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Happy Poetry Friday!
A gourd time was had by all. Linda Mitchell
The Inklings were challenged by Margaret @ Reflections on the Teche to write pythagorean poems.
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A Pythagorean Poem
created by Shari Green
The math background:
Pythagoras' theorem is a2 x b2 = c2
One possible triple is 3,4,5.
3x3 + 4x4 = 5x5
9 + 16. = 25
Using the triple, the poetic form works like this:
1st stanza: 3 lines of 3 words each
2nd stanza: 4 lines of 4 words each
3rd stanza: 5 lines of 5 words each*
*The third stanza must be composed of all the words found in stanzas one and two (in any order; variations okay).
The third stanza should also be a progression of sorts, a product of the first two in thought or theme or meaning.
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Trust me kids, this is tough than it looks--just like high school Geometry!
Kudos to Shari Green for inventing this form. It is a fun challenge. I actually employed a spreadsheet to make sure I had used all the words from the first two stanzas in the third without repeats. LOL.
October
Find a pumpkin
Is it orange?
Is it round?
Brush off the dirt
Now thump its base
How does it sound?
Like a hollow drum?
A-thumping, it is found! It is an orange pumpkin hollow-like. Brushed off bass The dirt round its drum, how does it sound, now?
Linda Mitchell--draft
haiku
this hopeful world where
flowers love the feel of rain
while reaching for sun
Summer Flowers Love
The feel
of rain. Applaud
a hearty watering
each stem reminded once again
of spring
Flowers Love
the feel of rain
spilling, sipping
dripping, dropping
refreshed again
Mary Lee Hahn @ A(nother) Year of Reading
Catherine Flynn @ Reading to the Core
Molly Hogan @ Nix the Comfort Zone
Margaret Simon @ Reflections on the Teche
Heidi Mordhorst @ my juicy little universe
Love your Pythagorean Poem and what a fun challenging format! Pumpkin drums, love the imagery and the thumps! Happy Poetry Friday Linda! I may try some in the future:)
ReplyDeletePythagoras would say hoorah, Linda! I need to try one, but it does look challenging! I love that you used fall pumpkins as your topic! They are everywhere here in stories, in church lots for annual pumpkin festivals, and on! And I love what you did with Amy's line in your own poems, "Applaud/a hearty watering" - for sure! Have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with such a challenging form. You make it look easy! Love getting my pumpkin fix here this week. :)
ReplyDeleteLove all your poems, especially the different ways you incorporated Amy's clunker (which doesn't really sound like a clunker to me!). You have created beautiful images of flowers and water in all of them. The Pythagorean Poems are so intriguing!
ReplyDeleteLinda, nice job on your Pythagorean poem. I'm intrigued and enjoying reading them. I'll be trying one soon thanks to your success and testimony! I love the pumpkin drum you write about and your use of bass and base. I like how the "flowers love the feel of rain" and it's certainly true, especially in my dry as a bone area.
ReplyDeleteSo many lovely sounds in all of these poems. All of these math related forms make my brain --AACK! I really have to think about them. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the new form to play with. It's funny how much I dislike math and how much math plays into the poem forms I use.
ReplyDeleteThat form looks tough, Linda. Thanks for the delightful quartet of poems! I love clunker poems!
ReplyDeleteNice job with this challenging form, Linda! I love the drum comparison. I just got my pumpkins this week, but I didn't know I was supposed to thump them. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with the prompt and all those thumping pumpkin sounds! You made this feel so natural and fun! Also your haiku is a gem!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's challenging! Just the mention of math made me want to run away. :D Well done! Love this series of clunkers too, especially the luscious feel of the last one.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I know the end is the most challenging because you have to use certain words a certain way, I esp. like the final stanza of your poem. "Brushed off bass/
ReplyDeleteThe dirt round its drum,/how does it sound, now?" I don't know, I just like that dirt rounding its drum!