- Invitation Status
- Looking for partners
- Posting Speed
- Slow As Molasses
- Online Availability
- It varies. I can't promise much consistency due to my chaotic life.
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Advanced
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Nonbinary
- Transgender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Superpowers, Drama. Also, romance is required with me because I will get bored without it.
So Stoked!
What gets your blood pumping? What excites you? It seemed like an interesting idea to ask that this week's challenge be about this. Through the poetry style of my choosing, describe the feelings you get when you're doing something that really thrills you. Riding a roller coaster, going for a run, playing horror video games, watching action films, playing trivia, practicing martial arts, partying, driving really fast—I'm sure everyone's got a small list of topics to choose from!
The style I'm going for is one I've been wanting to try out for a while, so I thought I'd include it in the challenge. :) It's called an Ottava Rima. This type of poem has octaves, which means each stanza should be 8 lines long. You can make the poem short, long, or even epic! There are rules for syllables and rhymes, too. Each line should have a 10 or 11 syllable count. (Some places I've researched say 10, some say 11. Decided to just let y'all choose.) As for the rhyming, it's like so: abababcc. If you're adding a second octave, do the same: abababcc, dededeff. Make sense? If not, maybe Shadow Poetry can help. It's the only source that explained this poetry style best. That I could find, anyway.
I'm also providing an example from poetrysoup.com:
Each day your vision tantalizes me
Yet all the efforts cannot pin you down
To unravel your fabric would be glee
To fathom your mystery makes me frown
An adored royal to a high degree
Seen in every colour but a blue gown
Revered as an unrealizable dream
A gene break through will make botanists beam
Yet all the efforts cannot pin you down
To unravel your fabric would be glee
To fathom your mystery makes me frown
An adored royal to a high degree
Seen in every colour but a blue gown
Revered as an unrealizable dream
A gene break through will make botanists beam