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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Write in the POETRY genre (05/17/07)
A poem is an odd sort of creature
Selections of words rhyming or not
Or verses simply repeated
Or verses simply repeated

The epic poem goes on and on
No following an epic to its end
The master poet brazens the verse
Symbolically speaking or worse
Images and metaphor like a horse
The simile works there of course
Metonymy and Synecdoche
“all hands on deck” you see
Paradox and Irony is to think
Of athletes dying young.

Rhymed couplets are fun to read
Their rhythms rhyme to concede
Forced meter counted just to make
Another verse for heaven’s sake

The haiku is my own favorite
It’s rhythm simple
Five Seven Five with God’s nature
Not one rhyme to make

The sonnet takes too much work
Counted meter in fourteen lines
Prosody of the American dream
Where verses count only thirteen.

The poem now ended
Note, in perfect rhythm
The words so depended
For readers to attend
Raise their staff unbended
Scribe Godly life in verse
Not like Emily’s hearse
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Date
Benjamin Graber
05/24/07
I doubt you'll win a poetry challenge complaining about sonnets and praising haiku, but I enjoyed the read... :)
(Treava) Joyce Pool
05/24/07
Haiku is one of my favorite as well. :)
Rita Garcia
05/24/07
A fun read...especially the last line. lol
Leigh MacKelvey
05/24/07
I loved the use of poetry tecnigue and tools to make a poem about poems! Good job!
Rhonda Clark
05/27/07
Love the poem lesson. Very, very good.
Jan Ackerson
05/29/07
"Emily's hearse!" I got it, I got it--"Because I could not stop for Death--"

I love the way each verse was self-referential. I could have read more and more of this.

Now let's give each other the English teacher's secret handshake.
Verna Cole Mitchell 
05/29/07
A most interesting take on poetry, cleverly done by someone who knows the poetic terms by heart! This English teacher approves!
Donna Powers
05/30/07
Very nice and I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it
Joanne Sher 
05/30/07
Betting this one was fun to write and play with. I definitely enjoyed it - and love the Emily reference (she used to be the only poet I liked!).
Patty Wysong
05/30/07
Fun! I love how you demonstrated what you wrote! :-)
Betty Castleberry
05/30/07
Okay, now I have to go look up a couple of terms. I like that you gave examples in each verse of what you were referring to. A fun read for sure.
Loren T. Lowery
05/30/07
Scholarly, my favorite among many is: Rhymed couplets are fun to read
Their rhythms rhyme to concede
Forced meter counted just to make
Another verse for heaven’s sake."
Your poem exposes a writer with great ability and knowledge to share.
LaNaye Perkins
05/30/07
A poem about writing poems. This is so creative and fun to read!
Pat Guy
05/30/07
'For readers to attend' Um ... Dub ... was this intentional?

I think this reeks of talent. I enjoyed the journey of words.
Edy T Johnson
05/30/07
Do I dare write that this made me chuckle, and I'm still smiling? This has to go into my favorites, because it will become a poetry reference. What a delight! And, I am so honored to receive a comment from you on my own poetry. Thank you, muchly!
william price
05/31/07
Excellent. STanding "O"!
God bless.
Linda Watson Owen
05/31/07
Wow, dub! Looks like a perfect 5.0 in my book! wish I couldn't judged this week. What a treat! (oops...excuse the exclamations ;) Can't help myself after reading this one.) Like the others have all said, you sure know what you're talking about and have written it delightfully! :)
Linda Watson Owen
05/31/07
that was supposed to be 'wish I could've judged this week'!
Bryan Coomes
05/31/07
I think I strained my brain reading this. There were words I couldn't even pronounce let alone have any clue what they meant. The tone is priceless and the poem about poems was craftily crafted. Loved the repetition in the first stanza. You're a poet and you know it!
Lynda Lee Schab 
05/31/07
Joining William in a standing ovation. Bravo! Loved this, Dub! Every verse - especially the one where the verse is repeated. Especially the one where the verse is repeated. LOL This is a winner in my book. Too fun!