by Tom Adam
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i hope this one fits the prompt
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/03/madonna-and-child.html
the labyrinth
very inspiring prompt.. thanks for it and the written info on the pantoum form.. both of which i was able to use this week…
I wrote a terzanelle, my third one till date:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/confusing-is-what-i-call-this.html
Introversion
I chose to repeat myself here:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/03/vacation-repeats.html
Here’s mine: it’s almost seasonal.
Leavened Bread
i didn’t take on the form challenge, yet, but here is one with repeated lines. not sure its complete
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-write-poem-prompt.html
It wasn’t that I chickened out over the challenge of writing in a structured form; rather, the idea of repetition hooked me in, took me in a completely different direction: to San Francisco.
San Francisco Thrice
Mary Evans’ poem. And a good day to all.
I think I got into the spirit of this prompt.
Here it is, I hope you enjoy.
Hopefully it is an interesting piece.
Here it is, I hope you enjoy
http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/here-before-here-again
Now that I understand how this works, here is my post on the correct day
I chose a poem I’d written recently that repeated a single word. I’ll admit it’s a tad cheesy but I like the sentiment: Just
Pantoums are fun–thanks Tom!
dream book pantoum
O well. I tried. (I forgot about the deja vu part). ICE
http://myunclepepeksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/these-pictures-of-ice-on-car.html
For Journal Writing I gave my students the prompt: behind lace curtains, and I wrote a pantoum for it. Mine’s a bit different, though, because I went back to the first stanza and took two lines from it for my last stanza. Also, I wasn’t very good about copying the lines exactly; I kind of tweaked them to make them fit the poem better.
Pantoum
Hello, I often use repetition in my poems – here is my latest one…
Its a shame we are not as empowered as children
Poetman
http://renpowellsmimes.blogspot.com/2008/03/nonce-form.html
Not a pantoum, but a nonce form certainly related.
I hope y’all will take a look . . .
ren
Supposition
I gave a rhyming pantoum a try. Here is my rough draft: Pantoum for Laundry Day Dreams.
This was fun to do, Tom. Thanks for inspiring me to write to a form I’ve never tried.
Hope
Tom: Thanks for the great info on pantoums. I was completely unaware. I tried to write one, ended up pulling out my hair…
Check it out! Check it out!
Ah – just realised I left my previous comment in the wrong place. Here’s my first pantoum…
A wanderer returns
though I think I should have read the description a bit more carefully as I’ve done it backwards – lines 1&3 becoming 2&4… oops!
A pantoum!
http://codyisamazing.blogspot.com/2008/03/persona.html
This one was the intersection of a totally optional prompt (write in a different voice) and the repetition prompt, here:
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#5394002876875880347