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REFLECTION (a paradelle)
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REFLECTION (a paradelle) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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Reflection speaks to me Reflection speaks to me Of every bygone day Of every bygone day Reflection of bygone To me speaks every day. Yet when faced with the past Yet when faced with the past When faced with your face thence When faced with your face thence Yet with your face when faced Thence with your face the past Enlightenment I see Enlightenment I see The wisdom in your eyes The wisdom in your eyes I see the wisdom in Your eyes enlightenment. Of every day the past Bygone, reflection faced Thence when reflection speaks Yet In your face I see With wisdom in your eyes Enlightenment to me The paradelle format is: ~ Three stanzas written a chosen meter with lines 2 and 4 repeating 1 and 3 respectively. ~ Lines 5 & 6 must use every word (no more) contained in lines 1-4. ~ A fourth stanza that contains every word (no more) used in stanzas 1-3. |
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INclan Senior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 1024Indiana, USA |
Interesting format!!! I have not seen one of these before. I shall have to try my hand at this style. Thanx for teaching. INclan |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
nan Thank you for including the instuctive comment. I find myself at a loss when it comes to versatility in styles - I need a teacher... thank you. |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
Something like this teach? Thou art sweet vision dear my love, Thou art sweet vision dear my love, Forever I do worship thee, Forever I do worship thee, I do worship thee sweet vision, Thou art forever my dear love. |
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Sally S. Senior Member
since 1999-06-07
Posts 847Ohio |
Hate those 'ol sayings but, you learn something new everyday. Thank you, Nan. And Tim, I enjoyed yours as well. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thanks, guys - This is really a difficult format within which to write properly - Contiguous meter is a major challenge... So, Tim - now you need to come up with two more stanzas like the first, and a final stanza that uses all (and only all) of the words from the first three....  |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
Need some assistance here teach... this is hard... do you go backwards, write the last stanza first... any advice for us dummies... |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
A new poem from Nan? Not from the archives, but brand spanking new? Hey, you guys obviously are too well-behaved in here if your esteemed moderator has time to write poetry! And judging by the quality and beauty of this poem, I guess we can all be very thankful for that! Great job, Nan! Now how about showing everyone what a güsadelle looks like???? |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I need a drink after that one!  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Tim, since the last stanza is the most difficult, I had to do it last..... Good luck - it's not easy..  |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Wow, this must have been really difficult...it turned out fabulously, though!! I love it, I've never seen anything like it! ------------------ *Krista Knutson* "Your kiss upon my face feels like a brush with grace, baby thats all it takes to take me higher..." SHeDaisy |
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Cinderella Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 152Arizona |
What a wonderful format and thank you for the hard work you spent sharing it! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
What's a güsadelle look like - Hirsute?  |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
The first person to accurately describe the infamous güsadelle format without clicking on the link below (and preferably with their own sample of it) wins a lifetime subscription to Passions' free newsletter and three atta-boy's (or atta-girl's ?). Don't cheat now! güsadelle |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thank you, m'dear - I now have a new signature.... .....um.... I cheated...------------------ Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done: For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits, than I am sure I haue in my whole fiue. ~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75 [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 08-06-99).] |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
o man wow like uh yuh |
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~one voice~ Senior Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 664Billings, MT USA |
Nan, I am going to go work on this awesome format right now! I have never seen this before! (and I'm an English Ed. major? yikes... LOL) ------------------ ~onevoice~ "She looked at her life like lines, never-ending, constantly forming, reforming and bending." |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
Nan This poem is wonderfully interesting. I keep reading it. It's fascinating. I am going to have to try a Paradelle one day. Thank you. Alison |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
lovely nan ARCTIC WIND |
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