The Friday Fling Celebrates Graduations!
Friday Fling #133 June 17th 2011
As you drive around neighborhoods in your town, you have likely noticed on weekends the occasional yardload of cars, balloons on mailboxes and perhaps even a party tent, all telltale signs of a GRADUATION PARTY!
June is for weddings, picnics and – graduations! This week we’re focussing on graduations. What was your most memorable or meaningful one, or if for someone else recently, what did that mean to you? Anything graduation related is fair game and covered by your poetic license this week!
One more part to this week’s challenge: try to write your poem in a format you have never done before! You can find a list, descriptions and examples here: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
This week the Friday Fling celebrates graduations past and/or present, in a format!
Be sure to save time to read and comment congratulatorily on your fellow Pals’ poetic valedictories. Then go enjoy your weekend, perchance including a graduation?
As always should the topic and/or format suggestion not be suitable for your poetic aspirations, you can post anything you’ve done lately in the poetry category as long as it is also suitable for our family blog.
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for June 10rd 2011
Congratulations Barbara!
Welcome to another Friday Fling challenge! Michelle and I hope you enjoy writing about this timely topic in poetry! And do try a format new to you if you like! Click on the link in the intro to get a list, description and examples of poetry formats, the same list we use to choose weekly formats for Fling challenges! This week it’s grab a format and run with it!
Oh nice PIC of you and your boy Michelle!!! *smiling* Happy Friday Y’all!!! Please update your status and make a bulletin with a link to this blog :love: :love: :love:
I have such fond memories of my survey pimping for my graduate research project in 2007. This is how Bob and I met LMAO ~ you had to have been there on the blog I was pimping my survey on to get the full intent of this write, but I’m sure it will bring a *smile* to Bob’s face!!! That PIC of me was my Avitar at the time LMAO
This is excellent (((Michelle!))) Just what I was imagining you were thinking in that picture of the proud momma and her handsome son! But even more eloquently stated than I could have imagined even knowing how skilled you are at formats!
I have never done one of these before 😆
:love:
Here is one from my archive that can relate to graduation. This is a Tanka I wrote…
here is a triquain (7 lines with 3, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 3 syllable pattern)
my Jacob graduated from Marine Corp Boot Camp-San Diego in November…it’s what he has wanted to do forever…his grandma and grampa (my husband’s parents) were both Marines during WWII…
Awesome blog and theme and wonderful pieces posted. CONGRATS TO ALL THE GRADS AND PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF GRADS! Here’s to milestones and to new beginnings. Cheers indeed!!
14. And, YIKES, I just went up to read it again and saw the “Fickle Finger of Fate” Award. Honored indeed. How did I miss that? Whew! Thanks so much, Bob and Michelle! Always so much fun to participate in the CPC blogs. Giant Hugs to All!! ~barb~
CONGRATS TO BARBARA AND TO ALL GRADUATES.
I JUST WANTED TO STOP IN WHILE MY GRANDSON IS NAPPING AND SHOW SOME LOVE.
I HAVE HAD FAMILY IN AND OUT SINCE WEDNESDAY … IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME.
I DON’T PERSONALLY KNOW ANYONE GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE.
this is my daughter saphier who just graduated college a month ago
THE POEM WAS WRITTEN FOR MY SON’S GRADUATION FROM JUNIOR HIGH WHEN HE WAS 14
IT’S TIME!
This is the rule,
Fist day jitters
“I must be cool”
What do I say?
What do I do?
“God, don’t make me,
Look like a fool.
First kiss
Romance, serious dance
“Am I any good at this?”
I’m fourteen
A young man , tall
I know I can do it all
Last years worries,
Are far behind,
Tonight ,
With pride,
I walk the line!
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR JUST STOPING IN SAYING HELLO AND LOVING ALL THE WRITES HERE,, IM IN SEVERE PAIN RIGHT NOW CAN HARDLY STAND OR SIT.. THANK YOU… INKY
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THE BEGINNING OF WHAT’S AHEAD
The midnight study sessions,
the ones you couldn’t stand;
the days it was so very hard
to get up out of bed
in the morning
to get to school on time,
a dreaded test to take;
the football games on Friday nights,
the activities after school,
the paper and the yearbook
and all the deadlines
come and gone,
the tears and sweat
to get it done.
But you did get it done
and so much more,
and we’re so very proud of you.
And on this graduation day,
just remember this,
it’s not the end of anything,
but the just the beginning
of what’s ahead.
Today’s a day for celebration,
a grand milestone indeed,
but it’s just one
of so many more,
so many milestones
yet to come.
Cheers to your future
and what lies ahead
on whatever path you travel
and whatever you choose to do.
Happy Graduation,
Graduates,
Parents,
Grandparents,
Aunts and Uncles,
One and All!!
(c) barbara kausteklis 6-17-11
cheers to all the fears
and steps you will take
boldness you will fake
hands and nods to shake
yes a future don’t forsake
you will goal survive
inner strength
Arrive!