BURNING
Bracken,
crisp, golden,
rustling, dying, snapping,
dusty, dry, ignitable, smoking,
glowing, flaring, flaming,
fierce, frenzied,
fire.
In the form of a Diamante Poem. A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject.
The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing noun/subject. This is where the shift occurs. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending noun/subject and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending noun/subject. The last line ends with the closing noun/subject.
Did you get all that?
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A Diamante plus the second in the set of three paintings done in this style.
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The poem is very clever. It is too early in the morning to read the explanation though, I haven't had my cuppa yet.
Very good painting but I wouldn't climb that ladder!
It was almost more difficult trying to write the definition than it was writing the poem. Lol . As for the ladder it was made in the days when they used branches for the uprights - and I wouldn't want to climb it either.
Michael,
A fine diamante illustrated
by a fine painting! Not easy
to accomplish...but you did!
The painting reminds me of
a village of long ago! The
foreground seems like part
of the village square where
much took place!
Great work!
~Laura ~
I love these old buildings - all higgledy pigledy - everything out of true and so much character - thanks Laura.
A fine write Michael. I won't even attempt that style for one of me hymn-poems! Gasp!
Those ladders may be found in old towers, church steeples, etc. No use to me. I get vertigo!
Go away - you could manage it Orchi with a pork pie and a sherry in a hod - (spell check doesn't like hod - needs up-dating like me).
That be the spell-check version from about 1518 - 500 years ago?! The same one I seem to be using!
An exciting form Michael and the style of that watercolour is so colourfully evocative. Look forward to seeing the rest of the set. Super work.
Thanks so much Fay - last of the three paintings tomorrow.
Wow this is really good! Super cool. I've never read a poem like this.
Really appreciate your kind words Jeremy.
Great control over poem Michael!!! Loved the picture and looking forward to your next one! (Do you paint one a day?)
Thanks Lorna. No I only paint about two per week. I have a large collection going back several years but I think I've about exhausted this 'back catalogue' now. So I'm having to repost many that you may have seen before including the last of the three which I'll post today.
Well if we went to a museum we'd be looking at paintings that we saw before and that's a good thing!!!
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