Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
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Mountain Climbing
My first villanelle did not stick to the true form which was pointed out quite rightly by John Welford . Taking his words on board I used "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas as a guide to produce this as a tribute to the hard work of The Vocal Social Society Team.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
On Poetry
In a previous post (here) I listed nineteen poetry forms which I thought would give me some frameworks to write poetry, but when I looked closely a lot are more about the style than the formats. I do prefer a defined format then I feel I can call it poetry. My previous attempts prior to my first sonnet were very free form.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
The Art of Neon Park
I’ve been relistening to the first five Little Feat albums this week. Little Feat were one of the nearest things to a perfect American band that you could hear, probably on a par with The Band. I had been fascinated with their album covers starting at “Sailin’ Shoes”.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
The Book Of Invasions
As a teenager I tended to be outside all the standard musical groupings , although I did grow to appreciate a huge swathe of music as I grew up. Early in the seventies I picked up on “The Tain” by the Irish band Horslips, based on a legend from Irish Mythology.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Twogether
I am a little lazy using the standard Sonnet format once more when I have many forms to pursue, but there is time for this. I have used one of my favourite soul records of all time Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You?" because that is how I feel when someone encourages and supports me in the things I love to do, and it is wonderful to be together on a quest , adventure or a project.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
OK Haiku
I was just wondering if a haiku would be an acceptable submission to Vocal’s poetry community. I believe the minimum number of words for a poetry submission is one hundred, a haiku is seventeen syllables in a 5-7-5 layout , so even at one word per syllable that is only seventeen words which is significantly less than the hundred required.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Sonnetwo
I need to try other defined poetic constructs , but this is another standard sonnet construct (there are two other sonnet forms so I will check those out) . The music I have chosen in the beautiful "London" by Thea Gilmore from the sadly missed pen of Sandy Denny. I wish I could , write play and sing like that. Listen while you read and you may be inspired as well.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Beat The Bull
I work from home for an extremely excellent company, and that means I listen to a lot of music when I work. One of Vocal’s recent challenges was a short fiction about a raging bull, so in this I will include a scenario with my thoughts on bullfighting and similar “sports”. Killing animals for pleasure or fun is totally out of order in my opinion. If an animal, like say a fox, is threatening or killing domestic livestock it should be killed as humanely as possible , the same goes for all vermin.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Petlife
