Hannah Borke Poet Rhyme

8-Word Challenge

1.Crystal 2.Gloaming 3.Frosted 4. Forevermore 5. Pathos 6. Valiant 7. Melancholy  8. Unpredictable


Word Challenge of Eight: 
Reading poems of late
I found myself homing
In on the word "GLOAMING"
To the point that I felt accosted
By the poems that it FROSTED;
For me, now, "gloaming" is FOREVERMORE cliche;
While "PATHOS" tossed me for a loop with its long 'a',
Due to the UNPREDICTABLE
Pronunciation of that syllable.

By now, it should be CRYSTAL clear
This entry's not VALIANT or sincere;
There -- I've admitted my folly,
Feeling contrary to MELANCHOLY

For contest by John Hamilton

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Line Gauthier November 10, 2019 at 3:10 PM Charming poem, Hannah. Looks like a winner to me. Hannah Borke November 10, 2019 at 4:01 PM Thanks, Line. This old challenge had been fun

Andrea Dietrich April 8, 2018 at 6:06 PM by the way, I loved the comment you made to me on the monorhyme. I felt the same way!

Andrea Dietrich April 8, 2018 at 6:05 PM Reading some old comments scattered about that you made to me but since I have notifications turned off, I had never seen them. I can't find something of yours I have not read. If you can think of one, let me know, dearie!!

Andrea Dietrich October 20, 2017 at 7:48 PM Sorry you didn't make the list, Hannah. It's hard if they do those premiere contests with only ten winners. I can't remember which type this contest was. Let me try to find a poem of yours I have not seen. A short one. haha!! Hannah Borke October 21, 2017 at 8:59 PM With each poem I write, I expect it's my last, so I'm not likely to have poems you haven't seen. I'm glad you keep punching them out -- great stuff!

Andrea Dietrich September 28, 2017 at 8:21 PM hahaha. This is so funny, HAnnah. Wow, did you ever enter it?? I think if I had hosted that contest, I'd have marked it high just for being so clever! (yeah, I have to be reminded about pathos, as I still pronounce it as using the path sound) Hannah Borke September 30, 2017 at 7:21 PM Maybe he was insulted by it. There were plenty of winners, but this didn't make the list.

Line Gauthier September 16, 2017 at 10:42 PM How totally delightful. Hannah Borke September 17, 2017 at 2:31 PM Glad you enjoyed

Cheryl Hoffman September 11, 2017 at 9:23 PM Very clever and humorous write Hannah!~Che :) Hannah Borke September 12, 2017 at 11:24 AM Thanks for enjoying!

Pipping Stars August 31, 2017 at 10:35 PM oh his goodness again ... lol ... uhm ... wow hannah ... may we call you hannah ... we used these 8 words on another site with the word "of" added to it ... this is a brilliant specimen of a "poem" got love the misery in it ... to the point of a "poets" misery ... what sorrow may we find blind ... do we bind our own hands ... our hearts ... what is hidden in love ... tel me beautifully wording "poet" ... tel me please ... what line would your dare mine words to cross ... uhm ... ... awesome job. Hannah Borke September 2, 2017 at 11:21 PM Thank you for appreciating my poem

Silent One August 21, 2017 at 11:32 AM You did this very well Hannah.. I like how you used the words.. was not an easy task.. Hannah Borke August 21, 2017 at 12:32 PM Thank you. Even before I knew about the contest, I had been noticing "gloaming"-- a new word for me, and wondering if it's already overused.

Hannah Borke August 17, 2017 at 11:42 AM Browsing previous contests, I noticed that many of the words were taken from the titles of the poems entered in John Hamilton's previous contest.