Yahtzee Fill: Roll #2: Poetry: Strong: Gen

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Title: Strong
Fandom: Original
Form: The Yeats, which is the pattern of W. B. Yeats' "Where My Books Go."
Rating: Gen
No. of lines: 8
Length: 52
Prompt: Strong



Empty the cup and its saucer
and drain the pot of its brew
Afternoon tea isn’t sacred
just pause when the day isn’t through
Make it as strong as you fancy.
I won’t mind a bit if you do.
I’ll take this cup and another,
the hot buttered toast you’ve got, too.

Comments

[debriswoman]

A. Eat use of the form:-)
Not tried that one...

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ah-ha! I see what you did there!

Yes, I went looking for 8-line poetic forms (the rules of the Yahtzee game give you a 10 point bonus if all your fills have the same number of lines and I've already filled the middle category so I was going for the shorter one) and stumbled across The Yeats. I'm not certain it's a Real Form (but then the xenolith, too, is something someone just made up and I like it a lot) but I thought I'd give it a go for the sake of 8 lines. I didn't get the feminine endings and I sort of squidged the 3 accents only per line in the last but I think the rhythm is like the original. And I like Yeats so I think it's good he has a form named for him.

[smallhobbit]

I thoroughly approve of your poetic sentiment.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Great minds!!

[scfrankles]

That's lovely ^__^ I particularly like Afternoon tea isn’t sacred/ just pause when the day isn’t through and the hot buttered toast you’ve got, too.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! I'd taken the photo and I wanted to write a poem to go with it before the month was out.

[scfrankles]

You know, I was going to mention how beautiful the photograph was - but then I thought it might be a bit odd to compliment it because I'd thought it was a professional picture you used as a prompt ^^"

You have such a good eye and a talent for taking photographs, you really do. In an age when there's digital cameras and everyone can potentially take professional level pictures, yours still stand right out.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Aw. That's very kind. The pink flowers were blooming and I twisted off a sprig. I tried it with an empty cup but it didn't look right so I made a cup of Earl Grey BOLD and that made it.

So glad you like it. I'm chuffed at your comment.