Alphabet Poems
Viewing comments for Chapter 11 "Gunfights"Exercises Creating Poems in Alphabetical Format
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Comment from robina1978
Good photo to complement this poem. What an absolute pity you could not enter the prompt. I am sure it would have done well. Your poem made a lot of sense and has a great structure.
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Good photo to complement this poem. What an absolute pity you could not enter the prompt. I am sure it would have done well. Your poem made a lot of sense and has a great structure.
Comment Written 22-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Thank you Robina. we'll never know.
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welcome and you never know:)
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Good job on a very hard challenge. I tried it and gave up. Your topic is a good one as well. I think I'd start with the alphabet FORWARD, and INCLUDE all the letters, but not my contest, was it? LOL! :)
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Good job on a very hard challenge. I tried it and gave up. Your topic is a good one as well. I think I'd start with the alphabet FORWARD, and INCLUDE all the letters, but not my contest, was it? LOL! :)
Comment Written 22-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Thank you Phyllis. I've written many Forward 26 Alphabet poems. that would be a good challenge too. just don't leave out any letters.
Comment from Dean Kuch
sequentially [si-kwen-shee-al-I-ee]
1. characterized by regular sequence of parts.
2. following; subsequent; consequent.
Perhaps I am a bit s-l-o-o-w (I know that I am when it comes to various forms of poetic prose!), but I am still trying to figure out exactly how a 'REVERSE' poem works. Where does the regular sequence start, at the end, or the beginning? I would like to try one of these one day, but I can't figure out the scheme. Maybe one day, you can enlighten me.
That being said, I still liked it, whether it was shifting in reverse, or moving forward. I am a sucker for old westerns, and that's what I thought of as I read this...
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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sequentially [si-kwen-shee-al-I-ee]
1. characterized by regular sequence of parts.
2. following; subsequent; consequent.
Perhaps I am a bit s-l-o-o-w (I know that I am when it comes to various forms of poetic prose!), but I am still trying to figure out exactly how a 'REVERSE' poem works. Where does the regular sequence start, at the end, or the beginning? I would like to try one of these one day, but I can't figure out the scheme. Maybe one day, you can enlighten me.
That being said, I still liked it, whether it was shifting in reverse, or moving forward. I am a sucker for old westerns, and that's what I thought of as I read this...
Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Well, this one just takes the reverse order of the alphabet for each word, excluding x and z. thus the 24. I guess to make it easier for those who can't concure words starting with x or z. For me that sequence starts with y, then. see simple. Now if if want a challence, you can break it into 4 each, 8 syllable rhymed quatrains. But only 24 words in reverse alphabetical order.Now that would be something!
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I think I got it. So, you would have to start something like...
Your
words
validate
undying
trust...etc.? All the way down to A?
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yup
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You're a good teach, T... ;)
Comment from sunnilicious
I'm not pro guns or violence. However, this poem came out excellent. Maybe it's the artwork making me think of the Wild Wild West. Nice style. Good work.
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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I'm not pro guns or violence. However, this poem came out excellent. Maybe it's the artwork making me think of the Wild Wild West. Nice style. Good work.
Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 22-Jun-2013
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Thanks Sunnilicious.Very wild west
Comment from ravenblack
Staggered lines in fine, ravenblack style. The words/phrases swirl like the circular gunfight in the good, the bad, and the ugly. Really like " ego duels/ causing bullet/absolution."
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Staggered lines in fine, ravenblack style. The words/phrases swirl like the circular gunfight in the good, the bad, and the ugly. Really like " ego duels/ causing bullet/absolution."
Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Thank you Ravenblack,
Comment from Capricorn30
I enjoyed your Reverse poetry incorporating the illicit activities of the old-west era;
Gunfights were most certainly the common practice of resolving differences, as well-expressed in the lost days of the western frontier.
Excellent!
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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I enjoyed your Reverse poetry incorporating the illicit activities of the old-west era;
Gunfights were most certainly the common practice of resolving differences, as well-expressed in the lost days of the western frontier.
Excellent!
Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Thank you Capricorn. Yes, those were the wild days.
Comment from SteveY
Excellent job with this one. So well constructed. Like the picture and how you cause the reader to scroll down with their eyes as they follow the poem.
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Excellent job with this one. So well constructed. Like the picture and how you cause the reader to scroll down with their eyes as they follow the poem.
Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Thank you SteveY.
Comment from Gungalo
Very good Tom and you still are not promoting your writes. Sigh how do you ever expect to get anywhere. This one is especially good.
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reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Very good Tom and you still are not promoting your writes. Sigh how do you ever expect to get anywhere. This one is especially good.
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Comment Written 21-Jun-2013
reply by the author on 21-Jun-2013
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Thanks Gungalo. I promote it when I have the money. Right now I only have $5.25.
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Well get reviewing you. LOL it doesn't take long to get enough up there.
