Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Repetition (posted by Jilly)
“Repetition is all around us; in music, in advertising, in our everyday conversation. We use it for emphasis, to drive home our meaning, to get the reader/listener’s attention; we use it to make our songs catchy and singable; we use repetition to make our words more memorable.
Poets, like composers and lyricists, make use of repetition; we use repeated words, phrases and even repetition of complete lines.
Your challenge, my fellow poets, is to make use of repetition; perhaps select one of the types that I’ve mentioned, or blend several; you might try your hand at a repetitive form like a Villanelle.”
Writing, writing, I fear I cannot stop,
driven to words on paper without end,
trembling with fear of Demon’s writing block.
Paintings and photos move like hands of clock
through my head, translatable to poems I can bend.
Writing, writing, I fear I cannot stop.
I wish to write Monet, Van Gogh, Seurat.
How to make my words flourish and blend.
Trembling with fear of Demon’s writing block.
Can my words be seen as painting of a flock
of birds in formation, flying with friends?
Writing, writing, I fear I cannot stop.
Wish to pen true hues so that they pop,
and imagination sees, and comprehends.
Trembling with fear of Demon’s writing block.
Art allows room for inventing new trends,
language is power wielded with worthy pen.
Writing, writing, I fear I cannot stop,
trembling with fear of Demon’s writing block.
It does feel like this sometimes – the creative process. Well done.
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Thanks, VJ!
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Bravo! You do this form so well! This gains momentum as it progresses, giving a sense of urgency. Glad you joined in!
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Thanks, Jilly. Liked the prompt.
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So glad!
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Great take on the form! Great reminder of what it’s like sometimes.
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Thanks so much, Charley!
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You are welcome!
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True words every writer can relate to.
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Thanks, Astrid!
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Love the villanelle form on writing on and on. The best way to handle a block, is just to keep on and on.
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Thanks, Grace. That’s the truth.
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it has such motion and momentum , like a writer chasing inspiration and not going to give up!
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Thanks, Gina!
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A fear we all share, the fear of the”demon writing block” But even if he chooses to stop by, I shall not stop.
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I’m with you on that!
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I get that fear of Demon’s writing block before I start every post.
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Sometimes I worry that if I did not have all these prompts, I would be stuck with the Demon.
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I agree just write… best way to do it… love the way you blend it with art. Great villanelle.
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Thanks so much, Bjorn!
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You are definitely a writer! And a good one at that!!
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Thanks so much, Dwight!
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There is a great example of repetition, and so true. That’s why I stop writing for periods of time. I hope you find an escape, eek, lol
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Well, I always have the rabbit hole. Thanks, Walter!
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