The Friday Fling Attends a Summer Concert!
Friday Fling #137 July 15th 2011
This month on the Fling we are surveying some of the reasons why we love the summer. This week it’s: summer concerts! National ones, local ones, big ones, small ones. What are your favorites or what are your favorite or most prominent memories from summer concerts past?
This week we also thought a challenging but still relatively compact format you may never have tried might work for this topic! Two weeks ago Michelle wrote a Rondel. According to ShadowPoetry.com,
Rondel
A French form consisting of 13 lines: two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows:
ABba abAB abbaA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats.
A Rondel for Margarita
On the carousel, on a summer’s day,
As the rest of the fairground goes gliding by,
We coast together, now low, now high,
But how quickly the moment slips away.
She laughs at the music, elfin and fey,
She laughs for joy at the sapphire sky,
On the carousel, on a summer’s day,
As the rest of the fairground goes gliding by.
How sweet her delight in simple play,
Someday, without me, she’ll take to the sky,
Brave little fledgling, ready to fly.
We must hold these moments while we may
On the carousel, on a summer’s day.
Copyright © 2004 Gail Kavanagh
To recap, The first two lines repeat as the last two lines of the second stanza, and the first line repeats again as the last line of the poem. The rhymescheme looks a bit complex but the second stanza goes abAB using the same two rhymes as in the first stanza, which had the rhymes ABba, and then the third stanza comes up with four new rhymes in abba like the first before the poem’s opening line is used as the closer. So the most difficult part of this format is likely to be picking your rhymers with some care so you can rhyme each of them four times.
This week the Friday Fling writes Rondels about summer concerts!
Be sure to save time to read and comment lyrically about your fellow Pals’ summer concert memories. Then go enjoy a summer concert or something else you enjoy doing in summer!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for July 8th 2011
Congratulations rustierone!
Good evening (((Bob))), Cheryl and everyone.. I’m looking forward to this summer jam!
Hello Bob & Michelle!!! Boy how time flies!!! I was busy with Jon on the IM *Smiling* and Oops remembered it was Fling Time!!!
I’d :love: to make it 😀 . But, don’t think I can. 🙁
Art
Nice Theme and Blog…I’ve got some great Summer Concert stories and pics to share…but now right after two back to back blogs, I’m taking a much needed break for dinner and family and will be back later to leave a poem or two.
G’night all for now. I left you a heart.
Jon
Love the blog……have pics of concerts on my phone…..but need to figure a way to get them on my computer….
Just love this blog Michelle and Bob….and Cheryl….. 🙂
Michelle…you come up with such awesome pic and poems….and Cheryl yours is beautiful…
If my muse works with me tonight I will post one…….HUGS :love: :love: :love: :love:
Well then I’m getting old too..LOL..I went to a Who concert back in the late 70’s. That 6 lane traffic would make me panic! Whew!!!!
We also have Rockin’ on The River in Cuyahoga Falls where many tribute bands perform every Friday night.
Hello to Cheryl – Bob – Michelle – Diana … Hugs … I will try and git back wit sum sum … lol
My very first concert was “Bread” at Blossom Music Center when I was 16.
Stopping by to leave a heart and thumbs up for all these great writes…will be back if I get a chance! 🙂 :love:
My second one was Three Dog Night
I am heading to a folk festival next weekend with my daughter…camping and all for 4 days of fun and music, so perhaps i would be more inspired after that! 😆 But i gave this style a try…as lame as it is! 😆
:love:
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The music is playing on this magical day
As folks wander about in delight
Soon the day turns into night
How quickly time slips away.
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The concert is making everyone gay
As it plays on long into the night
The music is playing on this magical day
As folks wander about in delight.
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Try as I may I cannot stay away
I love them with all of my might
The music raises me to a new height
It’s a fun time to laugh and play
The music is playing on this magical day.
Awesome blog theme and poetry posted. Summer concerts are such a lot of fun. Lucky to have the Hollywood Bowl here and other wonderful concert venues. Happy Friday!
I went to see Pink Floyd at Cleveland Stadium years ago in “94 on a very cold day in May and was one of the best concert’s I’ve ever been to. The light show was so awesome!
Here is a Rondel By my good friend Sonnets from Myboomerplace. She doesn’t have an account with Friendburst but wanted to do the challange. I told her I would post them here for her each week.
THE SUMMER CONCERT
summer concerts all month long
Sittin in the grass on a cool night breeze
Dancin and singin alone wit the tunes
Enjoyin all that comes
Big bands and a whole lotta fun
The lead singer is the best
He gitts out there and sing his heart
Summer concerts all month long
Music laughter food and more fun
All my best buds and me
Stiiin in the grass on a cool night breeze
Summer concerts all month long
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————————– © July 15 , 2o11
Kissing along
Seether…. at the Park!
Here we go….she rocks a park oh yeah!
Who can not ever forget our OZ!!!!!!
Ok and the JOVI….. hell yeah!!!
who wants some freaken ACDC shook my tail all night LONG Baby!
WELCOME TO THE BANGING JUNGLE BABY!!!!!!
Oh yeah how can we ever ever 4-get our sweet loving Freddy
Don’t mess with da Rock he kicking it all over town! ((( gotta watch this ya-all)))) the whole thing
baby bring on them Crowes oh yeah