush dreams until they crumble
And fall through the cracks of life
So if you stumble and fall, rise up
Begin again, grasp your dreams
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Cascade
#OctPoWriMo Day 11
Falling Through The Cracks
Suggested poetry form: Cascade
Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example below:
a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C
To make the Cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. For example, if verse one has 6 lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect).
Word Prompts:
unexpected, imperfection, slipping,
with new eyes, begin again
Angels in euphoric dance
Swirl in the great expanse
Over the clouds so puffy white
Heavenly beings full of delight
Mom is there joining in with glee
Eighteen years this day, there went she
Left earth aged with all its pain and woe
And flew to heaven with hair white as snow
Now in restored youth, she rejoices there
Dancing joyously with angels upon the air
Con-Verse
( I wrote this poem with my mom in mind as 18 years ago today she left this earth and went to heaven. She was 85 years old and I like to imagine that today she is in restored health and dancing on air with angels, as she always loved to dance when here on earth.)
(This is my first time writing this Form called:
Con-Verse, created by Connie Marcum Wong, which consists of three or more 2-line rhyming stanzas (couplets). The meter of this form is in syllabic verse.
Rhyme scheme: aa,bb,cc,dd,ee
Meter: 7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,11,11)
(Syllabic verse only counts the number of syllables in a line.)
(This form consists of three or more couplets which ascend by one syllable up to and until you reach a syllabic count of eleven which would contain ten lines.
This process may be repeated for a longer verse. If repeated, you must begin your first couplet with the syllabic count of seven again and continue from there.)
#OctPoWriMo Day 10 http://www.octpowrimo.com/2018/10/poetry-prompts-day-10-dancing-on-air.html
Theme: Dancing on Air
Word Prompts:
Euphoric, Dance, In the clouds, Delight, Joy
Love never ends.
It’s easy to love someone
Who also loves you
Someone who’s true
Who’s patient and kind
And of the same mind
It’s easy to love that someone
It’s not easy to love someone
Who doesn’t love you
Someone who’s untrue
Who’s impatient and unkind
And of a different mind
It’s not easy to love that someone
But Jesus said to love everyone
Even that someone
Who doesn’t love you
Who’s impatient and untrue
Of a different mind or unkind
Who’s arrogant and rude everyday
Who selfishly insists on their own way
Loving everyone is not easy, tis true
But it’s something Jesus told us to do
Rhyme
Jesus said: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,…” John 13:34
What 1 Corinthians 13 says about Love:
Love is patient and kind;
love does not envy or boast;
it is not arrogant or rude
It does not insist on its own way;
it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,
but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
OctPoWriMo Day 9
Theme: Love
Come follow me, I’ll never leave you
I’ll show you all the things you must do
To win life’s battles against your foe
And gain victory no matter where you go
You’ll be more than a conqueror, it tis true
Your enemies will always pursue
But them you’ll always mightily subdue
Together them we’ll overthrow
Come follow me
You’ll never be alone, for it’ll be us two
I’ll lead and guide and bring you through
In every challenge you’ll conquer and grow
Power and victory you’ll always bestow
Everyday I’ll give you victories anew!
Come follow me
Rondeau
Based on Romans 8:37-38 and John 12:26
#OctPoWriMo Day 6
Theme: Conquered
Word Prompts: worth the fight
victory, battle, forever, together
Suggested poetry type: Rondeau
Have you ever been told “No!”
Stopped when you wanted to go
Denied passage within
Rejected for the color of your skin
Refuted for something you’ve said
Sought friendship but were scorned instead
Vetoed for taking a stand
Mocked for the goals you’ve planned
Nothing but bills in the mail
Everything you try seems to fail
You’re not alone my friend
I’ve gone round and round that bend
Someday our ships will come in
Someday it’ll be our turn to win!
Rhyme
“Never, Ever, Give Up!”
#OctPoWriMo Day 5
Prompts:
Denied, Refuted, Rejected, Spurned, Vetoed
Armoured animal wearing a
Striped suit of
Polychromatic cloth is a
Fright to me and
Disturbed my day
Acrostic
(I figured this was a fitting strange animal that would fit right in with October since it’s Halloween month)
#OctPoWriMo Day 4
Theme: Strange Animals
Form: Acrostic, Limerick, or Riddle
Prompts: polychromatic,fright,striped,armoured,
disturbed
Filled with doubt I elect to stand
Holding fast His words in my hand
I trust and overcome fear,
Embrace life, enemies sneer, as they disband
Florette
(Based on Psalm 37: 39-40
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.)
#OctPoWriMo Day 3-Insecurity
Theme: Insecurity Form: Florette
Prompts: doubt, trust, overcome, embrace, secure
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 