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Friday Fling #216 for January  25th 2013

January 25th is a special day for the family at Castle Scotorum. This year it will be my and my wife’s 44th wedding anniversary. It will also be the 9th birthday of the grandson I’ve spent the most time with.

So that brought me to thiink of this topic: what is a Special Day for you and why?

How about writing about your Special Day, past, present or future, in a new format? Wouldn’t that be fun? I hope so. Maybe try a shape poem, in which the words form the shape of something related to your Special Day, like a birthday cake or a champagne glass or a diamond or ?

Shape poems do not have to rhyme, nor do they need a cadence. Although if they have one or the other that is a bonus. Just as long as the words manage to form some shape related to your Special Day.

I realize it can be difficult to use a text or photo editor to make the right shape. But it can be fun to try!

Here’s one I did over a sweater a couple of years ago which is still a personal favorite. It took work to get it to fit, but it was satisfying when I was finished!

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This week the Friday Fling Gives poetic shape to our Special Days!

Be sure to save time to read and comment on the shape of your fellow Pals’ form-al creations.

Then see if this weekend ends up including a new Special Day!


Fickle Finger of Fate Award for January 18th

Congratulations Diane!

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62 Comments

  • Scotorum says:

    Welcome everyone to the Friday Fling’s Shape of Our Special Days challenge! Pull up a shape and some words and make a shape poem that both tells and shows about your favorite Special Day! Let the special poetry flow!

  • Scotorum says:

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    OK this might not be strictly considered shape poetry, but I could not come up with a shape for the topic other than a heart, which seemed too obvious. I thought of a church steeple and this one had “real estate” in it that a poem could be broken up and pasted onto. So there you have it. I had fun, and made a cheap card for tomorrow. LOL don’t look at me like that, I’m 25% Scottish, being cheap is part of my birthright darnit! And anyway, I’m taking her out for a nice dinner!

  • Bettie says:

    This is me temp at shape poetry and the only one that came ta mine that me knew would look like a shape .. Giggles ..

    TREE

    ~

    Tree
    The tree
    That I didnt have
    Christmas tree with pretty
    Lights to see and light the night
    My tree the tree that I didnt have would
    Have been the prettiest tree ever seen my Christmas tree

    ~

    Written By: Bettie Davis —————————- © January 24 , 2o13

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  • mrobinking says:

    The birth of my three children were very memorable and special days. :love:

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