{"id":40578,"date":"2011-06-02T20:50:14","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T00:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/40578\/friday-fling-writes-odes-marriage\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T00:50:14","slug":"friday-fling-writes-odes-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/40578\/friday-fling-writes-odes-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Writes Odes to Weddings!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Friday Fling #131 June 3rd 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s June, and as we all know, June is…wedding month! \u00a0 Everybody and his or her brother Fred gets married this month, and if not this month, then some other month, or if not then, then the don’t. If they are British royalty, they get married in May. This time.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Weddings are a holy ceremony, hallowed in time and memory. You have the wedding march, the vows, the exchange of rings, the reception, and…well let’s stop there, this is a family blog. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What are your most precious wedding memories, your own or someone else’s? What is the most special and\/or memorable moment of any wedding you ever experienced? If it’s special, or unusual, we want to hear about it! Inquiring poets want to know! <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As you know, the Fling is not only a place for timely topics, it’s also a place for formal formats. Since weddings are special events, we thought this would be a good time for you to try an ode. An ode to a wedding. A new one, happening this year, or an ode one. Ha ha. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow poetry.com defines odes simply as:<\/strong><\/span><\/span> An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.<\/p>\n

An Ode To Dreamers<\/p>\n

When dreamers dream
\nAnd lovers love
\nDo they receive their visions
\nFrom heaven above?
\nOr do they originate
\nWhere all things start
\nWithin our minds
\nWithin our hearts?
\nI know not all
\nBut what I do know is this
\nYou cannot build a Kingdom
\nUpon a flimsy wish
\nSo believe in your dreams
\nFollow them blind
\nLest you loose them all,
\nTo the hands of time.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2000 B. R. Jording<\/p>\n

Ode To A Butterfly<\/p>\n

Oh! the butterfly
\nhe flutters all day,
\nhe roams the skies
\nwith some delay.<\/p>\n

He alights on trees, fences
\nand roses,
\nto whatever attracts his fancy
\nhe will do his poses.<\/p>\n

He’s up, he’s down
\nhe dances with the breeze,
\nhe comes, he goes
\nand does it with ease.<\/p>\n

As I watch him
\nin pure delight,
\nI begin to wonder
\nif he knows his own plight.<\/p>\n

For soon spring turns into summer
\nthen summer flies quickly by,
\nthe sun setting early
\ninto a darkening sky.<\/p>\n

The butterfly is gone now
\nreplaced by snow,
\nbut he will be back again
\nto put on his beautiful show.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2001 Lorraine Nisbet<\/p>\n

So odes can rhyme or not, be divided into stanzas or not, they are not so much a format as a type of poem written to a theme of praise.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling writes odes about memories that never grow ode, about weddings!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Be sure to save time to read and comment unodiously about your fellow Pals’ nuptial recollections or anticipations. Then go off and enjoy your weekend! Maybe go to a wedding. But only if you are invited. Or it’s your own. -Bob\/Scotorum and Michelle K.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fickle Finger of Fate Award for May 27th 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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


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