{"id":82894,"date":"2012-02-28T01:19:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T06:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/82894\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-leaps-march\/"},"modified":"2012-02-28T01:19:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T06:19:01","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-leaps-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/82894\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-leaps-march\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Leaps Into March!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Friday Fling #170 March 2nd 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n


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Last Wednesday was a day that only happens once every four years – and we don’t mean the day after the Michigan primary, although it is. Of course we are referring to Leap Year Day. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

So this week we’re challenging you to <\/font>take a flying leap – year into March, in a Sedoka.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

No a Sedoka is not a Sixties singer. That was Neil Sedaka. A Sedoka is a poetry format which, according to ShadowPoetry.com, <\/font>is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following syllable counts: 5\/7\/7, 5\/7\/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the same subject from differing perspectives. Katauta is an unrhymed three-line poem the following syllable counts: 5\/7\/7.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Disturbing Raven<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Dark clouds cloak the night;
\nchilly winds creak gnarled branches,
\ngrasping as bony fingers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Disturbed Raven squawks
\nat frightened children – screaming,
\nthen laughing – they throw him treats.<\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2004 James Dean Chase<\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling leaps into the third month of the Leap Year with a jumping Sedoka!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Be sure to save time to read and comment soaringly on your fellow Pals’ leap year literary creation. Then leap into the first weekend of March!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for\u00a0 February 24th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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