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Snack Time (meter workshop)
Try buttering bread naked, and precariously clumsy.
Invite a mate, one unopposed to a little spillage,
and without the best selling brand of paper towels,
buttered bread, buttered bread, have some fun,
feed a friend.
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scribbler
Tue, 2011-09-27 09:03
Hi Richard
all seems right to me, but I'm no expert. The last line breaks meter cleanly............stan
wesley snow
Thu, 2011-09-29 18:56
Aaarrgghh!!
Try as might, I can't parse this. It comes out differently each time. What am I doing wrong? JESS!!
wesley
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weirdelf
Sat, 2011-10-01 08:46
it's a bugger to parse all right
I'll have a go below.
cheers,
Jess
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weirdelf
Sun, 2011-10-02 02:32
Actually Ian did a pretty good job.
This one is too irregular to parse formally, but that wasn't a requirement for this exercise.
You did succeed in making the ordinary interesting and it reads well,
thanks for your commitment and participation in this workshop,
I know it's been tough for everyone,
cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry
judyanne
Sun, 2011-10-02 13:23
hi richard
i haven't followed the workshop - lol - not been here for ages...
so i don't know if my crit is appropriate
however i'll tell it as i see it :)
'Try buttering bread naked, and precariously clumsy.
Invite a mate, one unopposed (now) to a little spillage,
(and -remove)without the best (known) selling brand of (sturdy) paper towels,
buttered bread, (oh) buttered bread, (let's) have some fun,
we'll feed a friend'.
love judy
'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)
themoonman
Sun, 2011-10-02 13:54
Thanks to all ...
I totally enjoyed this workshop and everyone that
has contributed.
Ian, you are pretty close!
Judy, so good to see you and thank you for the
suggestions, I believe I'll use them, by the way,
do you like buttered bread (lol), so good to see you.
judyanne
Sun, 2011-10-02 15:18
lol richard
i do like a bit of jam on mine :)
xx
'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)