June Poetry Exercise
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Since this is the first time we are doing this, letÂ’s make it very simple.
Take an image, preferably an inanimate item, for example a fruit, a rock, a seashell, etc., and try to expand it with lots of descriptions. Tell us what this image means to you, your feelings towards it.
Give it a voice.
Squeeze emotions out from it. -
u call tis simple??!! i dunnoe wat u asking me to write leh!!!
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Take your signature for example, "Life is like a box of chocolates, but no nuts please".Originally posted by tare:u call tis simple??!! i dunnoe wat u asking me to write leh!!!
You can write about a box of chocolates, describe it, talk about the way the chocolates melt in your mouth, the texture, etc. Play around with your senses. If possible, use free verse for this exercise. Forget about rhyme and focus on the image.
Have fun.
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need to post the pic also?Originally posted by DeadPoet:Take your signature for example, "Life is like a box of chocolates, but no nuts please".
You can write about a box of chocolates, describe it, talk about the way the chocolates melt in your mouth, the texture, etc. Play around with your senses. If possible, use free verse for this exercise. Forget about rhyme and focus on the image.
Have fun.
err.... simi si free verse? tis mod angmoh no good lah
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This is free verse.Originally posted by tare:need to post the pic also?
err.... simi si free verse? tis mod angmoh no good lah -
For example the following poem by oceanic posted on 26 Feb 2004. Not exactly the one I am looking for but close.
A black umbrella lying at a corner
Unused, untouched for a decade
Unknown mysteries behind
Only we'll know why
The day you went away
Tears never stopped flowing then
Like a trampled rose on the ground
You lost the battle, somehow
Anniversary is here again
The years passed by simply too fast
Our longing for you each day
Never cease to pause even for a while
(In memory of my beloved Grandfather whom I missed and love and always will) -
link no work??!!Originally posted by DeadPoet: -
Arr..what a touching story. This thread might be a little too tough for the average singaporean. Why dont u get them to put their favourite poems down instead of getting them to creatively construct one? You do know, that for some of them thinking of one is as gd as mental suicide. Hey can you do a poem on my signature? I hope u even know the song.
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err... tat's why it's a competition mah... to creatively construct one?!Originally posted by Douglas1985:Arr..what a touching story. This thread might be a little too tough for the average singaporean. Why dont u get them to put their favourite poems down instead of getting them to creatively construct one? You do know, that for some of them thinking of one is as gd as mental suicide. Hey can you do a poem on my signature? I hope u even know the song.
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Let me see ... okay leh.Originally posted by tare:link no work??!! -
This is not a competition lah, just an exercise.Originally posted by tare:err... tat's why it's a competition mah... to creatively construct one?! -
so competition on or not?
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I have faith in them. Besides, this exercise is really not that difficult.Originally posted by Douglas1985:Arr..what a touching story. This thread might be a little too tough for the average singaporean. Why dont u get them to put their favourite poems down instead of getting them to creatively construct one? You do know, that for some of them thinking of one is as gd as mental suicide. Hey can you do a poem on my signature? I hope u even know the song.
Sorry, I am not that well knowledge in songs. Maybe my fellow moderator KiitynMeow will recognizes the title of the song. -
No lah, not competition. Just a casual poetry exercise.Originally posted by The man who was death:so competition on or not? -
casual poetry exercise? what we gonna do?Originally posted by DeadPoet:No lah, not competition. Just a casual poetry exercise.
just write something?
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Candy
Candies of many flavors,
Swirled in different colors,
Clearly you know what makes me tickle,
And woo me over with sugar....
Savoring its sweetness,
I can feel your tenderness,
This formulae you derived by chance,
works like magic all the time....
As the sun blazes on,
Sweetness soon turn sticky,
Sick with too much sugar and cholesterol,
Candy i want to see no more....
just an exercise hor? -
Originally posted by tare:
This poem reminds me of the song, yummy yummy yummy i got food in my tummy...
[b]Candy
Candies of many flavors,
Swirled in different colors,
Clearly you know what makes me tickle,
And woo me over with sugar....
Savoring its sweetness,
I can feel your tenderness,
This formulae you derived by chance,
works like magic all the time....
As the sun blazes on,
Sweetness soon turn sticky,
Sick with too much sugar and cholesterol,
Candy i want to see no more....
just an exercise hor? [/b] -
i came out with the chinese version.... DP said it's better....Originally posted by The man who was death:This poem reminds me of the song, yummy yummy yummy i got food in my tummy...
just have to find a way to post it up here..... -
i managed to post it somewhere!!
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The Jetty
The jetty
Stretching out into the wide blue ocean beyond
A vision for the aspiring man
Wishing for something more
Out of life
Out of the world
Men tossing their nets into the sea
A search for untold treasures
For untold wonders
Swimming freely in the crystal blue seas
For the chance to be someone
Who can do what has to be done.
The sun soon sinks and darkness falls
Stars shine brightly in the night
The full moon rises, shining rays of hope
Illuminating the majestic jetty
Standing proudly in the distance
Reaching out into the sea.
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nice!!! except err.... simi si "out of life, out of the world"??
and hor.... confirm NOT sg jetty!!! we dun have crystal clear blue sea....
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Wow, bilingual poet!Originally posted by tare:i managed to post it somewhere!!
my chinese very lousy so cannot comment.
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hehee... thank u... DP said the chinese one better... i also prefer tis one...Originally posted by dsnake1:Wow, bilingual poet!
my chinese very lousy so cannot comment.
I think it's good.
maybe tonite post another chinese one.... go inspiration liao! -
my chinese very lousy leh, but please post it, dun bother abt one lousy-chinese reader!!Originally posted by tare:hehee... thank u... DP said the chinese one better... i also prefer tis one...
maybe tonite post another chinese one.... go inspiration liao! -
Don't look at me.... I wrote this piece when I was in Sec 4, which was.... six years ago. I can't exactly remember what I meant by 'out of life, out of this world'. I think it has something to do with a man's ambitions and aspirations.Originally posted by tare:nice!!! except err.... simi si "out of life, out of the world"??
and hor.... confirm NOT sg jetty!!! we dun have crystal clear blue sea....
Of course I romanticised the part about the 'crystal clear blue sea'. The seas off SG are green.
If you want to know, I wrote this piece while at Bedok Jetty.