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CHIMING

C Tautogram

By Babs IversonPublished about a year ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
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CHIMING
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Clock

clicking, cheerful

chiming, clanging, changing

classroom, cabinet, college chime

counting, charging, cycling

cute, charming

chronometer.

Writer's notes: This poem is submitted to the Tautogam Challenge. CHIMING is written in a diamante poem format.

What is a Diamante poem? Is a style of poetry consisting of seven lines. The lines form a diamond shape. The first and seventh lines have one word. While in the Synonym Diamante poem, the first line word and seventh line word are the same or similar, in the Antonym Diamante poem the words first line word and the seventh line word are opposites.

Did you notice that lines one four, and seven are all nouns? In lines, two and six two adjectives are used with three verbs are used in lines three and five.

A special shout-out to Denise Lindquist for sharing and introducing me to the poetry style.

Somewhere, there is a picture that was taken on our first trip to Paris. The picture shows a clock sculpture of various sized and shapes of clocks. The Unsplash picture selected reminds me of that picture. Thinking about the clock sculpture, was my inspiration for CHIMING.

Thank you for reading. Leave a heart, a comment, or both. You are appreciated so very very much.

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About the Creator

Babs Iverson

Barbara J Iversen, also known as Babs Iverson, lives in Texas and loves her grandkids to the moon and back. After writing one story, she found that writing has many benefits especially during a pandemic and a Texas-size Arctic Blast.

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  • Tiffany Gordon about a year ago

    Outstanding work! You really rocked this challenge Babs! 😀

  • An excellent take on the tautogram

  • Novel Allenabout a year ago

    Love the clocks. Nicely done,

  • Denise Larkinabout a year ago

    Loved your clock tautogram. The diamante is a clever one.

  • Colleen Millsteed about a year ago

    His creative my friend and a Tautogram to top it off. Fantastic work 💕💕

  • Yayyyy I'm so happy you did a Diamante again! Beautiful!

  • Gina C.about a year ago

    Wonderful poem and I loved learning about the diamante style! 😍😍

  • Mohamed Jakkathabout a year ago

    Thank you for sharing this lovely poem, Babs! The use of the Tautogram format and the diamante poem structure is impressive and adds to the overall flow and beauty of the piece. I particularly enjoyed the use of alliteration in the verbs and adjectives used throughout the poem, making the chimes come alive with sound and movement. The personal touch of sharing your inspiration for the poem and giving credit to Denise Lindquist for introducing you to the poetry style is also appreciated. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing your talent with us.

  • JBazabout a year ago

    I really liked your explanation of your form. I just learned something

  • ❤️

  • Gerald Holmesabout a year ago

    Very well done!

  • Mariann Carrollabout a year ago

    Another excellent poem ❤️

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Nicely done.

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