Friday, June 6, 2008

Diamante - but not a Mitsubishi

I have to say that I am now completely hooked on a monthly writing assignment put out by the Pensieve (no, not the one in Dumbledore's office). You can find her blog here. It is very much out of character for me. For those who don't know me well, I was so excited to get above 500 on my SAT verbal so I could make it through my entire college career without taking a single English course. My best friend did turn out to be an English major, so I guess I could never really escape!
That being said, this month's assignment is a poem in the Diamante form:
subject
two adjectives describing the subject
three words ending in “ing” telling about the subject
four words, first two describe subject, last two describe its opposite
three words ending in “ing” telling about the opposite
two adjectives describing the opposite
opposite
For some reason the subject of "nakedness" has been coming up frequently for me so I wrote with that in mind. I was inspired by a devotional put out from "At God's Table" titled "Praying Naked". Feel free to comment and let me know what you think! Better yet, comment and then go to the Pensieve's site, read the instructions, and come up with your own Diamante!
naked
raw, exposed
telling, uncovering, freeing!
self recognition, concealed unworthiness
running, hiding, obscuring
caged, shackled
masked

6 comments:

Ms. Kathleen said...

Nice subject matter... well done to be sure!

Trog and Troggy said...

woohooo! I love this one! Great Job!

Brandon Satrom said...

Jim! Great Job!

Glad you're in the mix!

Sandy said...

Amazing! Thanks.

Jim Garland said...

Thanks all! I really appreciate the encouragement.

Robin ~ PENSIEVE said...

Jim,

How much do I love that you're "completely hooked"?? A lot a lot :). BUT...I think you're hooked because deep inside you've got a poet's heart as evidenced by your Diamante this month.

It's good--very, very.

Figurative nakedness caught me off guard; the natural opposite is (of course) "clothed". How liberating to throw off those things that bind and enslave, though.

Great word choices--this is a poem with a lot of "feel" to it.

Thank you :).

~ Robin @ PENSIEVE
http://pensieve.typepad.com/pensieve/