CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Celebrates Initiative!
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 PM EDT.
Friday Fling #229 for April 26th 2013
One of the distinguishing features of a free society is that it allows maximum individual initiative.
The basic assumption since the founding of the USA has been that the purpose of society is for as many individuals as possible to achieve maximum happiness and satisfaction.
A second associated assumption is that freedom correlates positively with individual happiness and satisfaction, that is the more freedom, the more happiness and satisfaction is possible.
Freedom does this by allowing the individual maximum opportunities to exercise initiative, to attempt something which will bring happiness and satisfaction.
So this week in that great American tradition, we’d like you to write about an initiative you took which brought a happy result for you and/or others.
To express yourself, we will let you take the initiative and pick a poetry format to write your poem in from the ShadowPoetry.com list.
We will recommend one not on the list, a lyrical style of ABab four line rhyming stanzas in 7-6-7-6 beat.
(The syllable variation tends to facilitate emphasis at the end of the stanza.)
Here’s a three-stanza example I wrote for this challenge:
INITIATIVE’S INTIMATION
When once I double dated
with twin so beautiful,
my heart became elated:
affections bountiful.
We talked and danced that first night,
the nicest I had met,
Next day’s park picnic highlight
was kissing at sunset.
Soon lover dating lover,
no effort to convince;
books judged by more than cover,
and married ever since.
Copyright April 24th 2013 RGD
This week the Friday Fling take the initiative to write about taking the initiative!
Be sure to save time to take the initiative to read and comment agressively on your fellow Pals’ poetic initiatives.
Then go take some of your own initiative of a saort that suits you this weekend!
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Our apologies for the lack of illustrations this week.
Photobucket has been down for your humble host for the past several days.
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for April 19th
Congratulations Ted!
URBANIA (INSANIA)
by Ted
Best Poem About City Life
Including At Least One Oxymoron
April 19th 2013