The Friday Fling Faces The Start of Winter!
Friday Fling #160 December 23rd 2011
Today (22nd) is the first day of Winter! Ok so many of us have already felt like it is Winter for a month or more, while others still think it feels like Fall or even Summer! But still it got us thinking: what’s good about winter? What’s not?
A format which is good for using terms involving description of qualities and contrast is the Diamante. According to Shadowpoetry.com,
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing
the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun’s antonym or synonym.
To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
Here’s an example:
Rain
humid, damp
refreshing, dripping, splattering
wet, slippery, cold, slushy
sliding, melting, freezing
frigid, icy
Snow
This week the Friday Fling Finds the Diamante in the rough of winter!
Be sure to read and comment adjectively on your fellow pals’ poetic gems. Then go enjoy the first official weekend of Winter!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 16th
Congratulations Bettie!
Welcome everyone to the First Day of Winter Edition of the Friday Fling! Tonight and tomorrow we’re celebrating the Winter Solstics and all that goes with it. If you are up for a challenge, try writing a Diamante about the start of winter by considering qualities associated with the beginning of winter, and their opposites. This is a format about key words and contrasts! So come in and enjoy the party!
Good evening (((Bob))) and everyone! Happy first day of winter! It was raining all day here.. I do hope we get a white Christmas and not a wet, slushy Christmas!
WIRTER WEATHER
Snow
Fallin down
Chilly icey freezein
Soft fluffy mucky slippery
Ice dripps
Sun
Written By: Bettie Davis ————————– © December 22 , 2o11
This is by Sonnet Diva! She is so good at forms and this is perfect! Thank you Lori for your contribution to the Friday Fling!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Winter
Cold, long
Freezing, blustering,chilling
short days, long evenings
melting,sprouting,greening
growth ,warmth
Spring
Hello Bob and Michelle great thyme and yeah I tried the format here is new !!!!!
Oh well as BIG as that sign waz I didnt see it !!!!! Wow I am blown aways hem oooh my goodness I won wooohooo I won wiz dat crazy aces write … Thank yall one ands all … Love yous guys ta pieces 😳
:love: :love:
Congrats on getting the Finger award… I loved your poem last week and you so deserve the award, Bettie! :love: :love:
[img]
Stress
Tension, Impatient
Chatting, Straining, Running
Noisy, Busy, Quiet, Relax
Pondering, Completing, Resting
Calm, Patient
Peace
[img]
Good Evening Everyone……Great Writes by all!!!!!! No winter here in FL…..Come on down!!!!!! :love: :love: :groovy:
Such a beautiful blog and challenge. Hard to believe Winter is upon us, but chilly even here in Southern California this morning. Can never really complain about our weather though. Big Hugs to All and Congratulations to Bettie!
Snow
Cold Chilly
Windy Blows Flakes
Winter Grows Melts Shows
Spring Waters Flow
Warm Sprays
Rain ~
Written Byyy g.T ~
® ™ © Within…
Archived image unavailable
Archived image unavailable
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Big Hugs to All. Wonderful pieces posted, definitely putting me in a wintery frame of mind.