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Laura Anne, your little story is very precious! Haven't we all had moments like that with our little ones? The only thing that would make it more "slice of life-ish" is if we were more in the head of little Lizzie...being shown the thunder and lightning from her point of view, and having h...

Leah, your first story definitely has that teeny, slice of life feel--until the father enters the story toward the end. I really don't think that a slice of life story can stand too many characters or scene changes. Same thing for the second story--once you change scenes, you've got another slice. F...

Alison, I remember "The Long and Short of It" very well--it certainly gives a unique perspective to shopping that I wouldn't have thought of! It doesn't really strike me as "slice of life" though, mostly because of its tone--it's really more of a first person, nonfiction narrativ...

“Slice of life” refers to a short story (or a narrative poem) that contains a very short sequence of events . The term is actually a metaphor; imagine a very sharp knife actually cutting a tiny and very thin slice from the whole of a person’s experiences. That little section, in a writer’s hands, w...

Why would I use two words that almost rhyme? Because I want the reader out of the box, on guard, so to speak, on their mental toes, ready for what comes next instead of expecting it. In rhymes, sometimes, you can almost write the next line before you read it. In slant rhyme, it slows the reader dow...

Not what you are looking for, I am sure, but it does slant. Protrusions Produce ugly songs Sung while stinging bees search Outside hanging hives from rural eaves For love lost during stormy nights of untimely woe While the quiet Queen dies, draped in honey, praying alone -Henry C Yes, it does, Mr. ...

Beth, thanks for the reminder of your charming barnyard tale. I certainly hope that you've got a collection of your poetry somewhere!

Feel free to slant any time you wish!

Sorry I missed that one post, Pat! There was a brief interruption in our internet today, and you must have slipped in while I was separated from the cyberworld. You did it absolutely right, and I really love tummy/mommy rhythm/vision in that second poem, which I'll be glad to feature any time you wa...

Excellent, Verna!

I love that poem, too...she could say so much in just a few dozen words, couldn't she?

Catrina, you did an excellent job with the "homework", and I also really enjoyed re-reading your linked poem. It may not have placed that week, but it's apparent from your comments that it resonated with several people.

Thanks for stopping by with your insights!

Woo hoo, Holly, and a second gold star for doing something so absolutely counter-intuitive to everything you believe it! (and you did a great job of it, too!)

Holly, you crack me up! You get the gold star this week, for your persistent individualism, and also for mentioning a kitty.

Carol, every time I read one of your insightful replies to my class, I wish you'd been the one to write it. You've got so much of value to teach us! Love what you did with the couplet! And as for that anthropology major--she should be thwapped with a noodle! I'd be very interested in why your profes...

Pat--I like it, too!

You mentioned that you enjoy slant rhyme--care to share more about why?

Hey--just a few more days!

Hmmmmm, I should have been clearer. It's not that slant rhyme is preferable to exact rhyme--no one needs to be embarrassed if they don't have slant rhyme in any of their poems. Rather, it's that slant rhyme is 1) perfectly legitimate, and 2) better by far than forced or artificial rhyme. Jodie, you ...