A Love Story

I am doing the impossible today!  (Which, afterwards, would make it possible because then, well, I did it.)

In this post, I will do 3 prompts in one!

My Poetry Workshop, Stasha’s Monday Listicles, and Galit/Alison’s Memories Captured.

Yep.  Awesome, right?

THE PROMPTS:

Poetry Workshop: Write a story in the form of a poem.  Easy one, right?  Write a story from your life, a made up one, or any story you want!  This kinda makes me think of Dr. Seuss poems…

Monday Listicles:  A list of 10 loves!

Memories Captured:  February Memories

I give you my mushy wedding photo, with 10 words of love around it, and underneath, a love story written in narrative verse!

(If you wrote a poem this week – narrative or not – please do link up with us and play along!)

A LOVE STORY

She flew from across the sea, to that place they call “Land of the Free”

     He was already there from the beginning, in the city – surviving

She had the best of times, those high school years

     He was zooming with high colors through his college years

She entered the scene as he was a senior

     He met her on the volleyball court –  indoors

She hardly noticed him as she played along

     He couldn’t help his heart from hearing her song

She went her way, her life moved on

     He graduated, from there he was gone

 

But he came back after two years, to continue his post-grad studies

He didn’t expect to see her again, and his heart to sing sweet melodies

 

She  met him again on the volleyball court, but this time she noticed him

     He said hello, loved her smile, and thought how to get her to like him

She fell for the silent, handsome type – after so many double dates

     He was smitten with her – it must’ve been fate

She finished college and grad school with him at her side

     He made all the plans to make her his bride

She said yes….to have and to hold

     He promised that together, they would grow old

She became his wife, mother to their little ones

     He became her husband, father to their daughters and son

She now sings of his love, everyday

     He does all he can to show his love in every way

 

And as the years pass, their family will grow

     And of their love, the whole world will know.

Poetry Workshop: Sonnet

Ahhhhhh……….

It feels so good to have the world right-side up, not spinning, non-nausea inducing, and not caving in on you!

I hope no one I know ever gets vertigo.  =(

Anyway, first off, I’m feeling so much better that I’ve gotten myself organized!  Well, my poetry prompts at least.  As for everything else in my house….in due time.

So….I present to all of you – my first newsletter!  *applause*

Thank you.

This newsletter will deliver the poetry prompts monthly.  That means………..no more stressing over spouting out poetry in time for the link up!  With the monthly newsletter, you will know the prompts for each week of the month.  You can write them all in one day or whenever inspiration strikes you.  Then, on the link up day, well, post and link up!

Easy!

And look!  Here’s a sign up form right here!

Subscribe to Poetry Workshop Newsletter

I’m so excited!!!

Okay.  On to this week’s prompt…

SONNET: ”Feelings…nothing more than, feelings… Feelings of love….”  (Isn’t that a song or something?)  Anyway, you can do a super easy one and just write a poem with 14 lines.  If you want a challenge, write a “Shakespearean Sonnet” by following these rules….

14 lines divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet for last 2 lines.

The rhyme scheme is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG.

It’s your choice to make it follow an Iambic Pentameter format!

So, here’s a sample: “Sonnet 18” by Shakespeare!

By the way, you can thank Rory at Time Out For Mom for this prompt.  =)  I know.  I love it too!
A Sonnet For My Love
Your love shines through the darkest of all nights
For you are light itself born from above
My eyes become devoid of earthly sights
Whenever you are near me, my dear love
It’s a sin for my hands to touch the skies
To accept another’s caress is death
For all material things are naught but lies
And your heart is my only source of wealth
My world would be such a desolate place
If from my side you were forcefully torn
I won’t hesitate to quickly give chase
And the universe will feel all my scorn
You are the sole reason my heart still beats
And why I am here kneeling at your feet.



Poetry Workshop: The Alphabet

Last week, we spent some time soul-searching and answering the question, “Who Am I?”

This week, we will be going back to the basics.

The Alphabet.

Did the song, “A – you’re adorable.  B – you’re so beautiful…” just popped in your head?

Well, good!  It’s sort of along those lines.  Easy peasy, right?

Alphabet Poems:  A poem written so that the reader slowly makes his or her way through the alphabet – A to Z.

Variations:  Start each line with the alphabet letter in order, or have one word in the sentence with the alphabet letter in order.

Here’s my entry.  Remember to link yours at the end!

That’s The Way It Went

A little while ago,

Before I came in late,

Curious things happened.

Don’t know why

Everyone started running

From something I couldn’t see.

Great was my fear from this unknown threat!

How else could I react?

I ran for my life!

Jumping over fallen people,

Kicking others out of my way,

Lost one shoe in the gutter,

My stockings got frayed.

Never has my heart beat so fast

Over an invisible thing.

Please don’t laugh at my nervous state.

Question not my haste.

Rolling under a bus, I

Stared as people ran past.

Then all of a sudden they were all gone!

Under the bus, I cautiously crawled out.

Very quickly I then ran to you.

Wheezing and panting I stand here now.

eXcuses! Excuses! Is that what you said?!

You don’t think that’s the way it went?!

Zzzzzzzz………Oh. It must have been a dream then. ;-)


{This post is also linked to Yeah Write #41 (formerly Lovelinks)! }