Saturday, February 2, 2013

Two challenges

I am mixing Laurie's Friday challenge with Marian's  Weekend Mini challenge.
Laurie asked us to write about the term, Phantasmagoric!

(Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia) 1. Pertaining or relating to a phantasmagoria; of the nature of phantasmagoria; illusive; unreal.
(Wiktionary) 1. adj. Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. 2. adj. Characterized by or pertaining to a dream-like blurring of real and imaginary elements.
(WordNet 3.0) 1. adj. characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition


Marian asked us to write a Cinquain.  The cinquain poem, while having the feel and style of Japanese forms like haiku and tanka, was created by American poet Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914).

Guidelines are:
  
 The cinquain is a five-line poem with the following characteristics, in decreasing order of importance:


  1. Strict syllable count: 2-4-6-8-2
  2. Strong title (important with such a tight poem)
  3. Strong imagery (perhaps, even, an image per line)
  4. Nature imagery, as in haiku or tanka (though I certainly vary from this!)
  5. Juxtaposition or a clever “turn” at the end
  6. Accented stress pattern (1-2-3-4-1) and initial capitalization were both used routinely by Crapsey (and are both present in her poems above) but have been all but abandoned in modern cinquain writing. I have not really focused on meter, but may make that my focus this weekend.



earthworms  
find a green home
I need a good manny petty
white roots show at six feet below
up yours  
 

I spy clouds
birds shadow my thoughts
wish for eco friendly view
 you shouldn't piss off Mother Nature
Uranus







 via ***

finger
golden eyes you
 all that glitters is not
born with a silver spoon in mouth
rusted







a flame
she looks like a moth
no that is buttermilk
no she is a rare grey-blue bloodhound breed

bug off


32 comments:

  1. All are fun and smart...am partial the the first though;)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you kkkaty :D
      I had fun, will try again!

      Delete
  2. I love the little unexpected twist at the end of each cinquain. These are some amazing pics too.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I found the pics on Pinterest! A lot of wonderful, fantasy type stuff! I know, I will try again and be more accurate with the guidelines! It was fun~ Thank you :D

      Delete
  3. *guffaw* these are hilarious and wonderful. maybe i was born in a barn, but i never heard "manny petty" before and that made me laugh almost as hard as "Uranus" in the second. these are phantasmagorical all right!
    i was considering combining these two prompts, too. one never knows, maybe a phantasmagoric cinquain has yet to arrive! oh that is just hilarious even to say.
    wonderful, wonderful, Ella. yay!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I have a teenage daughter :D, lol. I know I didn't follow the syllable count on Uranus, but I had to do it, lol! I love this form and will try it again! I had so much fun blurring these two ideas, together! I will do it again ;D Thank you!

      Delete
  4. These are lovely words and pictures ~ My favourite is the last one ~

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Grace!
      I didn't quite follow the guidelines, but I knew
      I had to go with it! I want to write more :D

      Delete
  5. Loredana,
    It was fun to be assertive and blur the lines a bit! Thank you so much :D

    ReplyDelete
  6. amazing images Ella... you are sounding a bit saucy here today:-)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Laura,
      Thank you ;D
      I wrote them late at night
      No more like wee hours of morning!
      lol yes, I guess I do

      Delete
  7. Oh my goodness. Ella's EDGE comes out! I love these, and I really really especially love that gorgeous picture of the moths.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Fireblossom! Yes, I had to let the real Ella out, lol~
      I know they are beautiful~

      Delete
  8. Yes, Ella's edge is revealed and she definitely is feeling her oats this weekend. Love it, kiddo......and look at you, combining TWO difficult challenges.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Sherry,
      Yeah, I let her out once in awhile, when she isn't recycling garbage, lol. They were both so unique, it was fitting to put them together ;D

      Delete
  9. These are awesome!! Clever, funny ... thoroughly enjoyable.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Helen...thank you! I didn't quite match the form. I will have to try again and again, lol :D

      Delete
  10. These are great... and witty... thanks for making me smile, Ella.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. ;D You are welcome! Thanks for this unique challenge! It was fun~

      Delete
  11. Ah such beauty and wit as only you can do Ella. Love them!!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Very interesting pictures you chose, Ella; and I REALLY like your poems. Beautifully phantasmagoric!!

    ReplyDelete
  13. These are fun Ella! Love 'manny petty' and ' born with a silver spoon in mouth rusted'...ha! The images are stunning too!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I kept thinking golden thumb
      golden tongue and then
      spoon fed of course ;D
      lol
      Thank you!

      Delete
  14. very witty! i, too, love the rusted silver spoon!

    have a lovely week, Ella!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I so wanted tarnished, but rusted
      worked best~ ;D
      Thank you!

      Delete
  15. It was fun to do...
    I what to make beautiful ones, next :D
    Thank you

    ReplyDelete
  16. Wow, each image went up then lept off the cliff.

    ReplyDelete
  17. You did such a good job with these. I love the last lines in all of them. Very clever. Enjoyed reading this and enjoyed the pictures you chose to go with each poem. Nice.

    ReplyDelete