enjoyable hiking with dear friends
is the best holiday
feeling
better than any device trends
for they seldom repay
healing
dinner by the library fire
laughter and cosy chat
warms us
worldly fatigue, worries retire
receding as we sat
calm plus
Memento, created by Emily Romano is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary, consisting of two stanzas as follows: the syllable count should be 8 beats for line one; 6 beats for line two; and two beats for line three. This is repeated twice for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas.
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A full day of activity ends with the peace of night. Fellowship with others breathes fresh air into our soul.
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So true.
shared….
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Lovely poem…so wonderful to read in these times when we have been separated from friends and family. Like a cozy fireplace, this poem warms the heart.
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Lovely, warm poem. It works well with the memento form. 🙂 These are the experiences we have missed for the last year-and-a-half! ❤ ❤ ❤
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I like, Kate, what you say about good times and also the vivid poetic form.
Love ❤
Michel
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What a beautiful memento, sis! You are acing all the forms so wonderfully. 🙂
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So nice to sit with friends over a warm fireside and to go on an adventure where we can drop our hats and talk and talk like little children. Such a lovely and soothing poem, Kate.
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Oh what a cosy and comforting scene 😊
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You’re so clever with your words and phrasing. And I love the memories you shared Kate. Wonderful. 💙
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I love this!!!!
Spending time with friends is beauty
Undefined uncaptured
Always
The awesome moment together
Always unparalleled
Unite
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A few days, with friends, a warm fire, to actually sit down together, and have a real chat … that’s the holiday we need at the moment … to calm our frayed edges, .. May Normality Return Soon Kate … 😊💛
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I can just picture the scene from your words Kate. A warm feeling envelopes me, such a good vibe, thank you for sharing this feel good poem. Good company and a simple meal is something to treasure.
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Hiking and a fire with friends, yes, please. Lovely, Kate.
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Kate I am writing this form down and adding to my file. I’ve got to get my groove back for celebratory thoughts so don’t want to force it… perhaps next week. But this one is so very happy – it feels like a big hug!!! Just what I needed today!
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now, this poem is screaming holiday…
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This is very true that nothing beats good company and good food. Specially if it’s with friends.
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That is a wonderful soothing poem to read. I loved the feeling it brought of warmth, conversations and friendships.
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That sounds heavenly. (K)
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Oh, so beautiful, SweetKate!
“calm plus”…I love it! You’ve captured some of the most joyous joys we have in life! 🙂
Oh, yes, friends over devices every day! 🙂
Good friends are like the positives of fireplace-fires…warm, cozy, bright, mesmerizing, brilliant, dream-inducing, memorable, etc.! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
🔥 ❤️ 🧡 💛 🔥
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Lovely poem and photo sets the scene very nicely. I am not a poet, so I have a naive question. What is meant by ‘The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas…’. I don’t understand the a/b/c.
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ok so whatever word is it at the end of your first line becomes a, end of next line becomes b in sequence … then a word that rhymes with that sound must be used in the pattern required. So if my 1st line ends with the word “care”, I might use the words “dare or bare” next time it says a. So we are not just writing a poem, there is a rhyme pattern and a syllable count to adhere to, a bit like a set recipe 🙂
does that make sense?
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Poem from the heart with good beats , Kate ❤
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Fabulous Kate, you’ve effortlessly captured the wonder of friendship and I love the comparison with devices. Soulfulness versus soul destroying
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