Fandango’s One Word Challenge today (oops yesterday) is leave and the Word Challenge of the day is dismal. I should have just skipped the challenges, but it’s done now. I decided to do something short and sweet, well not that sweet as leave and dismal are kind of like the day outside was, grey and chilling. The form is a Diamante.
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The fourth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun’s antonym or synonym.
partner
dependable, receptive
talking, sharing, growing
loving, listening, deaf, dismal
withering, leaving, regretting
separated, absent
single
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Very nice. The diamante is an interesting poetic form.
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yes it is. glad you liked it.
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I’ve never heard of this kind of poem before, thanks for introducing me!
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Thanks, Jay. The shadow poetry site has quite an array of different styles. It’s so much fun and enjoyment to write them, both freeform and to fit a style.
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The transition was seamless. Incredible.
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Thank you, glad it connected with you.
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I loved it. I might try my hand at this form of poetry sometime.
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Just do it. No time like the present. I like it because of the shape, that it isn’t difficult to follow the directions, and because there is a choice to have it be a synonym or an antonym.
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Excellent write!
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thank you, glad you liked it
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