{"id":102667,"date":"2013-01-23T00:17:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T05:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/102667\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-shapes-our-special-days\/"},"modified":"2013-01-23T00:17:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T05:17:16","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-shapes-our-special-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/102667\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-shapes-our-special-days\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Shapes Our Special Days!"},"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 #216 for January\u00a0 25th 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>January 25th is a special day for the family at Castle Scotorum. This year it will be my and my wife&#8217;s 44th wedding anniversary.  It will also be the 9th birthday of the grandson I&#8217;ve spent the most time with.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">So that brought me to thiink of this topic: <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">what is a Special Day for you and why?<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\">How about writing about your Special Day, past, present or future, in a new format?  Wouldn&#8217;t that be fun?  I hope so.  Maybe <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">try a shape poem, in which the words form the shape of something related to your Special Day<\/font><font color=\"#999999\">, like a birthday cake or a champagne glass or a diamond or ?<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Shape poems do not have to rhyme, nor do they need a cadence.  Although if they have one or the other that is a bonus.  Just as long as the words manage to form some shape related to your Special Day.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>I realize it can be difficult to use a text or photo editor to make the right shape.  But it can be fun to try!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Here&#8217;s one I did over a sweater a couple of years ago which is still a personal favorite.  It took work to get it to fit, but it was satisfying when I was finished! <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Decorated%20images\/?action=view&amp;current=HolidayAviatorRedSweater.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Decorated%20images\/HolidayAviatorRedSweater.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blowing Away The Blues 011311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>This week the Friday Fling Gives poetic shape to our Special Days!<\/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 on the shape of your fellow Pals&#8217; form-al creations. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Then see if this weekend ends up including a new Special Day!<\/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=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Fickle Finger of Fate Award for  January 18th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Congratulations Diane!<\/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=011813Diane.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/011813Diane.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"011813Diane\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=birthday_cake.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/birthday_cake.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=heart2copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/heart2copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=football-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/football-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/media.photobucket.com\/image\/birthday\/bluedigitalcat\/birthday.jpg?o=90\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v90\/bluedigitalcat\/birthday.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/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 #216 for January\u00a0 25th 2013 January 25th is a special day for the family at Castle Scotorum. This year it will be my and my wife&#8217;s [&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-102667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102667","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=102667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}