It matters not what we write
We check if form is right
On paper I laboriously pen
Hoping I finish this night
I write the verse and begin
To see what comes from my blend
It's hopeless I can see
One more verse and it will end
I create the second of three
I almost finish this gleefully
Mr Frost would not be glad
I've butchered his form so horribly
A fourth verse must be had
To keep the form true not bad
So I've added to my writing pad
To prove I am stark raving mad
A fourth verse must be had
To keep the form true not bad
So I've added to my writing pad
To prove I am stark raving mad
21 comments:
Not so badly at all....and you did it! Yay! I enjoyed the challenge of writing to a form, too, as it is so easy to churn out free verse and avoid having to keep to rhythm and syllables. But it was a fun exercise, wasnt it?
Not so bad at all.. Personally my free verse often come out iambic, but you did great here.. (though I do understand you cut it down from 4 to 3 stanzas).
I'm sure he wouldn't mind ;)
You make these challenges seem so easy. Good job. Hug B
I am smiling at the end...Not bad as we all struggle with the form and I also cheat using the rhyming dictionary ~ Good job Gail ~
Grace
haha....when it comes to form i feel much the same....i feel mine came off rather clunky....i much rather like mine free verse to roam where it will...
That is awesome! You wrote a poem about trying to write a poem.
your poem is safe with me, since I have never read Frost and have no clue what the form should be. that said this looks great to me... when i read the title i thought you were writing about Frost in you yard
Funny and clever - you did change it up a bit - 3 stanzas instead of four, and not all the lines iambic - but these exercises are not to chain us but to free us. One has to learn the rules to break them, and by taking on Frost I think we all learned a lot. Thank you for taking the challenge and for a fun and enjoyable poem!
made me laugh. :)
There speaks a dedicated poet!
Lynne x
these thoughts were running through my head as I wrote mine... with every verse I was like, "what words to rhyme next?!? OMG" hahah... clever write... spot on form
I am sure he wouldn't mind too. Your words made me smile.
Anna :o]
Ha. Love that addition.
Haha. That's a cute one, Gail.
Have a blessed weekend!
Good job! I think that to write in Robert Frost's fashion would mean choosing very carefully the theme and words, so it would flow naturally; it would be hard to duplicate his sensitivities.
amazingly done
The important thing is writing from your heart; not the form, but what you say. But, you know that!
I enjoyed this Miss Gail FROST!
You slaughtered the form well -- if there is such a thing. And done it with good humor.
Good rhyme and form use. Fun stuff !
haha
I've written a few in this form. It's a fun one to do, I think.
=)
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