Poetry Monday :: Park

Mandagsdigtet er en blogleg, som Mimi fra Messymimi's Meanderings og jeg har overtaget - midlertidigt håber vi - fra Diane, der slapper af og rejser verden rundt med sin mand. Vi håber hun er parat til at tage over igen, når hun kommer hjem.

Dagens tema er: Park, der på engelsk også kan betyde parkere.

I dag fik jeg faktisk skrevet noget på dansk. Et elfje. Det er en type vers, det er let at skrive, men forhåbentlig ikke al for kedeligt at læse. Læs mere om Elfje her.

For at kunne fortsætte denne blogleg uden at overanstrenge os selv – vi vil skrive digte og fjolle lidt rundt, ikke rive os i håret over at have glemt at finde nye på stikord - har Mimi og jeg besluttet at vi hægter os på gruppen  365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts. Det er en Facebook-gruppe, der udgiver et stikord til hver dag i året. Vi starter den første mandag i august – og bare rolig, stikordene vil stadig være at finde både her og på Mimis blog.

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Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over the hosting duties, mostly the supplying of the prompts - only temporarily we hope - while Diane at On the Border is taking a break for health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.
 
We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

In order to to continue this challenge and not overexert ourselves - we want to write poems and goof around a bit, not spend time pulling out our hairs over forgetting to find new prompts - Mimi and I have decided to latch onto the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the year. We'll do this from August 4th, the first Monday of August. But no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.

  I have something to ask of you: If you read this and the poetry of others via the links, would you please leave a comment.
  Half - if not more - the fun of these challenges is receiving the responses of others.

Park
I made an Elfje. This is a type of verse that's easy to write, and not too boring to read, I hope. The rules are quite simple. Five lines, eleven words, distributed like this:

1. One word. This word symbolizes a colour or feature. The word sets the atmosphere.
2. Two words. expanding on or describing line 1.
3. Three words. Giving more information about the person or the object. You describe where the person or the object is, who the person or what the object is, or what the person or object is doing. This sentence usually starts with the word ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it.’
4.   Four words. Something about yourself in relation to the person or the object. This sentence is your conclusion.
5.   One word. This word is called the ‘Bomb.’ It is the essence of the poem.

Read more about Elfjes here.

Trees
some flowers
and a lake
A place to relax.
Park.

And in Danish ~ Og så på dansk

Træer,
en sø
og nogle ænder.
Her slapper vi af
Park!

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Every Monday we'll meet and write poetry once again.

July 7 Park (Today)
July 14 Salt
July 21 Quince
Aug 4 Lonely
Aug 11 Biscuits
Aug 18 Don’t be afraid
Aug 25 Wonderful