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2008 Form Challenges
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This is a Spanish form of eight syllable (Iambic Tetrameter) lines.
The rhyming scheme can vary in presentation, but only two consecutive lines may have the same rhyme pattern. In the example below, Pat uses a. a. b. b. a.
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Quintilla Challenge Replies
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Maryse AchongWe have been told they're man's best friend But they can drive you round the bend; Though they've been spoilt I must confess, And by whom is anyone's guess, I love my little dogs no end. ----- For Nicole Nicole although we never met I knew your parents very well, And I can imagine the hell They must be going through: yet You made your mark, we won't forget. ----- Post Surgery Blues The surgery was a success Although the patient nearly died. Almost eight days we spent beside Ourselves with worry. A most stress- ful situation I confess.. ----- Quasi Dragon A dragon methinks in disguise, Displaying their best qualities, Until to my immense surprise He changes right before my eyes; Two distinct personalities. ----- Terra Firma Fan I will not try to understand I will not wonder or debate, Would not matter at any rate; It's like stepping on shifting sand, I prefer being on dry land. back to list |
Lorainne DafneyJust the two of us, having fun My guy, my Sam, still number one Enjoying each day together, We coast like a floating feather, Till dusk bids goodnight to the sun back to list |
Peggy Nelson Never seen such beauty before I fear, if I don't act, I'm lost Lost, never to soar his soul nor, Shake away the bittersweet frost Love Words through eyes, will be embossed I explore his eyes; no others I lose myself, yet feel secure Behind the waterfalls, it's pure Pure heaven, pure like no others At last finding answers to cure He alone melts my aching heart Youthful feelings now come to mind Warmth has entwined like gracious art Our qualities mesh, I impart Through loving eyes, love's now refined ----- Kiss Me Now  I roam the greatest of mountains Swim the deepest parts of the seas A divine creature to obtain Odd number of heads, man I be A mythical animal, yep that's me!  Numerous countries think I'm grand I can be a snake, baring claws I can grant wishes in your land I've swallowed the moon without flaw At times I'll squeeze to hear folks awe  Changing looks as I span the earth I'm a hot item shooting flames Breath's poisonous, at times not tame Kiss me now, I'll give you new birth In Folklore a mirthful lands worth ----- Nuts To You  Sure am happy to be with you Isolated with squirrelly friend Gathered bits and pieces, been through I love my nutty squirrelly friend Laughter and comfort till the end ----- One Beary Nice Day  Had a bare of a time to rise This morning tangled up in sheets Yet I was baring a smile to greet Anyone who takes me by surprise Finely arose, jumped to my feet  Looked in mirror barely recognized; Was indeed looking cuddly fine Outdoors I met some bare, bear guys Thank God their hair hung to their thighs Went to the local pub to dine…  Sat at bar amongst friendly bears Invited to see etchings rare Excusing self my eyes did see Mister Beary Cuddles, wow-wee! Talked, snuggled like bears in lair II  I barely know Beary the bear He seems to be the one for me Some doubts I have of this affair Seems too perfect, what's wrong with me? I'm so confused yet want to be…  Having fun with Beary on the beach Can't stand high mountains and bear's breech Yep, I'm a strange bear; yep that's me Love to cuddle and stay in reach With Mister Cuddles; which agrees!  We're ready to sleep under stars On the beach without humans 'round Soft sand, better than rocks by far ! Yes, I love him, does that sound, sound? Night, night till mornings dawn comes 'round III  Life's been grand with my huggable bear Raising our darling chubby cubs Keeping in touch to show we care When old Beary bears at the fair Sure miss my nightly massage rubs!  Sitting knitting sweaters and hats Being alone again once more Reminiscing of this and that At times laugh and roll on the floor Near a dull moment we bore  Since trainers had to kill Beary Wildness set him off at the fair I pray each day to be merry I'm insane without my Beary Today I'll attack at the fair!!! back to list |
Ryter RoethicleThe Aussie dragon has feathered wings And ne'r e'r been sought by knights and kings The Golden scales that attract that lust Have been dulled by layers of red dust Coolabahs are used for important things. The Gods of water realised all this When they appointed where they should exist Where water prefers to be underground And they must dwell where it can be found Or by dried up rivers and reminisce. Gone is the good life like those distant friends. The Gods always have ways to make amends Here they have friends from all sorts of life The roo, the parrot, man does not cause strife. Look.... ships!! How long now before this ends? ----- Dreamtime Visited So that he may expand his dreams And carry out his selfish schemes The land gives up her dreams for mans Ofttimes laying aside her plans Ignoring Mother Nature's screams. Mankind continues killing trees Then wonders at the hotter breeze Replanting convenience of time Thus creating his most grievous crime, And the easiest way to appease. But like all mothers she's aware Of when it's time to call a halt Pointing out mankind's fault And the lack of need for despair 'cause like a mother she does care. ----- Early Days Sounds of morning awakening The sun rises to birds singing These sounds helps me open my eyes To a brilliant dawn and blue skies The first day of spring is ringing. For a while we'll be back and forth Winter will fight for all she's worth But the days are no longer short As upwards the spring sun will sport And the hot wind'll come from the North. ----- Green is Good May I rest please, my day's ended S'not my world, don't want it to be This is not what I want to see I realise what needs be mended Man's doings have you offended. Heeding closer nature's warnings. Thus floods and storms and melting ice Means that we should be thinking twice Tsunamis and such warning things Means no exception e'en for kings Ride your bicycle or use the bus Four wheel drive shopping is canned SUVs should all be banned Public transport should be a must Small cars, bikes and walking are plus. ----- How Great How great is love when I look into your eyes How greater is my desire hearing your sighs Yet how gentle is my touch when it is you How soft are your kisses, each one renews Promises of love that only the Gods devise. How great is love with nothing one need say When looks and touches have paved the way And kisses even an Angel could not resist Would press for more and even Heaven insist That our love would last beyond the final day. Now I look into your eyes and into your soul Seeing is realising what has made us whole. Knowing together we will share eternity Knowing what fate has intended us to be And that our love will be another's goal. ----- KAF 11 A view from my window there could not be Only on my screen were there stories to see Of Eragon, Dragon riders, and magic stuff I saw flying eastwards and it was enough To occupy, entertain and keep me happy. ----- On Leaving "You're going home again," she says sighing, "You must kiss me goodbye." It breaks my heart seeing her cry. Is this the best of loving ways Or the worst of our loving days? I tell her this kiss is special- Sneaking out into the dark night Awakening with morning light Having emerged from its shell, Will everyday of my love tell? ----- Retribution It made me smile hearing your name having made me rue all those years spent crying those frustrated tears knowing you never felt the same you were merely playing a game. You and the Toad how you would laugh watching me struggle on my path. You and he gaining from my work like a puppet who's strings you'd jerk and in my sweat you both would bath. I lost completely for a while as the problems on me would pile. Now the boot is on the proper foot you are the ones covered in soot I sip my glass of wine and smile. ----- Sans Love Sans love this world's a useless ball Soulless beings with no use at all It throbs with life of kind and sort. See it pulse as the creatures sport. So much love hear its wondrous call. ----- Seasons Spring I'm told is the birth of life Extracted by a drunken midwife A screaming, messy, painful time And very slowly starts its climb Till it blossoms forth, free of strife. Summer has sweet playful fingers Memories of first times lingers Learning in the back seats of cars Older, sadder in singles bars Reality curbing life's hungers Autumn is when peace begins And love becomes free of sins Passion has burned to embers At the fireside, love remembers Silence takes over, and vision dims. In winter the rain is all that's left The fireplace becomes a red mouth. Blustering winds blow from the South Fed by the Antarctic's icy breath And lovers rest in peace with death. ----- Why? Why has your magic woven into my heart? What made you conceive what would start, From the warmth of a friend, hardly a flame? Is it a sin that we should lay a blame, Or being friends have already played our part? Why have I become intoxicated by you, That like any drunk, need more of your brew? Each night I need to sip more of your wine Each time finding you more and more divine Each day finding ecstasy has been reviewed. Like any drunken sot I need you more In amounts greater than e're before And you encourage me to heights of sup With succulent juices that o'erflow my cup Ensuring that its you forever I'll adore. ----- Xactly Right Tears falling, mixing with my own I hear you when you quietly groan Your look when you smile from your heart Your touch, saying we'll never part The future now is so well known. As I hold you, you grip me tight You will relax within the night But in certainty of return Rekindling that heavenly burn That only love can ever ignite. back to list |
Leny RooversAs wars were ravaging the earth, darkness was sucking heaven's light; yet kings and elves went on to fight and sent out ships with men of worth, in search of means to ward off blight. Their leader was a trusted knight who knew the wizards of the realm; he told the sailor at the helm how best to steer them through the night and reach the land of sacred elms. There, in near forgotten days, most dragons went to lay their eggs. The knights had made three special kegs that could ward off black wizards' gaze and keep the eggs from changing phase. At last they found a shore, ablaze with flowers in many hues of red; here, the eldest wizard had said, the mighty dragons came to play. Two eggs were found- in awe appraised.  ----- Dragons; Wait Three precious eggs the world once bore, they looked like marble, darkly veined and cold to touch, yet life remained. In vibrant layers within each core, a dragon slept, destined to soar. All fire creatures had been slain; these last three eggs were living ore, conceived in dragons' final roar. While earth was ravaged by campaigns, the seed of greatness still remained. According to most ancient lore, these eggs would one day help sustain earth's freedom, when she would be chained. Three waiting dragons en rapport, that one day soon could hatch, explore.  ----- Joy Between soft mantras and my ears ever strengthening threads appear; each repetition of their song brings waves of cleansing light along. As silence grows, I listen- hear. Thought-clouds drift by till mind is clear, I feel them leave my inner sphere. Within your realm, thoughts are not strong, their hold on me they can't prolong- it is dissolving- disappears. I am enfolded in your peace, where daily worries come to cease. My heart and soul know pure delight as my whole being fills with light, rejoicing in newfound release. ----- Monster With sticky threads she weaves her trap, designed to catch and hold her prey that's kept alive and on display- till in the end she'll suck its sap; her bloodied jaws shut with a snap. While victim's heart is bleeding dry, her bloated body spreads out wide; she's taken bone and flesh inside, her gluttony has gone awry as sanity was pushed aside. She can't digest all she took in; her insides burn with venom's bite, it boomeranged her own black spite and churns and knots now deep within- she'll perish of rebounding blight.  ----- Parrots attack! In flocks green parrots come to eat my apples, still unripe and small. They are a noisy bunch and brawl while sampling my best apples' treat- will they leave me any at all? As feathered acrobats on show, they swing from branches on one foot- then turn around and still stay put while deftly keep found food in toes. They go on picking at ripe fruit… My goldfish, in the pond beneath, are fleeing to the deepest spot- when falling apples drop like shot and waters shake, it rattles teeth. The frogs, still undisturbed, just squat. ----- Roses As blade's sharp edge cuts in my feet I feel warm blood leave opened veins. No longer thin membranes constrain now shrieking nerve-ends swift retreat; a rose unfolds within my pain. To walk this tightrope, I abstain from thoughts that draw me in defeat. Soft petals throb with each heartbeat, while rose's fragrant breath sustains; her thornless stem I hold and greet. This rose will lead me to your seat when wounds have stopped to bleed and chain. With you in mind I will attain your sphere, where souls come home and meet- here we will be joined, complete. ----- Taste As elderberries ripened fast, I knew that summer couldn't last. Today I picked hands full from trees, the top ones swaying in the breeze; at least two kilos I amassed. Four jars of jam I made tonight, they're proudly standing in full sight, still cooling down right on the sink- can't wait to taste, I'm tickled pink- my home-made jams are pure delight! ----- To raise the dragons Two eggs were found to save the world- inside, still sleeping dragons curled. Only when three would hatch and wake, clouds of darkness could lift and break. The search went on, while black veils whirled. The knight who'd made the special kegs, had felt a change in both the eggs. At first they'd been cold to his hand, when he'd raised them from the sand. On touching now, they stirred his legs. He knew the eggs could be his guide and put all sense of doubt aside; lead by the tingling of his skin, he reached a copse and found therein the missing egg- his eyes went wide. Three eggs now made their quest complete and they returned with haste to meet their king and wizards, waiting still to ward off evil and fulfill the ancient lore- Darkness' retreat.  ----- Touched At first you touched me with your mind, a mental hug, our thoughts entwined. Slowly I dropped my defenses, reaching out with all my senses- gradually, our minds aligned. When first you touched me with your heart, I saw new roads, a different chart; enfolded in your love, I grew, my world took on a brighter hue- we shared our dreams for a new start. When then you touched me with your lips and put your hands upon my hips, my body answered with a thrill that never ended, is there still; our bodies never will eclipse. In touching me, you've touched my soul, our lives are threading as we stroll along the beaches of our lands, in rhythm with our feet hold hands; there's joy in trusting your control.  ----- Where is the sun? As sparrows hide in pear-tree's crown, I watch the dripping clouds and frown. Another weekend without sun, our summer seems too soon undone- tall chestnut trees wear autumn's gown. Day after day the rain pours down, leaves now changing from green to brown; apple tree's clothes are on the run, Wind blows them off, he's having fun- he's spread them in the garden 'round. Mid-morning, still the light is low, there aren't even clouds on show. Gray flocks of sheep have filled the sky, Has summer really said goodbye? I watch a solitary crow. ----- Within Within the limits of my mind I'll search for you, until I'll find that secret door that opens wide and lets me enter with my guide. Here our worlds are intertwined. Within the chalice of my heart, I'll hold you dear, though we're apart. That secret door will let me through, inside, my soul finds views of you- an inner knowledge you impart. Within my infinite, true soul, life's pieces fit and are made whole. Your love illuminates my world, reflecting light of stars, unfurled. Your touch I'll treasure and extol. back to list |
Nia WynneWhen deer paw the earth, you come near, Though moon be your home, not right here, Thoughts of you take me down a road Nowhere near, just farther I rode Into saturnine Grey frost tears. Winterfelleth and our season Fell out of Junes warm reason, And we became fallow, mere friends, Or another reason to send Love into mourning for treason. ----- Rain and Sun Rain and sun compete for the sky As we wonder whether clouds fly For any other reason than to pour When our earth cannot much more Contain skies tears nor thunders nigh. ----- Maligned Loud buzz of cicada remind Me of what was, but lost is love, What finds this heart isn't a dove But a trembling in darkness blind, A howling that shivers like wind. ----- Yellow Moon I've no idea why I cry Though sun gets into my blue eyes, Perhaps it was the yellow moon That caused a sigh instead of swoon... But was because you said goodbye. back to list |
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