CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Reflects on the Beginning of Winter!
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. EST.
Friday Fling #160 December 23rd 2011
Today (22nd) is the first day of Winter! Ok so many of us have already felt like it is Winter for a month or more, while others still think it feels like Fall or even Summer! But still it got us thinking: what’s good about winter? What’s not?
A format which is good for using terms involving description of qualities and contrast is the Diamante. According to Shadowpoetry.com,
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing
the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun’s antonym or synonym.
To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
Here’s an example:
Rain
humid, damp
refreshing, dripping, splattering
wet, slippery, cold, slushy
sliding, melting, freezing
frigid, icy
Snow
This week the Friday Fling Finds the Diamante in the rough of winter!
Be sure to read and comment adjectively on your fellow pals’ poetic gems. Then go enjoy the first official weekend of Winter!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 16th
Congratulations Bettie!
