Variations - Words edition...

[barefootgirl69]

Cool air, early morn
Feels so nice on my naked skin
Summertime relief

 

[RosewoodTulip]

If this sickness could
Just fuck off and go away
That would be awesome

 

[Awaywego]

Hear your voice first thing
Calm me, love me, make me smile
You make me better

This is so damn good,
Whispered softly in ones ear
Means love all of us!

 

[Awaywego]

Small electric shocks
Or rubber bands snapping you
In tender places

Sounds like fun to me,
Giving or taking, let's go
Away we go, on a date?

 

[MiaBabe23]

Sunshine on the skin,
Gradually warms all within,
Kisses from the sky

 

[Cjbdd]

Turned on by your words
How can I wait till morning
I need you here now

 

[Saltfountain]

Turned on by your words
How can I wait till morning
I need you here now

Fucks sake you dickhead
Can't I have an evening off?
So, so needy. Twat

 

[Cjbdd]

Fucks sake you dickhead
Can't I have an evening off?
So, so needy. Twat

God such a dickhead
Now everyone knows it’s you
keep your damn mouth shut

 

[lavendersilk]

If I fall asleep
In front of TV. Is the...
TV watching me?

 

[Cjbdd]

First was an art bitch
Now I’m a poetry bitch
What have you done Salt?

 

[Saltfountain]

I have done nothing
Except for releasing that
Which was ready there

 

[Saltfountain]

Time to move on now
A new week and a new theme
For time marches on


So this week, our theme is

What makes you happy
And the poetry form we're going to use is a triolet, which I'm sure everyone is familiar with...

You aren't familiar with a triolet?
I can't believe that's true!
Then I'll explain it, if I may?
You aren't familiar with a triolet?
You only have eight lines to say
The things that bring smiles to you.
You aren't familiar with a triolet?
I can't believe that's true!

A triolet (as seen above, and pronounced tree-oh-lay) is an 8 line poem, but you only have to write 5 lines!

The first line is repeated twice, and the second line once.

There are no limitations this week on syllable counts. The discipline in this type of poem 8s governed by the rhyme scheme:

A (first line)
B (second line)
a (rhymes with first line)
A (repeat first line)
a (rhymes with first line)
b (rhymes with second line)
A (repeat first line)
B (repeat second line)

It's not a form I was actually familiar with before (as indeed, most won't be), but I found the one above fun to write!

I hope you enjoy bringing your own personal slices of happiness to the thread...

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Ok let me think

 

[EvaLane]

What makes you happy

Mamma Mia, it’s sort of my go-to
When I drink, or need to think, or just a moment to blink
The movie and soundtrack have been played through
Mamma Mia, it’s sort of my go-to
A warm fuzzy kind of joy, until I hear the song I can’t undo
But that can be solved with another little clink
Mamma Mia, it’s sort of my go-to
When I drink, or need to think, or just a moment to blink

 

[Saltfountain]

There's nothing in life better than Lego
My sanctuary, my safe place
It's been that way since time long ago
There's nothing in life better than Lego
An encouragement to just have a go
Building a car, that's dragon powered, that flies in space...
There's nothing in life better than Lego
My sanctuary, my safe place

 

[Awaywego]

Saltfountain said:
Fucks sake you dickhead
Can't I have an evening off?
So, so needy. Twat

God such a dickhead
Now everyone knows it’s you
keep your damn mouth shut

Before we close this,
You two dickheads, fun and games
Thank you, Can we watch?

 

[barefootgirl69]

I have a new book!
Open it carefully,
Let's have a look!
I have a new book!
A week's all it took,
Waited excitedly.
I have a new book!
Open it carefully.

 

[EvaLane]

Some would call them lovers,
but I call them friends.
Truth is, I lie alone beneath the covers.
Some would call them lovers,
the thought of that makes me shudder -
I never learned to swim in the deeper ends.
Some would call them lovers,
but I call them friends.

 

[lindi_85]

My garden is my happy place
It’s where I long to be
A peaceful, calm, inviting space
My garden is my happy place
Calm, still thoughts, a slower pace
My own sweet therapy
My garden is my happy place
It’s where I long to be

 

[barefootgirl69]

My garden is my happy place
It’s where I long to be
A peaceful, calm, inviting space
My garden is my happy place
Calm, still thoughts, a slower pace
My own sweet therapy
My garden is my happy place
It’s where I long to be

Lindi, this is beautiful!

 

[lindi_85]

Lindi, this is beautiful!

Thank you so much!

 

[Saltfountain]

Lindi, this is beautiful!

As was yours

 

[Saltfountain]

Plucking strings and hearing sound,
Hitting keys and feeling noise,
Washing over, all around.
Plucking strings and hearing sound,
Vibrations flowing through the ground,
Flowing through me, bringing joy.
Plucking strings and hearing sound
Hitting keys and feeling noise.

 

[lingus60]

Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
An instrument crafted by hand soon will sing,
Tonewoods selected for the parts they will play,
Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
To be lovingly shaped and honed along the way,
No longer dead wood but a living thing,
Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
An instrument crafted by hand soon will sing.

 

[Saltfountain]

Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
An instrument crafted by hand soon will sing,
Tonewoods selected for the parts they will play,
Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
To be lovingly shaped and honed along the way,
No longer dead wood but a living thing,
Just pieces of wood in my workshop today,
An instrument crafted by hand soon will sing.

That's also beautiful