Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Two

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Um, I don’t know

“Is it a dog, frog or a hog?
I should not have had that last grog!”

“I only see fog,
Or maybe it’s smog?”

“I need to write my blog
And then go out for a jog”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) One

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Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

What, no treat?

Bull faced doggy with his mouth quite soggy
Was right on treat time when the clock struck five

“I won’t leave this spot,
Until you gimme all you got!”

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On the Streets of Helsinki Three (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Song

Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

 Street Zombies

Roaming wild
Woman, man and child

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

There is no stopping
The street zombies
They’re not looking for bodies
But all new produce

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

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On the Streets of Helsinki Two (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

A Symphony for the Street

A welcome distraction
And a new attraction
A mini orchestra
Playing, a familiar formula
Street dwellers stopping
To familiar tunes start bopping
An overnight sensation
Across this tiny nation
Or at least
The street of Alexander’s!

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On the Streets of Helsinki One (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

Ride Your Bike

Ride, ride, ride your bike
Gently down the street
But watch out for the spikes
Or you will end up on your feet

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-Two

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

The beast of burden
Is quite determined
To haul its cargo
From here to Fargo

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-One

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Little convertible
You are so flexible
And very transportable
But even still
The genuine article

A bike is a bike
Of course, of course!

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

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Bikes of colour
Bikes of plain
Bikes quite modern
Bikes, all the same

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Queen – Bicycle Race 

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Nine

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

When crossing the street
Better be quick on your feet
The bikerettes are on the move
In their vehicles of blue
With wheels of two

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Eight

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

You just drive
And I will follow
Ok, fine
It’ll be, a while

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