Sorry this is late. I was away in the wilds and didn’t get back until it was too late and I was too tired to get this post together.
Peter Bouchier is first in with a jaunty pirate tale.
Sarah with a couplet of poems, distinctly different in style and content, one homely, one magical.
Red boat rondelet 1 – For Jane Dougherty | fmme writes poems
Red boat rondelet 2 – for Jane Dougherty | fmme writes poems
Louise also offered two poems after working over an idea. The result is a similarity in tone, but slightly different in effect.
The Ocean Winds – Fantasy Raconteur
We Travel Far – Fantasy Raconteur
Ken another couplet, first one happy and carefree, the second with the hint of dark cloud on the horizon.
This has really been the week for couplets. Another one from Merril: achingly nostalgic for the first one, and another jaunty (female) pirate story for the second.
Rondelet: Poetry Challenge | Yesterday and today: Merril’s historical musings
Sue Vincent with an utterly beautiful and dreamlike poem
Journey | Sue Vincent – Daily Echo
TJ’s poem combines the nautical jauntiness of a pirate poem, with the dream/adventure of the more mystical creations.
https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/fragility/
Kat’s poem is a journey in many senses of the word.
Liberation | like mercury colliding…
Mr Todd’s poem has an edge of impending disaster to it. The sea as a force to be reckoned with.
The Winds Have Blown… – A Flash of Fiction…
Kerfe’s and Kat’s poems should maybe be read together. Daughters, journeys and time passing. Plus the gorgeous artwork, of course.
Compass Rose | method two madness Edit
Geoff with his hallmark piss-take humour. Anything with the word ‘chunder’ in it makes me laugh 🙂
The Sea and Santa #poem #poetry | TanGental
Janice’s poem is filled with longing, our human ever-searching for some kind of ‘destiny’ in contrast with the unchanging patterns of fish and sky.
Leara’s poem is another one that uses the theme of sailing to freedom. It’s a very potent image. Just as the sea divides, so it can become the path to a new life.
Sri’s poems are, as ever, filled with songs and hope.
https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/206/07/04/dancing-on-waves/
https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/206/07/04/on-the-waves/
Thank you all so much for that bumper crop. It makes a beautiful collection. Apologies for being late with the round up, but I’ll get next week’s challenge out later today when I’ve caught up with myself.
These were wonderful! I enjoyed this form. Thanks, Jane. 🙂
I enjoyed it too. Once I worked out how to do it 🙂
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Thanks for the lovely mention and the challenge. Looking forward to the next one!
Here you go
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/poetry-challenge-38-daybreak/
No excuses 🙂
Already onto it! Another challenging form. Love it!
We aim to please 🙂
Such beautiful music! I’m singing. (K)
Odilon Redon brings out the lyrical in everybody.
Thanks for the roundup Jane. There were so many entries that you had to join up together…well worth it for reading and as usual, a great variety!
I had a lot of calls on my time this week so things got a bit behind. It’s likely to be that way for a while. It would be a shame to stop now that we’ve built up such a momentum.
There is a momentum happening 🙂
It’s amazing how creative people can be 🙂