Poetry and limerick forms

SlowHand

Don't forget the imagery! Don't forget to look at images and imagine how they would be in motion or in a rhyme. Images work both way in a poem!

Example:

Coffee on My Mind
SlowHand

I got coffee on my mind.
She strokes me with her hand,
I shiver with coffee in my cup.
She’s found my zipper, what luck,
Her lips hit the spot, I pined.

In my throat I gasp and scream,
Her lips have found the cream.
The coffee, it’s hot,
Her lips have just hit the spot.
Feels so good, can’t be a dream!

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SlowHand

Here is a good poetry link:
A Form of Poetry? Limerick Poems? Limericks the genre?
Limericks

Famous Poetry On Line index:
Famous Poetry Online

Writing Poetry:
http://www.poetry-online.org/writing-poetry.htm

Different Types of Poetry:
http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/

Humpty Dumpty poem
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/humpty_dumpty.htm

August 28th 1648 - The Royalists lay down their arms, open the gates of Colchester and surrender to the Parliamentarians

A shot from a Parliamentary cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath Humpty Dumpty which caused the cannon to tumble to the ground. The Royalists, or Cavaliers, 'all the King's men' attempted to raise Humpty Dumpty on to another part of the wall. However, because the cannon , or Humpty Dumpty, was so heavy ' All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again!' This had a drastic consequence for the Royalists as the strategically important town of Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians after a siege lasting eleven weeks. Earliest traceable publication 1810.

Humpty Dumpty poem

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Alternative Words...

Humpty dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty dumpty had a great fall;
Threescore men and threescore more,
Could not place Humpty as he was before.

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Gypsy

Thank you so very much for this thread Slowhand.I enjoy learning new things.

Oh the images where lovely. Thanks again

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SlowHand

Nursery Rhymes - Lyrics, Origins & History!
Nursery Rhymes lyrics, origins and history

Pease Pudding Hot Rhyme

Nursery Rhyme & History

Pease pudding hot - the origins of the words are based on a traditional British dish
The pease pudding hot referred to in the words of this poem is a dish which is still enjoyed in Britain today. It is a smooth, thick sauce, (referred to as a pudding in the rhyme for the sake of alliteration) which has a dark yellow colour. Pease pudding is a hot dish made from dried peas - it can be re-heated as often as required (Pease pudding in the pot - nine days old). Pease pudding is traditionally served hot with boiled bacon or a form of sausage called a saveloy.

Pease pudding rhyme poem

Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot - nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot - nine days old.

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SlowHand

Scansion Literary Term
Definition of Scansion Literary Term

Scansion Literary Term refers to the analysis of a poem's meter. This is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then, based on the pattern of the stresses, dividing the line into feet.

Scanned normally, as this would be spoken, we have the following
natural scansion:
Note: THE COMPLETE RHYMING DICTIONARY P.12 If you have this ebook look on page 12
The curfew j tolls | the knell | of parting | day.

If not check out:
Rhythm, Meter, and Scansion Made Easy
http://server.riverdale.k12.or.us/~bblack/meter.html

Systems of scansion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_of_scansion

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