CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Busy week this week - three assessments and lots of study. Not a lot of writing. Overview New words produced: 3,576 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 20 (all for inclusion in longer works) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual 13: Added 1,292 words Annual 14: Added 2,280 words Publishing Tasks Created 4 blog posts for this blog; New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: ·          Poem327—Marital Misunderstandings: a poem about miscommunication; ·          Poem328—Skies Full of Dreams: a poem about dreams; ·          Poem329—Autumn: a poem about autumn; ·          Poem330—Rainstorm Flowers: a poem about wet weather… and flowers; ·          P...

I went through a couple of months where the main birds that visited my backyard were crimson rosellas. This coincided with the trees fruiting, so I probably shouldn't be surprised. This pair hadn't yet exchanged their green 'baby' plumage for the more colourful red and blue of an adult, and probably wouldn't for another two years. I hope they stick around so I can see that. I had quite a hard time identifying them because of it. As you can see, the green is very handy for camouflaging them against the grass. The first shot caught them unawares and caused them a bit of concern,  but they decided food was more important. Definitely more important. They kept eating, but they kept a very good eye on the camera. I stayed just inside my back door, and they tolerated me photographing them. When they both bobbed down to collect more to eat, they became very hard to see. They took one more very assessing look, and then they decided they...

This week, we’re looking at a third type of cinquain. It can be created using either a Crapsey Form 1 or Crapsey Form 2 cinquain as a base. . For those of you who are new to this series, Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet who was inspired by the rules of Japanese poetry to create her own poetical form, the cinquain. A cinquain is a five-line poem that has a set number of syllables (or word types) per line. Sometimes the title of a cinquain acts as a sixth line. The third type of cinquain we’ll look at is called a Reverse Cinquain. This form reverses the order of the lines, with the first line having two syllables, the second line having eight syllables, the third line having six syllables, the fourth having four syllables, and the fifth returning again to two. . Here’s an example, inspired by the squawking rosellas outside my window: Squawking The rosellas fly, elusive despite red and blue coats amongst green leaves Hidden And here’s another one...