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.
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.
-- 🟤 -- 🟫 -- 🤎 --
Today's prompt is Shape.
As I told, I found the Epulaeryu at ladyleemanila's blog during the A-Z Challenge. I still think I need some more practise in Epulaeryu - strange name with a strange explanation. I have shortened the explanation:
The Epulaeryu poem is about delicious food (The name is, I think, a mixture of Greek and Japanese).
It consists of seven lines and thirty-three syllables.
The form is 7/5/7/5/5/3/1 syllables, and the seventh line ends with an exclamation mark.
We love Gingerbread cookies
Horses and snowflakes.
We mix flour and sugar
We beat in the eggs,
roll it out thinly,
grab a mould.
Cut!
-- 🟤 -- 🟫 -- 🤎 --
Som sagt fandt jeg Epulaeryu på ladyleemanilas blog i april, mens der var A-Z Challenge. Jeg tror jeg trænger til lidt mere øvelse i den dlags Epulaeruy er et vers med en enkelt, meget fast truktur. Ligesom både Haiku og Elfje. Det handler om mad, om glæden ved mad, processer og fællsesskab - positive oplevelser med mad. Det består af 7 linjer og 35 stavelser, der fordeles sådan: 7/5/7/5/5/3/1 stavelser. Den sidste linje - én stavelse - ender med et udråbstegn.
Shape - form eller facon er dagens inspiration.
Vi kan godt li' brunkager.
Og de har forme.
Vi blander mel og sukker
pisker æg til skum
ruller dejen tyndt
tag en form
tryk!
- - - - - -
Up and coming:
May 12: Shape (today)
May 19: Stem
May 26: Lead
June 9 Sting
June 16 Possible
June 23 Uniform
June 30 Scram
Wordle 1.423 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
The Pen and Paper Method working its wonders once again.
Nice poem about one of my favourite things, gingerbread cookies.
SvarSletThank you. Luckily we can bake them all year round if we care to.
SletI love your willingness to explore different poetic styles.
SvarSletThank you, I realy like to learn something new ... practising until I can do it. But then often I frget it again.
SletI don't like to count syllables and I guess it's why I don't write poems. Your poem is fun. Sadly, I've never eaten gingerbread cookies before.
SvarSletHave a lovely day.
Yeah, counting syllables is a prerequisite for poems - unless you make free-form ones. Or just suit them to a song you kknow well without actively counting ;)
SletYou'll have to find some gingerbread cookies come December. They are very tasty.
Nicely done! Gingerbread is lovely any time.
SvarSlet