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miscellanea
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0 posted 2004-07-29 01:29 PM

                  Salutation
                Bright  Warm
        Glowing Showing Greeting
       Smile Eyes Stationery Ink
      Wondering Waiting Hoping
                 tender soft
                    closing

[This message has been edited by miscellanea (07-31-2004 08:07 AM).]

Cpat Hair

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1 posted 2004-07-29 01:31 PM

not a clue if it a diam what ever...

but I enjoyed

miscellanea
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2 posted 2004-07-29 01:40 PM

Cpat,
  If I understand it right, here is a recipe:  1 word (opposite from last word of poem)
         2 adjectives to describe word in line 1
         3 participle to describe word in line 1
         4 nouns (2 related to line 1, 2    and 2 nouns related to line #7)
         3 participles for word in line #7
         2 adjectives for word in line #7
         1 word (opposite from first word)

They're fun to play around with.  Give it shot...
         Mis E  (BTW, what does the E stand for?     Otherwise known as Misc'e
         or MisC  (Cathy)

Cpat Hair

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3 posted 2004-07-29 01:47 PM

(chuckling)

over my head Mis E

miscellanea
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4 posted 2004-07-29 02:01 PM

Cpat,
I CERiously double doubt that Cpat! You,Sir, are phenomenal, but I understand why you wouldn't want to try this. Your poetry is outstanding in is own form.

Mis E

Cpat Hair

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5 posted 2004-07-29 02:25 PM

and you are far too kind... to say such things...

miscellanea
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6 posted 2004-07-29 04:53 PM

Cpat,
Not kind, but honest...

iliana
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7 posted 2004-07-30 11:35 PM

Very clever, misc'e! Wow, do I have a lot of catching up to do. Gone a day or two and look what happens!

...jo

Susan
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8 posted 2004-07-30 11:40 PM

I agree with Cpat, diamawhatchamacallit, but it was very, very nice

Susan

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passing shadows
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9 posted 2004-07-31 04:30 AM

I am too old to play around with form now, I think

enjoyed your experiment though

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10 posted 2004-07-31 08:01 AM

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html

A little link with some further explanation...

and a most friendly letter, indeed!

miscellanea
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11 posted 2004-07-31 08:13 AM

iliana, Susan, and Dixie,
   Thanks for stopping by.  They really are easier and much more open to pause than what I usually write.

Sunshine,
   Thanks for the nice reference!  It was fun to read several examples.

             misc'e

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