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.
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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:
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
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Here is my attempt at a Tilus:
You have broken my heart
Why you bitch?
Die.
Well, this is to the point! Short, not so sweet, no mistaken outcomes here.
Love is messy to say the least.
Well in so few words hard to be more than short and sweet.
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.
Here is another try:
I loved you from the start
Beautiful
eyes
That’s a nice counterpoint. This one comes first, then the broken heart.
I do another about indifference
see, the tilus is fun
challenging
poem
You nearly got it right….
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Ooops — try verse vs poem. Blushing.
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A gentle Love Story for you Lorraine
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-mix-lorraine-04-02-17-a-love-story/
Thanks — this is a lovely, sweet love story. Nice twist at the end!
Thanks Lorraine.
You are most welcome.
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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.
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Love is in the air with an attempt at all three with:
Two Weddings Too Many?, Rosebud, Addition
Wonderful stories of love!
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