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<\/a><\/p>\nFriday Fling #190 July 27th 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n We understand how we must be responsible for our own behavior. And we know how valuable our friends are. But do we realize how important a little luck can be? <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Good fortune, Lady Luck, however you want to put it, personal honesty includes the need to consider how luck can make a difference. Fortunate circumstances of birth can affect opportunities as well as the other elements of success, ability and drive. Who you happen to meet can get to know can also make a difference. And we all know what it means to “get lucky.”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n So this week we thought we’d <\/font>explore the nature and role of luck<\/font> in our lives. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n To express this in an alalytical or story form, we’re suggesting you try <\/font>Free Verse<\/font>. Some of you already use this form regularly, which is really a lack of form, providing maximum flexibility in expressing yourself. \u00a0As ShadowPoetry.com explains:<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Free Verse<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme). In moving from line to line, the poet’s main consideration is where to insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this include breaking the line where there is a natural pause or at a point of suspense for the Ode to Job<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Job came down Copyright \u00a9 2001 Lachlan Ivy<\/font><\/p>\n This week the Friday Fling explores and explains our ties to luck in Free Verse!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Be sure to read and comment freely on your fellow Pals’ productions. Then good luck with your weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Fickle Finger of Fate Award for July 20th<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nreader. Following the direction of Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot, many modern day poets use this particular form of expression. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n
\nin a
\nwoosh, outstretched
\nand gliding into the horizon.
\nBlue shadowed
\nflight
\narrested by
\nthe beckoning marsh.
\nHis greatness bears
\nmuch
\nyet not
\nthe anguish of ancient
\nprophecy.
\nSituated grievances weigh
\nfeathery
\non this long,
\nstrong back. Unconscious
\nemotion
\nnumbs while
\ntime drifts out
\nanother
\nsun salted
\nday. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n
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\n Congratulations Barbara!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n