{"id":76132,"date":"2011-12-20T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T05:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/76132\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reflects-beginning-winter\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T00:42:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T05:42:01","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reflects-beginning-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/76132\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reflects-beginning-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Reflects on the Beginning of Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M. EST.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Friday Fling #160 December 23rd 2011<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Today (22nd) is the first day of Winter! Ok so many of us have already felt like it is Winter for a month or more, while others still think it feels like Fall or even Summer! But still it got us thinking: what’s good about winter? What’s not?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A format which is good for using terms involving description of qualities and contrast is the Diamante. According to Shadowpoetry.com,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun\/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun\/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun\/subject and two that describe the closing synonym\/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing
\nthe ending antonym\/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym\/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun’s antonym or synonym.
\nTo make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.<\/font><\/p>\n

Line 1: Noun or subject
\nLine 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun\/subject
\nLine 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun\/subject
\nLine 4: Four words: two about the first noun\/subject, two about the antonym\/synonym
\nLine 5: Three -ing words about the antonym\/synonym
\nLine 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym\/synonym
\nLine 7: Antonym\/synonym for the subject<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s an example:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Rain
\nhumid, damp
\nrefreshing, dripping, splattering
\nwet, slippery, cold, slushy
\nsliding, melting, freezing
\nfrigid, icy
\nSnow<\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling Finds the Diamante in the rough of winter!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Be sure to read and comment adjectively on your fellow pals’ poetic gems. Then go enjoy the first official weekend of Winter!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for\u00a0 December 16th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M. EST. Friday Fling #160 December 23rd 2011 Today (22nd) is the first day of Winter! Ok so many of us have already felt like it is Winter for a […]<\/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-76132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76132","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=76132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}