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I Am... Still...
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I Am... Still... |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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 I am lost and foundering without my rhyme. I wonder how you write free verse. I hear iambics in my mind. I see rhyming, miming, words in timing. (oops!) I want to structure each of them I am lost and foundering without my rhyme. I pretend to let words freely flow I feel the need to write a sonnet. I touch more hearts with my pantoums. I worry not when penning villanelles I cry no tears when quilling paradelles (oops!) I am lost and foundering without my rhyme. I understand we each have styles to write. I say that this should surely be all right (oops!) I dream pentameter at night (darn!) I try to write in free verse, but I can't. I hope to meter my next quatrain I am lost and foundering without my rhyme. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I loved this...only you, Nan could write about all the forms in poetry and make it sound great. ~smiling~ Maureen |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
LOL...chuckling at this and smiling at YOU. Love and hugs, friend.  "My friends are my estate." |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
ROFL! I hope it didn't make you cry writing this superb poem!  Great write Nan.  |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Nan, my sister poet: You ARE rhyme and reason to our overflow...and I thank you. Delighted you joined this challenge. Appreciate your example and help. TD |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I am lost and foundering without my free . . . LOL lets change places please? This is awesome Nan xxoo |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Nan... I see you there between the lines, grinning every time you rhyme, making music rhythm blessed I wish that I was meter blessed!  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Brava! What a grin you gave this gal! |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Oh I bet you are not lost and floundering at all. This is so YOU!!  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Know ye now your rhyme is true, serenity just follows YOU-- the pitter patter of your "feet" has helped to free the verse in ME. Love ya Nan. This is still delightful.  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Leave it to the teach to take the challenge and make it a lesson in both poetry and witty humor of humility... This is adorable and delightful Nanner-girl But after reading this I am wondering why you didnt talk in rhyme on the phone the other day? Take it from one who hears rhymes in her sleep too.... let the free verse set you free... do what I do...rhyme some of the time.. I call it moth free verse...sneak in some alliterations and you got it. LOL Rhyme Schmyme Cadence Smadence  "How could I stand here with you and not be moved by you." |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Nan, I loved this!!! I loved the way you sneaked (??) your rhymes in there, and the way you gave us a lesson in poetry in your poem. I also loved the little tapping smilies showing us the tap-tap-tap of the beat. LOL You are something else, teacher Nan..........  Hugs Ethel [This message has been edited by garysgirl (07-26-2003 12:00 AM).] |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Nan - you are the mostest... BC |
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SharaRose Member Elite
since 2003-07-19
Posts 2501Somewhere out there~ |
"Phew"..I'm glad i'm not the only one. This was a bit of a comfort for me. Thanks for sharing this!!!! Seems I just can't write without rhyming. SharaRose @-->-- Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer! |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
A tool that can't be put down does more harm than one that can't be picked up....though I have to admit it may build more, unless it's a saw or a machete...... Nice work, Nan -- of course you can do these things! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thankya, kind folks... This is an oldie that was really fun to write...  |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
..And that's why you ARE the queen of sonnets Nan, you are just too cool yanno that?! A wonderful write.Melissa Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
And if it ain't broke, don't fix it! *G* I like this so much, Nan... what a delightful way to answer the challenge! *S* |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
What a totally delightful read!--not only your poem, but the replies that it received! Rock on, POETESS!  Linda |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Lost and floundering without your rhyme?? So what's the problem??? The secret of a happy life is finding out what you can do well and ....do it!! ....and, Nanners, nobody does it better |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
I always loved your work, and now I can add one more to the pot of poetry. |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
Loved this! I know I can't write free verse. Very well done, Nan!  ~Elizabeth Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone... |
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