Thursday, November 12, 2015

Champion

For fun, I decided to use the same list of writer's prompt words from my last post to create another poem. I wanted to see if I could come up with a totally different idea but still use the same words. I got the words originally from the blog, Under the Porch Light by Delores. These are the words: cards, dangerous, flip, glance, sputter, and cowardly. If you need inspiration for your writing, visit Thursday's post at Under the Porch Light. Thank you, Delores, for providing these fun prompts.

Champion

After a quick glance at the judges,
the  skater stepped onto the ice.
She pushed off and began her routine,
spinning, twirling, 
jumping  once, jumping twice.

She knew it was dangerous,
but she had to try. 
She launched herself into a triple flip jump
leaping and reaching, 
meeting the sky.

She nailed it cleanly without a sputter.
Head up, smile beaming.
No one could call her cowardly now.
She glided back to her seat, 
the blades of her skates, sharp and gleaming.

She held her breath and watched.
Nervously she waited
as the judges made their decision.
The cards revealed all tens!
Roses rained down, cameras flashed.
She skated out in victory,
a sparkling. triumphant vision!

29 comments:

  1. Wow! You nailed it too!

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  2. Anonymous11/13/2015

    I love it! I always enjoy watching ice skating on tv!

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  3. Anonymous11/13/2015

    Success...for the skater and the poet.

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  4. You're so creative with your words! Great poem!

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  5. spinning and leaping with words. You have no bounds. Poetry champ.

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  6. Love it. You're amazing.

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  7. I don't know about the skater, but I know YOU nailed a ten with this poem. Great job!

    Here's to a fantabulous weekend.

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  8. Love it. Way to go Daisy. Made me smile.

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  9. Beautifully vivid. I could see the whole thing!

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  10. Thank you, all for your comments. This was another fun one to write. I enjoy watching ice skating on TV, so that made it easier to write this.

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  11. How you can take a few words and come up with those poems is beyond me! You have so much talent and I am so glad you are my blogging buddy that I get to visit and read your wonderful work. Thank you for sharing all your stories and poems with us. Hugs, LJ

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  12. Bravo! Love it - and how cool that you made two entirely different poems from these words.

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  13. You've done an excellent job writing this poem, Daisy. What a great idea to write a poem. Your poetry is always great.

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  14. I pictured you watching a skating competition as you wrote that. Isn't it fun where the imagination leads us?

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  15. Excellent job, Daisy. This was exhilarating.

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  16. I love that you have fun with your writing. It shows and it's beautiful xxx

    www.bohemianmuses.blogspot.com

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  17. Love your name Connie! I'll miss Daisy so once in awhile I may forget and call u Daisy.

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  18. Very clever Daisy! Love it!

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  19. This was fantastic, full of energy.

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  20. Thank you everyone. I can't skate at all, but it always looks like so much fun to me. Happy weekend to you all!

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  21. Love this Connie. I can see her on her blades, skating triumphantly. Happy Weekend.

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  22. Great poem! I give you an A+ for using all those words in such a creative way!

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  23. Connie, I love how you can take so few words and give them so much meaning... I've never been able to make coherent stories from such words. Also, I wanted to thank you for your very kind comment as you always leave for me ♡ xox

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  24. Oh, you changed your commenting ID from Daisy to Connie. I had to follow the link to see who was saying all those nice things!

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  25. Hope u have a great Thanksgiving Daisy!

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  26. Adorei seu blog, por isso eu
    vou segui-lo.
    Siga o meu também, vai!

    Beijos e bom natal.




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  27. Thank you all. I really appreciate your sweet comments. Silvioafonso, thank you for visiting and commenting here. :)

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  28. Anonymous12/05/2015

    Connie, I lost your email add.
    I have a new email and blog address
    mwnalley827@gmail.com
    http://mwnalley.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you for letting me know, Mildred. I sent you an email. :)

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