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Rain Petals - Elinor's NaPo



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Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:50 am
Elinor says...



Here will be the thread where I dispose of all my horrid poetic attempts from my first year of NaPo. ;)

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Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:56 pm
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April 1st-
April Showers

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Drip Drop
;
the quiet rhythm soothes me.
I'm glad to be inside.


Drip Drop;

It falls in thicker intervals,
and lightning crashes down.

A different rhythm now;
soothing in an ironic way.

Drip Drop:
I'll fall asleep this way.

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Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:41 pm
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April 2nd

Thorns
-
So beautiful,
Yet so horrific;
They poke and prod,
drawing blood;
we can only admire
beauty from a distance.

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Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:25 pm
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April 3
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White Linen

Soft, Silken, Clean;
Dries on a cord in the backyard,
waiting to be dry.

To wear or keep us comfortable,
White Linen will always be
soft, silken, clean.

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:55 pm
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April 4th

-
Puzzles

A certain pattern
To be melded together;
Difficult to solve.

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Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:32 pm
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April 5th
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Four Months

In four months
I've changed;
grown smarter, more aware
Four months since I've seen you,
been a sick girl in love.
In four months I've decided,
You're not the man for me.

All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them.

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Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:17 pm
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Hey, Elinor! There's one thing I recommend for you to experiment with during NaPo, and that's poetic language. Try using some similes or metaphors to enhance your descriptions, or make the words sound interesting together because of they're combined with each other. ^_^

Good luck!

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Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:11 pm
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April 6th
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The Ocean on a Rainy Day

You feel the moistness in the air;
The gentle breeze calms your spirit,
and makes you feel refreshed.

That salty smell in the air,
The ice-cold orange soda you drink
The solitude;
It calms you.

The quiet drops that hit your arms,
and the light and windy breeze.
Still very warm indeed.

You like it better then a crowded sunny day,
Because there is nothing like the ocean on a rainy day.

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Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:32 pm
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Hey again, Elinor!

I liked the idea of this new poem, but the problem was I didn't even understand that it was about a rainy day until the last stanza. And of course the title, but I didn't really read that.

The ice-cold orange soda you drink
The solitude;
It calms you.

The quiet drops that hit your arms,
and the light and windy breeze.
Still very warm indeed.


You see, you only mention the rain ONCE, and that's not enough for the reader to soak it in. Even if you didn't mention the rain again, you'd at least have to create the atmosphere. The ice-cold soda makes me think it's hot and sunny and bright (because the orange is a bright color), and that doesn't really fit with what you're telling me. If you revisit this poem, try to work some darker colors and rain-words in.

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Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:35 pm
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Thanks Hannah!

When NaPo is all over I'm going to pick out 10 or so to revisit and revise, and this will probably be one of them.

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Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:59 pm
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April 7th
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The End of the Beginning

I've gone this far,
I've learned so much.
You've been my teacher,
You've been my friend.
You helped me achieve the impossible,
And now I'm ready to face what lies in store,
To apply the skills you've taught me.
And I will never forget you.

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Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:24 pm
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April 8th
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Peanut Butter Cups

Decadent Candy;
Creamy Peanut Butter
and rich chocolate.

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Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:38 pm
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April 9th
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Sick in Bed

Confined to linen sheets;
out of school for the day.
you cough and blow your nose,
and can barely say a word.
Cheap entertainment helps the day pass by,
until you'll be well enough to rise.

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Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:17 pm
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April 10

Countdown of a Bomb
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Clocks center around them
Oblivious to the outside world.
Utopia is far from the place with the ticking bomb
Not a chance for it to freeze
Tension rises when people attempt to stop it
Death comes to those near it
Often it contains complicated structures
Wonders would be worked if the hero could stop it
No seconds will soon be left

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Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:50 pm
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Elinor! This is a really interesting idea and I like it, but I think it would be even cooler if you could somehow write this poem and have the sentences overlap through the letters instead of writing one description for each line. If you made it smoother, like writing a normal poem, you might find that you use words that start with those letters automatically and you can just slide them into place instead of having the letters control your poem.

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