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Iambic and Trochee (meter, the workshop)
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Iambic
I've lost desire to write of joy or fear,
and lately found all others' ideas drear.
Perhaps this shop will help me find some bliss
and somehow write less boring stuff than this.
~~~~~
Trochee
I am
Just a piece of driftwood floating
through the seas - erosive, tranquil,
practicing the art of noting,
savouring each gifted sample.
~~~~~
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Structured: Western
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I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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Western Australia
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Favourite poets? So many, so varied. I like particular songs, not necessarily the singer... and the same goes for poetry. I can honestly say though, that Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman was what inspired my love of poetry - my mother began reading it to me when I was still a baby, and it became my favourite bedtime story
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lovedly
Mon, 2017-05-01 05:56
drear
drear
added to my new dictionary your contribution Judy
wesley snow
Mon, 2017-05-01 19:37
Drear nothing.
I need to see you move on. I know the feeling of not writing better for a time. I am in a lull and running a poor workshop.
W. H. Snow
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judyanne
Mon, 2017-05-08 07:33
You're running a fine WS Wes
Lol yes, 'drear'
'tis how I feel about it all atm....
Never mind.... It'll pass eventually...
Love judy
xxx
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'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)
author commentRula
Mon, 2017-05-08 00:59
I love what you write
even when you complain. Maybe leading a workshop would get the muse back.
Your talent has always amazed me and others, not to mention sir Wesley.
Keep it up dear.
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judyanne
Mon, 2017-05-08 07:36
thank you so much, Rula
for the very, very kind comment and compliment
It's lovely to know you enjoy my writes
Love judy
xxx
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'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)
author commentweirdelf
Mon, 2017-07-03 07:57
I'm not going to record these
you nailed it. The only point of possible contention for me is that the words practicing and savouring are more commonly pronounced as Dactyls, which throws the meter of the rest of the line, but it's trivial. In a longer work mostly in Trochaic our ears would stress the 'ings'.
cheers,
Jess
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