A Poetry Chain

iv got an idea for a contest, well its not really a contest its sort of... let me explain.

i'll post a short poem, then the next person takes an element of my poem and writes another (for example they can write a poem using the same theme (or your theme could be taken from a word in the poem?), rhyming pattern, form...anything, any element from the poem)
...and then it continues; each person writes a poem using something from the poem above....get it?

theres no prizes its just like a continual thing...to see how the poems link together, to explore different forms, to inspire people and for a bit of fun. ne1 fancy it?

this is the first poem, a haiku:

Beautiful willow,
Dancing in the moonlit breeze;
A graceful foxtrot.

this will be the second, I guess. I'm going to use your willow, if I may ;)

Underneath A Willow Tree
by Tine Delien

We sat underneath
this beautiful sad willow tree
Enjoying the sun
like it was the last time it would be

I realized this was the way
things should always be
to live life in a certain way
very purposely

You looked to one of the leaves
and noticed it was dying
we broke, something broke
the sun seemed to be crying

that beautiful sad willow tree
outed its sadness through its passion
with its leaves that we could see
hanging lower than anyone could imagine

I'm sorry , I turned your happy haiku into a sad poem :( really really sorry! =( but yeaa.. does purposely exist? :S :) I just invented that =D

x

ye purposely is an adverb, 'vey' isnt a word tho..i guess u meant very!

i love the line 'the sun seemed to be crying' its fantastic! and the pace is steady throughout, though the last line is slightly long...

but a very good poem, thanks for ur contribution :)

I'll take the word passion from the poem above

Fate of Passion
By: Twisted Heart

A soft touch upon my waist
With hands that make me tingle
I feel the redness singe my face
As our passions mingle.

No words are spoken there between
Just eyes that mask the fire
That starts the churning inside of me
And fills me with desire.

I know a kiss could bring emotion
Of a passion so sublime
But with a hunger for devotion
Will it span the test of time.

Mere feelings raging in my body
Without the touch of love's sweet kiss
Would be the straw that broke me
And trap me in a loveless twist.

***I hope this is what you wanted.***

Jeannie

ok, I think i'll let the purposely just beee there! :)
thanks for your positive comment ;)

x

ok, rather than just using a word, try to link themes or sub-themes (or any other imaginative ideas!).
And from now on u cant link it with the same thing (idea) that its just been linked with.

lets get a bit more creative!

so what are we starting on?

this doesn't make any sense!!

we're not starting again just continuing from jess's poem ^^^^

the next person needs to write a poem to link to it, but it cant be linked by 'a word in the poem' cos thats how jess linked hers to the one above...
so the next person needs to link theirs some other way