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This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge.  Poems should be posted there when the blog opens Thursday at 9 PM EDT.

Friday Fling #129 May 20th 2011

I have two annual medical appointments this week, and they made me think about how much we depend on others to provide important information and guide us.  Well actually that’s not how it worked, Michelle and I had decided on this topic weeks ago.  But it makes a nice starting point for this intro, huh. 🙂

We do count on others for all sorts of things, including, as poets, for inspiration as well as subject matter.  The CPC itself offers daily challenges to use as a muse in writing.

Who inspires or has inspired you, and how and why?

Among the poetry formats designed specifically to write about characters or people is the Clerihew.  Here is ShadowPoetry.com’s description, and three fun examples:

A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16.  The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme.  In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.

Garfield the cat
On his rear he sat.
Eating lasagna galore
All about the decor.

Copyright © 2000 James & Marie Summers

The Road Runner
always almost a goner;
when attacked in manner dread,
Wile E. suffers intended fate instead ….

Copyright © 2004 Alan McAlpine Douglas

Star Trek’s frowning Klingon Worf
challenges a squeamish metamorph
to eating a wormlike gagh dinner;
Worf of course was the winner!

Copyright © 2004 Diana Dalton

If one verse is not enough to explain the inspiration you obtained, you can do multiples to make a whole poem.

This week the Friday Fling celebrates those who inspire us!

Be sure to save time to read and comment inspirationally on your fellow Pals’ testimonials.  Then go be inspiring this weekend!

As ever, should the suggested topic or format not inspire you enough, you can post anything which you’ve written lately which would be appropriate for our blog family.

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for May 13th 2011

Congratulations Kare!