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This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge.  Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens on Thursday at 9 PM EDT.

Friday Fling #134 June 24th 2011

Tuesday was the first day of summer! So we wondered, what does that mean to you other than summer solstice stuff, which was covered in an earlier CPC challenge?

Does the official first day of summer have any meaning to you, past or present, theoretically or practically? If so, here’s your chance to express it poetically. If not, you could write about why.

Last week when we challenged you to write in a format new to you, Michelle did a “mirrored refrain.” Here’s ShadowPoetry.com’s explanation of this format, and Michelle’s poem from last week as an example:

Mirrored Refrain

The Mirrored Refrain is rhyming verse form constructed by Stephanie Repnyek.

The poem is formed by three or more quatrains where two lines within the quatrain
are the “mirrored refrain” or alternating refrain.

The rhyme scheme is as follows: xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB, etc..

x represents the only lines that do not rhyme within the poem. A and B represent
the refrain.

This week the Friday Fling writes Mirrored Refrains about the First Day of Summer!

Be sure to save time to read and comment on your fellow Pals’ reflections. Then go enjoy the first official weekend of summer!

As always, should the topic and/or suggested format not warm your summer sandals, you can post anything you’ve written lately of which you are proud. Just be aware that it will not likely have as much of a chance to win the coveted weekly

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for June 17th 2011

Congratulations Angel Love!