Recently Lamar & I read an article about quantity being a better route to better quality (article HERE) which lead us to a page about learning something or practicing something for 100 days (check it out HERE). He suggested I write a poem a day as my 100 day challenge. And I, being ever the lover of poetic forms, added that to the mix. So my challenge is to write a poem, every day, for the next 100 days, in one of 14 forms on any topic. I'm excited and nervous because I haven't written in soooo long that it's like getting back in touch with an old friend that you let things fall off with... you know??
Anywho, today Lamar chose form #7-Kyrielle and told me to write about loving a sports fan.
Kyrielle: A French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum. (from ShadowPoetry)
So here is poem 1 of 100.
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Basketball, football, volleyball
Sacks, passes, trying not to fall
These things are the music at hand
When you really love a sports fan
He coaches teams and watches games
And wants you to come cheer his name
You go tho may misunderstand
When you really love a sports fan
Eventually you'll learn the rules
And be crocheting at the schools
Yelling at the refs from the stands
When you really love a sports fan
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What would you do as a 100 days 100 things project? Also, give me a number 1-14 & a topic for a future poem. That would be cool.
5, crocheting of course! Beginning Feb 100 days of exercise, so out of shape.
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