{"id":56039,"date":"2011-08-11T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/56039\/friday-fling-aknat-state-states\/"},"modified":"2011-08-11T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T01:00:22","slug":"friday-fling-aknat-state-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/56039\/friday-fling-aknat-state-states\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Gets Into an Aknat State About States!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday Fling #141 August 12th 2011<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

If it looks like an Aknat and reads like an Aknat, what is it? AKNAT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STATE MEANS TO YOU; TELL US!:<\/font> Write an Aknat tribute to a state, including the word for the state bird and flower if possible. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Click on the state you want info about on this site: http:\/\/www.pickatrail.com\/jupiter\/location\/north_america\/usa\/usa.html<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

An Aknat<\/font> is a poetry format invented by our own Michelle King about a year ago. Basically it <\/font>is a Tanka which has an Ukiah in place of the usual Haiku stanza.<\/font> Thus:<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

7 syllable line
\n5 syllable line
\n7 syllable line<\/font><\/p>\n

7 syllable line
\n7 syllable line<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s a couple of examples I wrote for this introduction:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Aknat what your state does for you
\nTell us what instead!
\nWrite an Aknat about it!<\/font><\/p>\n

Try to include the state bird
\nand the state flower also.<\/font><\/p>\n

FLORIDA<\/font><\/p>\n

Florida is a warm southern state,
\na favorite place
\nfor northerners in winter.<\/font><\/p>\n

Mockingbird is the state bird,
\norange blossom the state flower.<\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright August 9th 2011 RGD<\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling gets into an Aknat state about states!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Be sure to save time to read and comment in flowery language about your fellow Pals’ Aknats about their favorite states. Try not to give them the bird. Then go off and find a worthwhile weekend state!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for August 12th 2011<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Friday Fling #141 August 12th 2011 If it looks like an Aknat and reads like an Aknat, what is it? AKNAT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STATE MEANS TO YOU; TELL US!: Write an Aknat tribute to a state, including the word for the state bird and flower if possible. Click on the state you want info […]<\/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-56039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56039","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=56039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}