Week 1 - Group Poem
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Week 1 - Group Poem
You usually think of poetry writing as something people do by themselves. But in fact, people have been coming together to work on the same poem for centuries. One particularly famous form is renga which emerged in Japan in the medieval period.
Let’s have a go ourselves. I’ll give you 2 lines to start off with and every person who comes after me will need to contribute 2 lines of their own. You can post more than once but each post must be 2 lines long.
There are just 2 rules:
• Respect what the person before you was doing. It’s okay to change direction but try to do it in a way that flows from what the previous person wrote.
• Don’t post back to back.
You’ll earn 4 beans per post for your first 5 posts (that's 20 overall) if you make them by 23:59 HOL-time on the 20th of August.
Let’s go…
A chill breeze blew
And the moon sailed high…
Let’s have a go ourselves. I’ll give you 2 lines to start off with and every person who comes after me will need to contribute 2 lines of their own. You can post more than once but each post must be 2 lines long.
There are just 2 rules:
• Respect what the person before you was doing. It’s okay to change direction but try to do it in a way that flows from what the previous person wrote.
• Don’t post back to back.
You’ll earn 4 beans per post for your first 5 posts (that's 20 overall) if you make them by 23:59 HOL-time on the 20th of August.
Let’s go…
A chill breeze blew
And the moon sailed high…
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Re: Week 1 - Group Poem
Across the dark,
Deep, and open sky
Deep, and open sky
Deputy Headmaster | Deputy Head of Ravenclaw
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
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A deer looked up
awed, and wondered why
awed, and wondered why
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How doth the night sky glow so bright
Does the lives of our ancestors create this light?
Does the lives of our ancestors create this light?
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And does their promise
More than pay the price?
More than pay the price?
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"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
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Have we honored them or brought them shame?
Honored glory or a tarnished name?
Honored glory or a tarnished name?
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”
Head Student/Slytherin Prefect/Student Teacher/Library & Book Club Head
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Wherever a true answer hides,
darkness waits with no more lights.
darkness waits with no more lights.
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A shooting star, the falling snow
The fire fades, then faintly glows
The fire fades, then faintly glows
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"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
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What treasures does the star keep close?
a laughing heart or face morose?
a laughing heart or face morose?
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A person looks at it in awe,
suddently out comes a claw.
suddently out comes a claw.
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Some monstrous sound goes ‘click-click-CLACK’
Then, worst of all… a mighty caw.
Then, worst of all… a mighty caw.
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Black feathers glinting in the night,
giving us all a mighty fright.
giving us all a mighty fright.
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Maybe they're just misunderstood,
wanting to better their standing.
wanting to better their standing.
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And we're led astray by misconceptions
And the wrong impressions
And the wrong impressions
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Attempting formless peace
Through tight-lipped concessions
Through tight-lipped concessions
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"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
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With open hearts, we might transcend,
And find in darkness, a true friend.
And find in darkness, a true friend.
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For what won’t glitter may still be gold
Observed by any who may be so bold
Observed by any who may be so bold
Deputy Headmaster | Deputy Head of Ravenclaw
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."
"—Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue & grey."