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climbing vines, Couplet, Kyrielle, line stanzas, literature, Morning glory, nature, plants, poetry, Rhyme scheme, Sonnet
http://reowr.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/excuses-a-kyrielle-sonnet-and-challenge/
The morning glory is a weed,
Invasive vines and spread by seed,
It grows where you don’t want it to.
With flowers purple, white or blue.
It likes bright sun and climbing space;
In morning light it shows its face.
It blossoms sometimes at night, too.
With flowers purple, white or blue.
Its climbing vines are very green;
It sends out runners, some unseen.
I’ve come to like it, why can’t you?
With flowers purple, white or blue.
The morning glory is a weed.
With flowers purple, white or blue.
Instructions on writing a Kyrielle sonnet:
There are a total of 14 lines – Three 4-line stanzas. One non-rhyming couplet.
Each line consists of 8 syllables.
The first line appears twice: at the beginning and at the end, as the first line of the non-rhyming couplet.
The last line of the first stanza repeats at the end of each grouping (a total of 4 times).
Once you finish writing the first stanza, you only need to write 6 more lines!
Rhyming schemes – AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB and AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB
Beautiful photo.
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Thank you. I took that in the dark last night on my way into the house. I noticed those pink stripes and wanted to capture a shot before it wilted.
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What an absolutely lovely Kyrielle sonnet! Describes so well the beauty of the flower. You did a great job with the challenge! 🙂
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Thank you!
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I really enjoyed your sonnet – it was the first I’d read that tripped straight off the tongue. (I rather like morning glory too!)
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Thank you! The photo came first. Then I just tried to think of everything I knew about morning glories, and I checked wikipedia for a few facts. I have had wild (white) morning glory in the yard (from the previous owner) for years, and it’s a nuisance – it’s choked and killed other plants. I also have the purple, pink and blue variety that I planted (on purpose) in pots. That’s beautiful. I’m glad you liked my poem!
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The photo is lovely too – the white ones are a nuisance to us too (thigh I still love the flowers) we must have similar soil…
How long have you been writing poetry?
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I haven’t been writing poetry for very long at all (a few months?). I’m trying to explore different forms of it and teach myself how to write it. I’d love to be good at it.
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Me too!
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