CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Swoons Poetically Over The Object of Affection!
This is a Special preview of the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday at 9 PM EST.
Friday Fling #169 February 24th 2012
As we come to the last Friday Fling of this CPC February of Love, we thought it would be fun to challenge you to write about someone who or something which is “the object of your affections.” Whatever is uniquely YOUR love, or unique in the way you love him/her/it.
Since one of the distinctive objects of our own Michelle suggested for this narrow yet broad topic that a longer format such as the Ottava Rima would be a good fit. According to ShadowPoetry.com,
An Ottava Rima is a poem written in 8-line octaves. Each line is of a 10 or 11 syllable count in the following rhyme:
one octave poem. abababcc
two octave poem. abababcc, dededeff
three octave poem. abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii
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
If you find this format too long and complex, I suggest an Ode, which is “a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.”
This week the Friday Fling writes in formats starting with O, about the Object of our affections!
Be sure to save time to read and comment Objectively about your fellow Pals’ poetic Orations. Then do your best to spend at least part of your weekend with the Object of your affections!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for February 17th
Congratulations Angel Love!
The layout looks nice now that I was able to get in the blog without being logged off like always. Still having issues with that!
See you at the fling (((Bob)))! :love:
Wow…thanks for the FFF Award…I wasn’t even going to do a write last week initially! 😉 Now this gives me a 10 minute heads up for tonight…so behind in blogs…both reading and posting! 😯 :love: :love: