The Friday Fling Plays Poetically With Our Favorite Toys!
Friday Fling #171 March 9th 2012
It’s Barbie’s birthday! She’s getting on a bit, about 53 now, but still does not look a day over 16. So we thought, why not celebrate with a challenge about our favorite toys?
For emphasizing strong feelings, a good format is the Triolet, because it is short yet has quite a few opportunities to repeat an important line. According to ShadowPoetry.com,
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.
Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet), written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version) where each line only has 10 syllables(5 metrical feet).
My Heart Residing in Thy Chest
In response to Shelly’s, “The Indian Serenade”.
For, break it shall and so it must
My heart residing in thy chest
When placed in care of lover’s trust
For, break it shall and so it must
Passion’s ashes returned to dust
This lonely heart is laid to rest
For, break it shall and so it must
My heart residing in thy chest
Copyright © 2003 Dan Tharp
This week the Friday Fling fetes favorite fabricated fun playthings!
Be sure to save time to read and comment playfully on your fellow Pals’ Triolet tributes. Then enjoy your weekend playtime!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for March 2nd
Congratulations Barbara!
Welcome everyone to the Friday Fling! Tonight we’re all regressing to recall and relove our favorite childhood toys!~ But if you’re a mind to, you can be a tad more sophisticated in how you express yourself about them by trying a Triolet. Note there are a few variations you can do on that format. So let’s get to playing around with some poetry!
Good evening (((Bob))) and all the Pals! I’m looking forward to another Friday Fling.
I can’t even begin to believe that Barbie is 53 years old. How time flies when we’re having fun . . . . I always loved playing with my children’s toys and now still love the Legos and such with the grandsons. Such a wonderful blog and theme. And thanks so much for the award. Always a pleasure to participate.
Today is Barbie’s 59th Birthday. Happy Birthday, Barbie!
This is by my good friend, Sonnet Diva! Thanks so much, Lori!
And another Triolet by Sonnet Diva!
TRANSFORMED
Transformers me favorite car I just love
How they transformers into what ever the need be
Get the job done big cars little cars they be transformed
Transformers me favorite car I just love
How they ride fly they do so entice me to be one with the universe
Big red little blue a ride so smooth yet rugged in battle they be
Transformers me favorite car I just love
How they transformers into what ever the need be
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————————– March o8 , 2o11
Excellent poem about one of the hottest toys going these days,(((Bettie))), made even more popular by the movies.
I think there was an episode of the popular reality show Pawn Stars where a man sold his collection of Transformer toys to the pawn shop guys for a lot of money – like many thousands!
Good evening Bob and Michelle! I will get back to read and comment in a bit…but here is a little something for now! Not to say that I didn’t play as well, but books were always something that I loved…used to get into trouble at night because I would go under my covers with a flashlight to continue reading when I was supposed to be sleeping! 😆 :love:
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Barbie, Barbie, Barbie. That’s all I ever hear! Why does Barbie get all the new clothes? Why does Barbie have great curves? Because the little girls can’t be princesses themselves, they dress their girls.She always had the best hair.I closed my eyes and pretended she came alive to play with me, she was my best friend. Barbie Barbie come fly with me.
~Flossie~
Thanks (((Michelle))) for recommending this subject when I could not decide which of many other favorite toys to write about 🙂
RUBIKS CUBE
The more you play the lost er you get
No one cube is ever the same
Six color to mach the odds
The more you play the lost er you get
Count down see the colors
Nine colors to all four sides
The more you play the lost er you get
No one cube is ever the same
Written By: Bettie Davis ————————– © March o8 , 2o12
THIS IS MY PAST GAMES I PLAYED WITH MY 4 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS. 2 STEP SISTER SO WE HAD PLENTY OF PLAYERS.PLUS COUSINS TO.
~FLOSSIE
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one of my favorite toys was the care bears.
i loved playing with them.
they where so soft a cuddly
Twister
Right foot red and left hand yellow
Make sure you do not fall on floor
Twist and turns that you must follow
Right foot red and left hand yellow
Fun to play it with a fellow
It keeps you wanting to play more
Right foot red and left hand yellow
Make sure you do not fall on floor
Michelle R. King
03-09-12
A Twister Triolet
Thanks to everyone who came and played at our Friday Fling this week! We really enjoyed exchanging poetic reminiscenses about our favorite toys and games! 😀 :love:
Please feel free to keep posting, unlike in real life, there is no official end to any Fling! 😀
Since it’s still only 4 in the afternoon here, a toy-time triolet duet . . . .
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TREASURED STILL
Upon a shelf my toys still nest,
my favorite bears and paper planes.
I still think that they’re the best,
upon a shelf my toys still nest.
We play each day and hardly rest,
sweet paper dolls and trucks and cranes.
Upon a shelf my toys still nest,
my favorite bears and paper planes.
Childhood treasures cherished and loved,
no matter that they’re tattered and worn;
We still get together and have fun every day,
childhood treasures cherished and loved.
My favorite bears and paper planes,
playing dress-up even if clothes are torn;
childhood treasures cherished and loved
no matter that they’re tattered and worn.
(c) barbara kausteklis 3-9-12
All such precious poems and posts. A joy to read each one of them.