Diamond in the Rough

lillian 
          Oh
          So
         cold
        Immune
       ToLoving
      RoughTimes
     ColdShoulder
      HurtMeDeeply
       ColdHearts
        ColdLike
         IceAnd
          Dead
           To
           Me
WP Writing 201: create a CONCRETE/SHAPE poem employing the word/meaning of COLD, and employing the device of ANAPHORA (repetition of same word at the beginning of multiple lines of verse).

25 thoughts on “Diamond in the Rough”

  2. lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 2:20 am

    Many thanks, Cathy. Really glad you like it!

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  3. Karen's avatar Karen October 15, 2015 / 2:49 am

    Impressive!

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  4. jacquelineobyikocha's avatar jacquelineobyikocha October 15, 2015 / 7:40 am

    Well done Lillian! Brilliantly executed. However on Earth did you manage to get this format of WordPress? Would love to know the secret to this diamond 😉

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 10:44 am

      If I could only remember — I shifted to the “new” way to post things (which my computer’s been asking me to do for months!) – went out of visual, or stayed in visual???, and somehow hit something like preform at or something?? Dumb luck I think!! 😜

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 10:52 am

      Oh….and I used my MacAir, not my iPad. I’ve found the iPad great to read responses, write replies etc (like now) but horribly frustrating to write WP posts in! Doesn’t seem to do the formatting or if it will – I don’t have the patience to figure out!

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  5. AM Roselli's avatar AnnMarie Roselli-Kissack October 15, 2015 / 10:08 am

    This is quite amazing, form follows function – love this. I don’t think I’d ever be so brave as to tackle such a challenge.
    am:)

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 10:53 am

      Was quite the spatial challenge. I had fun with it — for me, it’s a much more natural process than creating rhyme that flows with the meaning. Hmmmmm….wonder what that says about my brain!!

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 5:44 pm

      Thanks so much for your very kind words! Truly appreciated!

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  9. Alexander's avatar Alexander October 15, 2015 / 4:08 pm

    I think it’s quite powerful.

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 15, 2015 / 5:46 pm

      So glad you liked it! Very fun to layout and count the letters etc and then a challenge to get something meaningful out of it too. Like a puzzle.

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  10. Third Culture Wife's avatar sunesiss October 16, 2015 / 12:41 am

    I love the strength that flows through the words seamlessly, its so quietly firm.
    Quite impressive.

    I love how I can tell from what little I have read of your work that you relish the challenge that comes with the tasks.
    Well done.

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    • lillian's avatar lillian October 16, 2015 / 3:32 am

      Thank you so very much for your wonderfully kind words. Humbly proud, I am. Many many thanks!!!
      Yes, the challenges of this class have been quite fun! Just published my final poem for Writing 201: a sonnet! But without rhyme. I find rhyme the most difficult…I’m a free verse kind of gal. Truly admire folks who can rhyme AND have their words flow, the meaning being the heart of the poem.
      Thank you again! Happy I am!

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