Cloud Dragon

Posted by Piscis on June 23, 2013

I saw this guy over the Nevada desert last week:

Something like a dragon blowing smoke out his nose, eh? It was extremely clear in person, but I couldn’t get a very good photograph without optical zoom. I fiddled with the contrast and tried to enhance the details as best I could.

Here’s another from his side, several miles away. Look closely and you can make out his neck, horns, eyes, and snout:

Dragon in the cloud,
Are you proud?
Are you cowed?
Would you deign to flutter down
And say “hi”?

Dragon in the sky,
Tell me why
Do you cry
When the wind begins to blow
Way up there.

Dragon in the air,
Do you care
If I stare?
For I must admit I’m struck
By your gleam.

Dragon wrought of steam,
I must deem
You a dream,
As I know I’ll never see
You again.

Bene scribete.

Elephants?

Posted by Piscis on December 30, 2012

Lacking the state of mind required to do a thoughtful post, I shall now write a stupid poem about elephants.

It's an elephant

Elephants are big, they say.
They’re bigger than your face.
They’re smaller than a planet, though,
And can’t survive in space.

Elephants are grey, they say.
They’re whiter than the night.
Yet blacker than the falling snow,
And nowhere near as bright.

Elephants are tough, they say.
They’re tougher than a fly.
Unless that fly is huge, you know,
And equally as sly.

Elephants are shrewd, they say.
They never do forget.
If that is true, then I should go
Before these words upset.

Have a happy new year, everyone!

Bene scribete.

Mythological Limerick Round-Up

Posted by Piscis on November 3, 2012

Thanks to all who participated in this last week’s poetry…thing! Hopefully it was mildly entertaining.

There were some fun contributions. If I have to pick a winner (which, according to myself, I do), it is this one, by Linda Colman:

A unicorn born to a mare
Sought solace in a punnett square:
“My horn though impressive
Is clearly recessive –
Not wrought for Celebrity’s glare.”

Nice use of catalectic amphibrachic paired with the acatalexis of the short lines! And an extra point for using an open en dash. (>^-‘)> I see you’re on Google+, so I’ll hit you up there for the prize.

In other news, I’ve finally finished a presentable draft of The Book’s ninth chapter. Before moving on to the next one, I think I’ll take a brief (…optimistically) intermission to work on a short story idea that’s been bouncing around in my head for a while, pestering me to get written.

Bene scribete.

Prodding for Limericks

Posted by Piscis on November 1, 2012

Just a quick reminder – a couple days left to submit a limerick for some rhyme-y meter-y fun (and a chance at a $10 Amazon credit), if anyone else is so inclined!

Writin' Fish

As the norm of popular poetry these days shifts strongly in the direction of free-verse, I’ve been missing some good ol’ rhyme and meter.

So, this week I thought I would invite everyone to join me in having some fun with theme and structure. I figured we could start with a round of limericks – they’re easy and entertaining, right? If you need a refresher (or just like nit-picky specifications), a limerick is a five-line poem, often comical in nature, with an A/A/B/B/A rhyme scheme, and typically a 3/3/2/2/3-foot meter – every foot usually amphibrachic (short-STRESS-short), but sometimes anapestic (short-short-STRESS).

The theme for these limericks will be…mythological creatures. Well-known or obscure, from any culture.

If you’d like to participate, just post your poem in the comments! As a bit of incentive, I’ll give the author of the best one (in my very subjective opinion) a $10 USD Amazon credit (as regionally appropriate).

Once more, simplified –…

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