Day 9 - "Kit and Meg are to blame for this" ramblings (/really bad poetry)
So, I'm still sick. And now also exhausted. Work wasn't bad today, but as I didn't get home from the hospital until well after 3am and didn't get to sleep until almost 4am, it seemed longer than it was. And then I was at the hospital. So I'm not braining well at all right now.
Meaning I'm not doing any comment replying or post replying tonight, sorry. As I'd like for comments I make to actually make sense.
I wouldn't usually make a "real" post to my journal in this state, either. But I need to make some kind of post for the challenge. Kit told me to write poetry about kaiju, and Meg requested an ode to her toes, so... crack it is.
No one needs to read this. Really. I make no promises that any of it even makes sense. I'm sure it actually doesn't. So, yeah, just skip over it. Except Kit. And Meg. As they need to suffer the awfulness of this because they forced me to do it.
And warning for spoilers for Pacific Rim. Kinda. Better safe than sorry.
First, an acrostic...
Kaiju are typically considered monsters,
Alien weapons out to destroy and wreak havoc.
If you are weird, though,
Just like Kit and Meg,
Unaccountably you think they are cute.
Then a Cinquain...
[What a cinquain poem is if you don't know...]
Line 1: Noun (Two syllables)
Line 2: Description of Noun (Four syllables)
Line 3: Action (Six syllables)
Line 4: Feeling or Effect (Eight syllables)
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun. (Two syllables)
(I, uh, maybe kinda cheated on "effect" and the second "noun". :P )
Kaiju
Destructive, fierce
Rising from the ocean
Causing much death and destruction
Cute pet
Then a Diamante poem...
[What a diamante poem is if you don't know...]
The Diamante is a seven line poem, where the text forms the shape of a diamond.
Line 1: Noun or subject - one word
Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three 'ing words that describe line 1
Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject
Monster
Scary, ferocious
Intimidating, terrifying, horrifying
Nightmare, beast, clone, weapon
Fighting, destroying, conquering
Alien, cute?
Kaiju
And a bonus limerick(as I couldn't sleep and it came to me. IDEK)
A kaiju emerged from the ocean,
And caused all kinds of commotion.
As it demolished the city,
Squishing things itty-bitty,
Kit/Meg screamed, "You have my eternal devotion!"
And now an Etheree about toes...
[What an etheree poem is if you don't know...]
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Glimpse.
Caught there
on the edge
of my vision.
What is happening?
Is something moving beyond?
I worry that it's a threat.
A creature, a spirit, a beast.
I turn to look, in apprehension.
I needn't have worried. It was just my toes.
I don't know what time I'll be home from the hospital tomorrow. But hopefully it will be soon enough that I will have some time to write a real post and respond to everyone else. I love (LOVE) that everyone is posting. And that everyone is commenting to my posts. And I swear I will get to them soon. Really.
Meaning I'm not doing any comment replying or post replying tonight, sorry. As I'd like for comments I make to actually make sense.
I wouldn't usually make a "real" post to my journal in this state, either. But I need to make some kind of post for the challenge. Kit told me to write poetry about kaiju, and Meg requested an ode to her toes, so... crack it is.
No one needs to read this. Really. I make no promises that any of it even makes sense. I'm sure it actually doesn't. So, yeah, just skip over it. Except Kit. And Meg. As they need to suffer the awfulness of this because they forced me to do it.
And warning for spoilers for Pacific Rim. Kinda. Better safe than sorry.
First, an acrostic...
Kaiju are typically considered monsters,
Alien weapons out to destroy and wreak havoc.
If you are weird, though,
Just like Kit and Meg,
Unaccountably you think they are cute.
Then a Cinquain...
[What a cinquain poem is if you don't know...]
Line 1: Noun (Two syllables)
Line 2: Description of Noun (Four syllables)
Line 3: Action (Six syllables)
Line 4: Feeling or Effect (Eight syllables)
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun. (Two syllables)
(I, uh, maybe kinda cheated on "effect" and the second "noun". :P )
Kaiju
Destructive, fierce
Rising from the ocean
Causing much death and destruction
Cute pet
Then a Diamante poem...
[What a diamante poem is if you don't know...]
The Diamante is a seven line poem, where the text forms the shape of a diamond.
Line 1: Noun or subject - one word
Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three 'ing words that describe line 1
Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject
Scary, ferocious
Intimidating, terrifying, horrifying
Nightmare, beast, clone, weapon
Fighting, destroying, conquering
Alien, cute?
Kaiju
And a bonus limerick
A kaiju emerged from the ocean,
And caused all kinds of commotion.
As it demolished the city,
Squishing things itty-bitty,
Kit/Meg screamed, "You have my eternal devotion!"
And now an Etheree about toes...
[What an etheree poem is if you don't know...]
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Glimpse.
Caught there
on the edge
of my vision.
What is happening?
Is something moving beyond?
I worry that it's a threat.
A creature, a spirit, a beast.
I turn to look, in apprehension.
I needn't have worried. It was just my toes.
I don't know what time I'll be home from the hospital tomorrow. But hopefully it will be soon enough that I will have some time to write a real post and respond to everyone else. I love (LOVE) that everyone is posting. And that everyone is commenting to my posts. And I swear I will get to them soon. Really.