CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Pursues Obsessions!
This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge.
Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M. EDT.
Friday Fling #232 for May 17th 2013
From time to time in my life, I have acted a bit like Mr. Toad in the Wind In The Willows story.
I have been known to get really involved in something so deeply, usually some hobby or activity or source of enjoyment, that it might more rightly be labelled an “obsession.”
Most recently, I have spent a lot of time learning about “craft beers,” and tonight spent $19 on just eight bottles I had never tried!
No. I did not drink any of them yet. I’m not constituted to drink much alcohol, it tends to make me tired. I make a sleepy drunk LOL.
But reflecting on the fact that a month ago, even a week ago, I would have considered it folly to spend so much money on beer. I like beer, but until now I would have spent $16 on a 30 pack case of something cheap which would take a month or more to consume.
So this challenge is at least personally timely. That is, our Fling topic this week is about an obsession of some sort you have had or have.
Or put another way, write a passionate poem about some personal passion!
A moderately lengthy format may be best for you to describe your obsession and its history. So we are suggesting the Ottava Rima, a format which can vary in length according to your preferences, as noted on ShadowPoetry.com:
A Ottava Rima is a poem written in 8-line octives. Each line is of a 10 or 11 syllable count in the following rhyme:
one octive poem. abababcc
two octive poem. abababcc, dededeff
three octive poem. abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii
…so on and so on
He is There
When sorrow lies entrenched within your heart
And doubts, like ocean waves, around you churn,
When chaos reigns o’er life and won’t depart
And for the peace of yesterday you yearn,
When evil thoughts are tearing you apart
And there is nowhere left for you to turn,
When dark of night persists throughout your day,
It’s time to fall upon your knees and pray.
For God is there, He’s always by your side,
He is your life’s companion and your friend,
He’s with you through each bitter storm you ride,
From morn’s first light to sunset at day’s end.
You must give up your bitterness and pride
And to your Lord extend your hand again.
He only wants for you to ask Him in
And you will be forgiven for your sin.
Copyright © 2003 Linda Newman
So your poem can be eight, sixteen or twenty-four lines long.
This week the Friday Fling puts the O in obsession in Ottava Rimas!
Be sure to save time to read and comment unobsessively about your fellow Pals’ poetically expressed passions. Then go follow your obsession for a fun weekend!
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