{"id":110620,"date":"2013-08-22T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/110620\/the-friday-fling-dreams-more-summer-dreams\/"},"modified":"2013-08-22T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T01:00:22","slug":"the-friday-fling-dreams-more-summer-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/110620\/the-friday-fling-dreams-more-summer-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Dreams More Summer Dreams!"},"content":{"rendered":"<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=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>&#8216;<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Friday Fling #246 for August 23rd 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>The summer isn&#8217;t getting any younger, and neither are any of us.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> So like any good aging person with dreams,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> perhaps it&#8217;s time to stop and consider:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> what dreams that we had of summer last winter remain unfulfilled?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Can any be accomplished in the remaining official month of summer?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> The iminent possible closing of Friendburst has also got us thinking<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> about the Fling and its early days.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> We started out with the idea of having this venue be a place<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> where poets could air their reflections<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> on the workweek past and the weekend coming up.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> So we thought we&#8217;d revert to that for old time&#8217;s sake,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\"> but do it <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">relating to unfilfilled summer dreams and\/or plans to fulfill them.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> As to a format, we&#8217;ll make it as conversational as possible yet still formal.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong><font color=\"#999999\"> Try to <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">write your  reflections in ABCB rhyme, four lines to a stanza.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> This is probably the most common and easiest rhymescheme and stanza division style in poetry.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong><font color=\"#800080\"> Or<\/font><font color=\"#999999\"> of you prefer, for an added challenge, do it <\/font><font color=\"#800080\">as AABB or even ABAB.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong> This week the Friday Fling considers as yet unfulfilled summer dreams!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Be sure to save time to read and comment reflectively on your fellow Pals&#8217; summer dreamscapes.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Then go and try to fulfill one or two of your own this summer weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Fickle Finger of Fate Award For August 16th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Congratulations Barbara!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/0c561f1a-3517-4c5a-b0e7-fd32bd19d5f9_zps5a854497.jpg.html\" 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href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/romantic\/BlueHawaii.gif.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/romantic\/BlueHawaii.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo BlueHawaii.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/romantic\/BlueHawaii.gif.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Pics\/P7041027_zps2d4469f0.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/P7041027_zps2d4469f0.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P7041027_zps2d4469f0.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Pics\/IMAGE_017_zps9251edcb.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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So like any good aging person with dreams, perhaps it&#8217;s time to stop and consider: what dreams that we had of summer last winter remain unfulfilled? 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