{"id":37002,"date":"2011-05-17T00:52:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T04:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/37002\/friday-fling-celebrates-inspired-us\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T00:52:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T04:52:18","slug":"friday-fling-celebrates-inspired-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/37002\/friday-fling-celebrates-inspired-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Celebrates Those Who Inspire(d) Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday Fling #129 May 20th 2011<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have two annual medical appointments this week, and they made me think about how much we depend on others to provide important information and guide us.\u00a0 Well actually that’s not how it worked, Michelle and I had decided on this topic weeks ago.\u00a0 But it makes a nice starting point for this intro, huh. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We do count on others for all sorts of things, including, as poets, for inspiration as well as subject matter.\u00a0 The CPC itself offers daily challenges to use as a muse in writing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who inspires or has inspired you, and how and why?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Among the poetry formats designed specifically to write about characters or people is the Clerihew.\u00a0 Here is ShadowPoetry.com’s description, and three fun examples:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb<\/strong> invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16.\u00a0 The poem is about\/deals with a person\/character within the first rhyme.\u00a0 In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garfield the cat
\nOn his rear he sat.
\nEating lasagna galore
\nAll about the decor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2000 James & Marie Summers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Road Runner
\nalways almost a goner;
\nwhen attacked in manner dread,
\nWile E. suffers intended fate instead ….<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2004 Alan McAlpine Douglas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Star Trek’s frowning Klingon Worf
\nchallenges a squeamish metamorph
\nto eating a wormlike gagh dinner;
\nWorf of course was the winner!<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2004 Diana Dalton<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>If one verse is not enough to explain the inspiration you obtained, you can do multiples to make a whole poem.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>This week the Friday Fling celebrates those who inspire us!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Be sure to save time to read and comment inspirationally on your fellow Pals’ testimonials.\u00a0 Then go be inspiring this weekend!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/strong>As ever, should the suggested topic or format not inspire you enough, you can post anything which you’ve written lately which would be appropriate for our blog family.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>Fickle Finger of Fate Award for May 13th 2011<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Congratulations Kare!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday Fling #129 May 20th 2011 I have two annual medical appointments this week, and they made me think about how much we depend on others to provide important information and guide us.\u00a0 Well actually that’s not how it worked, Michelle and I had decided on this topic weeks ago.\u00a0 But it makes a nice […]<\/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-37002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37002","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=37002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}