DAFFODILS

Michael Edwards

 

 

DAFFODILS

 

I

am

the

gent

whose

garden

merrily

displays

daffodils

throughout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 3rd, 2017 00:56
  • Comment from author about the poem: An edone. There are 10 lines. Each line contains only one word – the first word contains one or more letters and each word increases by one letter to word No10.
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 45
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  • orchidee

    Good write and pic M. Was you 56 minutes into the day, picking a bunch of those daffodils?
    Ooh, I might do one. I could use 'incrementally' if I got up to 13 letters! Long word, but very difficult to fit in to an edone. Have to work out 1 to 12 first! lol.

    • Michael Edwards

      I was looking for them but couldn't find any - Forgot it's September.
      You could try increments.

      • orchidee

        Doh! I forgot. But then I water weeds in the garden too. It was a comment suitable for March really - daffodils. Ahh increments is 10.

        • Michael Edwards

          And ten is 3 so two lines done already

          • orchidee

            Ahh, now I gotta do 4 to 9.

            • Michael Edwards

              Thought it would be easy BUT managed one starting with a two letter word and leaving out Ten 0 sorry. As not many will see it I\'ll post it tomorrow but here it is anyway:
              .
              .
              do
              all
              folk
              fitly
              assess
              formula
              blunders
              resultant
              increments
              befittingly
              ?

              • Michael Edwards

                Well do they?

                • orchidee

                  i dunno lol. Oh gosh, I not got about 6 hours needed, to work out one of these edone thingys! Spellchecker don't like the word 'edone' either!

                  • Michael Edwards

                    Spellchecker can't mention it - I've put a copyright on it !!
                    Changed fitly to aptly in the odd ode above.

                  • orchidee

                    Then again, starting at 13 would be extremely difficult!

                  • dusk arising

                    Clever stuff, but it looks like a christmas tree.

                    • Michael Edwards

                      You could one about a Christmas tree - go on Dusk

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Clever write Michael, I will have to give it a go.

                    • FredPeyer

                      You guys are incredible with all these math oriented poems. Never like math that much, even though I now do engineering work. I have no idea how you do it, and how you do it so well!!!! I just cannot seem to think of words and numbers at the same time!
                      And, oh, Michael, see that Santita beat you this time! You just gotta get up earlier!

                      • Michael Edwards

                        She stays up late to beat me and I get up early to beat her - she won today !!

                      • BRIAN & ANGELA

                        Thanks MICHAEL for a lovely EDONE (it should really be called ADD~ONE !) and a lovely TOPIC ~ Daffodils ~ National Flower of Wales and a real harbinger of Spring in England too ! love the shape very HOLLYHOCK ! As a Classical Poet I am so pleased that MPS is becoming A UNIVERSITY of VERSE and we are all learning from each other ~ Thanks Professor ~ Yours BRIAN

                        • Michael Edwards

                          As you've probably guessed it's an Edwards One = Edone.
                          Unless anyone knows any better I don't think it's been done before.

                          Yes I love the DaffyDownDilly in all its it's cultivated forms - git quite a striking pink one in the garden but the blooms tend to look down which is a shame.

                          • BRIAN & ANGELA

                            YES INDEED "ED" ~ I guessed it was a play on words ED~ONE = ADD~ONE ! Poetic forms based in LETTERS are much less common than ones based on SYLLABLES ~ also POETRY is a lot older than "standardised spelling" which only arrived with SAMUEL JOHNSON and his dictionary ! Also METER is syllabicate not governed by letters ~ we live and we learn ! Of course by using letters you should get a perfect El Greco Cone ~ I will post one manana ~ OK ~ BRIAN

                            • Michael Edwards

                              Looking forward to it Brian

                            • Fay Slimm.

                              Oooh a challenge of a form methinks and you pen it so well Michael - daffodils throughout eh ? Yours must be an "edone" of a garden my friend.

                              • Michael Edwards

                                Cheers Fay - actually I do have quite a few varieties from miniatures to standard, doubles, split coronas, jonquils species etc - they really are harbingers of spring.

                              • WL Schuett

                                This seems really hard to do , way to go good work

                                • Michael Edwards

                                  Thanks Bill - can be hard but fun.

                                • myself and me

                                  Not only it is a beautiful poem, but also hard to write.
                                  Today, I post the real etheree piece. Welcome to stop by.

                                  • Michael Edwards

                                    Yes I've seen it and commented - so well done - want to try one of these?

                                    • myself and me

                                      Oh, MG. Another hard mission. OK. It sure will take me a while. Be patient.

                                    • malubotelho

                                      Like Fred said, it is fantastic how you guys can write and count at the same time. I can not. I can barely deposit my words there. Beautiful poem and form Michael.



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