Hello, this is Lorraine presenting this week’s Saturday mix: some flash fiction; micropoetry; and a shadorma. Thought we might get an early start on Valentine’s Day with the theme of love. Love takes many forms, multiple faces, is light, is dark, is from the heart, is from lust, is sweet, is sweaty, is togetherness, is obsession. Not all love stories are Harlequin Romances. It would be appreciated if there was a word of warning if your piece contains adult content – thanks.
You are free to tackle as many of the challenges as appeal to you. There is no minimum/maximum amount of wordplay.
Love with a twist: Craft a “love story” in 25 to 150 words, with an unforeseen twist at the end.
(image: (c) Lorraine 2017)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A tilus is a 3 line poem: 6/3/1:
Created by Kelvin S.M., the tilus [tee-loo-hz] is a ten-syllable micro poem whose purpose is to use emotion to explore the relationship of nature and people. It has two parts:
- Two lines with a 6-3 syllable count;
- A one-syllable word that completes the subject in the first two lines
As poetics is not my forte, I have freed the tilus up a bit and focused on the 6/3/1 beat structure:
love at first sight I scoff
then I saw
you
Why not play around in your sandbox of words and try a tilus – perhaps love is in the air?
The shadorma has a non-rhyming “beat” of 3/5/3/3/7/5 and can consist of one or more 6 line stanzas. Craft a shadorma keeping with the theme of love such as relationships, passion, chocolates and roses (Valentine’s Day).
chocolates
a dozen red roses
candle light
holding hands
once a year or three sixty five
there was one, now two
When you’ve finished your post, please created a link (ping back) to this page; tags: Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, Saturday Mix, love. And, that love god, Mr. Linky, awaits your click.
[…] Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-mix-lorraine-04-02-17/ […]
LikeLike
Here is my attempt at a Tilus:
You have broken my heart
Why you bitch?
Die.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well, this is to the point! Short, not so sweet, no mistaken outcomes here.
Love is messy to say the least.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well in so few words hard to be more than short and sweet.
LikeLike
That’s why I like the form — you have you’re say, and your done and the beat is easy to remember.
Thanks for giving it a try.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Here is another try:
I loved you from the start
Beautiful
eyes
LikeLike
That’s a nice counterpoint. This one comes first, then the broken heart.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I do another about indifference
LikeLike
see, the tilus is fun
challenging
poem
LikeLiked by 1 person
You nearly got it right….
LikeLike
[…] https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-mix-lorraine-04-02-17/ […]
LikeLike
Ooops — try verse vs poem. Blushing.
LikeLike
[…] composed for mindlovemisery’s menagerie Saturday Mix – Lorraine 04.02.17 […]
LikeLike
[…] Source: Saturday Mix — Lorraine 04.02.17 […]
LikeLike
A gentle Love Story for you Lorraine
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-mix-lorraine-04-02-17-a-love-story/
LikeLike
Thanks — this is a lovely, sweet love story. Nice twist at the end!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Lorraine.
LikeLike
You are most welcome.
LikeLiked by 1 person
[…] response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Saturday Mix offered by Lorraine Love with a […]
LikeLike
Wow — I’m breathless at the twists and turns. This is the darker side of love to be sure — nicely crafted; didn’t see that ending coming at all.
Thanks for participating with this excellent tale.
LikeLike
[…] for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix – Lorraine 04.02.17: love theme […]
LikeLike
[…] For: Saturday Mix — Lorraine 04.02.17 […]
LikeLike
[…] https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-mix-lorraine-04-02-17/ Love with a twist: Craft a “love story” in 25 to 150 words, with an unforeseen twist at the end. A tilus is a 3 line poem: 6/3/1: Created by Kelvin S.M., the tilus [tee-loo-hz] is a ten-syllable micro poem whose purpose is to use emotion to explore the relationship of nature and people. It has two parts: Two lines with a 6-3 syllable count; A one-syllable word that completes the subject in the first two lines The shadorma has a non-rhyming “beat” of 3/5/3/3/7/5 and can consist of one or more 6 line stanzas. Craft a shadorma keeping with the theme of love such as relationships, passion, chocolates and roses (Valentine’s Day). […]
LikeLike
Love is in the air with an attempt at all three with:
Two Weddings Too Many?, Rosebud, Addition
LikeLike
Wonderful stories of love!
LikeLiked by 1 person
[…] to Lorraine from MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie for hosting this week’s prompt on […]
LikeLike
[…] As described on Mind Love Misery’s Menagerie: […]
LikeLike
[…] prompt: mlmm saturday mix “Love with a twist” *as close as I’ll come to a […]
LikeLike