{"id":106793,"date":"2013-05-16T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/106793\/the-friday-fling-investigates-obsessions\/"},"modified":"2013-05-16T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T01:00:56","slug":"the-friday-fling-investigates-obsessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/106793\/the-friday-fling-investigates-obsessions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Investigates Obsessions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday Fling #232 for May 17th 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n From time to time in my life, I have acted a bit like Mr. Toad in the Wind In The Willows story. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I have been known to get really involved in something so deeply, usually some hobby or activity or source of enjoyment, that it might more rightly be labelled an “obsession.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most recently, I have spent a lot of time learning about “craft beers,”\u00a0 and tonight spent $19 on just eight bottles I had never tried! <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

No. I did not drink any of them yet.\u00a0 I’m not constituted to drink much alcohol, it tends to make me tired.\u00a0 I make a sleepy drunk LOL.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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But the fact is that that a month ago, even a week ago, I would have considered it folly to spend so much money on beer. \u00a0I like beer, but until now I would have spent $16 on a 30 pack case of something cheap which would take a month or more to consume.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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So this challenge is at least personally timely.\u00a0 That is, our Fling topic this week is about<\/font> an obsession of some sort you have had or have.<\/font> <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Or put another way, write a passionate poem about some personal passion!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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A moderately lengthy format may be best for you to describe your obsession and its history.\u00a0 So we are <\/font>suggesting the Ottava Rima, a format which can vary in length according to your preferences<\/font>, as noted on ShadowPoetry.com:<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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A Ottava Rima is a poem written in 8-line octaves. Each line is of a 10 or 11 syllable count in the following rhyme:<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

one octive poem. abababcc<\/strong>
\n two octive poem. abababcc, dededeff<\/strong>
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When sorrow lies entrenched within your heart
\n And doubts, like ocean waves, around you churn,
\n When chaos reigns o\u2019er life and won\u2019t depart
\n And for the peace of yesterday you yearn,
\n When evil thoughts are tearing you apart
\n And there is nowhere left for you to turn,
\n When dark of night persists throughout your day,
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For God is there, He\u2019s always by your side,
\n He is your life\u2019s companion and your friend,
\n He\u2019s with you through each bitter storm you ride,
\n From morn\u2019s first light to sunset at day\u2019s end.
\n You must give up your bitterness and pride
\n And to your Lord extend your hand again.
\n He only wants for you to ask Him in
\n And you will be forgiven for your sin.
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\n So your poem can be eight, sixteen or twenty-four lines long.\u00a0
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\n This week the Friday Fling puts the O in obsession in Ottava Rimas!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Be sure to save time to read and comment unobsessively about your fellow Pals’ poetically expressed passions.\u00a0 Then go follow your obsession for a fun weekend!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Fickle Finger of Fate Award for\u00a0 May 10th<\/span><\/p>\n


\n <\/font>Congratulations Bettie!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Friday Fling #232 for May 17th 2013 From time to time in my life, I have acted a bit like Mr. Toad in the Wind In The Willows story. I have been known to get really involved in something so deeply, usually some hobby or activity or source of enjoyment, that it might more rightly […]<\/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-106793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106793","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=106793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}