{"id":101753,"date":"2012-12-26T22:47:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T03:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101753\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-immortalizes-unusual-gifts-in-etherees\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T03:47:50","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-immortalizes-unusual-gifts-in-etherees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101753\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-immortalizes-unusual-gifts-in-etherees\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Immortalizes Unusual Gifts in Etherees!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong><em>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=CPCBanner.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/CPCBanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Banner\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Friday Fling #212 for December\u00a0 28th 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">Now that Christmas is over and the gifts are all put away or have been returned or exchanged, Michelle and I thought you might enjoy <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">writing a poem about: the most unusual Christmas gift you ever received.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">We&#8217;re always looking to try to mate a format with a topic.  An <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">unusual format<\/font><font color=\"#999999\"> to go with writing about unusual gifts might be the <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">Etheree<\/font><font color=\"#999999\">.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>ShadowPoetry.com notes: <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">The poetry form, <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.<\/font><font color=\"#999999\"> You can also get even more creative by writing an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>So this is a syllable counting format, but one which can be any length in one or more multiples of ten.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>This week the Friday Fling writes Etherees about Exceptional Yuletide gifts! <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Be sure to save time to read and comment euphorically about your fellow Pals&#8217; ethereal Etherees.  Then go enjoy a weekend of unusually ascending excitement!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 21st<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Congratulations Angel Love!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Tree Trimming<br \/>\nby Angel Love<br \/>\nBest Poem About the Holidays<br \/>\nIncluding a Tongue Twister<br \/>\nPoster To Come &#8211; Photobucket Editor Not Cooperating<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Oh no! Not another Chia Pet from Aunt Kate again! =:o <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=obama-chia-pet.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/obama-chia-pet.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Or that sweater your cousin gave you as a gift and it is absolutely not your taste in clothing but you wear it at least once for your cousin because you don&#8217;t want to hurt her feelings. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/ugly%20sweater\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i871.photobucket.com\/albums\/ab272\/marki528\/eb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"snowman sweater UGLY Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Um, just what I always wanted, Mom! Thanks! :thanx: <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/umbrella%20hat\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i121.photobucket.com\/albums\/o233\/VintageRadio_2006\/UmbrellaHat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Umbrella Hat Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Just remember, it&#8217;s the thought that counts! \ud83d\ude42 <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST. Friday Fling #212 for December\u00a0 28th 2012 Now that Christmas is over and the gifts are all put away or have been returned or exchanged, Michelle and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}