CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Bares It All!
This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling. Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EDT.
Friday Fling #153 November 4th 2011
Fall has fallen, as have the leaves on the trees, Which leaves the trees bare.
Which got us thinking: what do you think of that? How do bare trees make you feel? For that matter, how does bare anything make you feel? When does bare draw more attention than – uh – unbare? When does bare make you stare?
To provide a poetic vehicle for your bromide on bare, we thought you might use a format a bit longer than a Haiku or Senryu, or even a Cinquain. The Tanka is a Haiku with an extra (and sometimes separate) 7-7 syllable two lines at the end which may or may not rhyme. An Aknat is the same but with a 7-5-7 Ukiah in the first stanza instead of the Tanks’s 5-7-5 Haiku. For instance:
Bare Trees: A Tanka
The leaves of Fall fall
upon the fading flowers,
covering their death.
The trees are left bare of life
until Spring lures new sprouts again.
Copyright November 2nd 2011 RGD
Bare Feet: An Aknat
Twinkling toes outside the sheets
suggest joy within
Bare on bare will get two there.
Exploratory groping
soon dissipates all moping.
Copyright November 3rd 2011 RGD
This week the Friday Fling celebrates the bare necessities with Tankas and Aknats!
Be sure to save time to read and comment with care on your fellow pals’ promouncements on bare. Then go stare at your favorite bare this weekend!
BTW when I tried to find pics for this challenge, this was what I got from Photobucket when I searched the term “bare trees” and then, just for fun, “naked trees:”
Photobucket DOES NOT host sexually explicit content
Your search term probably relates to adult content.?
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for October 28th
Congratulations Elfwing!
This sounds as if it will bring some fun writes:) giggle :groovy: :entertained: :love: :love: :love:
I’ll be there with something bare (((Bob)))!
As in a bare write and not sitting here bare at my computer! 😯 I would chase my family away if I were to do that! LOL