Outside the Frame Challenge
Below is a picture used in a previous challenge.This time we would like to approach it from a different angle.Write a poem about what is going on outside the picture...It could be in another room in...
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The butterfly knew it,as well as a cloud,who peeked through the windowin search of the child."She's reading," the cricketin green said aloud,"a book about thingsshe can find in the wild.""I hope she...
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I do like this Rich.Perhaps all of creation is thrilled by the use of a child's imagination.I know I am.You are a tough act to follow but I will give it a whirl.ely One book, two booksThree books...
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She heard not a sound where she sat with her book She stirred not a twitch neither glanced up to look The shadows that lengthened as sun turned to gloom Left her still sitting quiet, alone in the room...
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This is amazing AiMay. I was so taken up by the tale and that the little girl was the only one who knew the length and breadth of his journey. So well done. ely
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Rich, Ely and AliMay,Your poems are treasures!All three of you have made my day!To see beyond the picture is the mark of a true poet,and each of you have done that...splendidly!What a treasure this...
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Rich and Ely I really like your poems as well. Rich I like the characters you have given to the butterfly, the cricket and the sun. Ely I particularly like the repetition of the first and last verses,...
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Three lovely poems and three quite superb rises to Sarah's challenge. Rich, I loved the way you wove nature 'outside looking in' into your poem, and Ely, you captured the mind of the child and how...
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Great poems everyone:)You sit peacefully reading,lost in a world of fantasywhile we, in the other room,sit devastated by the newsthat the father you adorehas been killed in action. Never again will he...
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From such simple joys of childhood to the harsh reality of war. It shook me I confess. Such powerful imagery. ely
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Poor Lucy with this nasty coldMust stay indoors mummy saidStill never mind dearest child Here are books to read instead.The sound of children playingFiltered through the bright windowSo sad Lucy had...
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Shoot! I've done it again. I hit the wrong button and made a new topic instead of add reply. Dear Sarah can you fix it and put it where it belongs? ely
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It is fine as a stand alone topic, Ely, but I am curious to see if the merge feature is working,so I'm going to try it. : )Ely,It is true...a book offers great adventuresto far away lands. It opens...
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Ely your poem of Storybook Gold reminds me so much of when I was home from school, unwell with a bad cold. I would love to lose myself in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verses". And in...
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