tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post504225779567291128..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #191 – Writing the Day, One Ronka at a Time by Guest Blogger Kenneth Ronkowitz ADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-53949049063736260892014-07-16T10:17:03.670-04:002014-07-16T10:17:03.670-04:00So many wonderful examples posted by readers! This...So many wonderful examples posted by readers! This kind of sharing is really great! Thanks Ken and Adele, and all the blog readers who are posting their ronka poems.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-65839405866208902912014-07-16T09:15:45.081-04:002014-07-16T09:15:45.081-04:00Very visual! I can feel the heat and the sweat! Th...Very visual! I can feel the heat and the sweat! Thanks so much for sharing, Risa!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-88676556080385267952014-07-16T09:13:57.790-04:002014-07-16T09:13:57.790-04:00Lovely, Basil! Thanks so much for sharing!Lovely, Basil! Thanks so much for sharing!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-24541619996315431202014-07-15T17:13:22.034-04:002014-07-15T17:13:22.034-04:00world's made of water and space
droplets of sw...world's made of water and space<br />droplets of sweat bead around the chin<br />salty perspiration layers coat my hot body<br />sweet tears of rain hang on jalousies<br />a scorching sun sizzles the summer sidewalkRisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-43380046106026034152014-07-15T13:35:19.806-04:002014-07-15T13:35:19.806-04:00WISCONSIN FARMER’S CORN CRIB
He nails weathered ...WISCONSIN FARMER’S CORN CRIB<br /><br /><br />He nails weathered hardwood hand hewn boards<br />spaced apart to let the air in <br />to keep his fall corn harvest dry.<br />He brings food to his cattle. The <br />days get shorter, but the milk flows.<br /><br />© Basil RouskasBasilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663203702515912643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-63534598542520518622014-07-15T10:50:51.419-04:002014-07-15T10:50:51.419-04:00Thanks so much for your comment, Carol, and for sh...Thanks so much for your comment, Carol, and for sharing your beautifully written ronka! (Your love poem: funny how what we think we' might write about is different from what the poem tell us to write.)ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-490478484302030702014-07-15T10:49:03.678-04:002014-07-15T10:49:03.678-04:00Smile!Smile!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-78295192666468447952014-07-15T07:45:44.493-04:002014-07-15T07:45:44.493-04:00I didn't plan to write a "love poem,"...I didn't plan to write a "love poem," but here's what happened when I tried a ronka. I LOVE the form -- it's a great way to make a poem happen. I imagine that we can even do ronka sequences (several related ronka poems).<br /><br />Thanks, Adele and Ken, for this new and enjoyable idea for writing.<br /><br />__________________________<br /><br />Then or Ever<br /><br />Where the white water shifts its weight,<br />and the sky tilts away from itself,<br />something swift flies over the edge of<br />what we know, calls us back to<br />then and ever, to what love is.<br />Carol Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-27537196422801910322014-07-14T16:16:04.147-04:002014-07-14T16:16:04.147-04:00To An Ex-Lover Who Refused to Communicate
(with Re...To An Ex-Lover Who Refused to Communicate<br />(with References to Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky”)<br /><br />Jabber who, and wocky what? It’s about<br />the words that are and aren’t, about <br />connections we failed to make: the Jabberwock <br />is slain, the raths outgabe. The nonsense <br />was your silence and what it cost.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-4227562643677342892014-07-14T16:15:44.356-04:002014-07-14T16:15:44.356-04:00This is wonderful, Kathy! Thanks so much for shari...This is wonderful, Kathy! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-15163444577131620832014-07-13T08:48:25.818-04:002014-07-13T08:48:25.818-04:00Ken and Adele, I really enjoyed this new form. Ha...Ken and Adele, I really enjoyed this new form. Have I done it correctly?<br /><br />NOW<br /><br />Alone at the shoreline, a heron stands<br />silently watching the sea rise and fall<br />as if this moment were all there<br />is, all there will ever be. I<br />come here now to let you go.<br />Kathy Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-27643907297421651292014-07-13T08:26:15.553-04:002014-07-13T08:26:15.553-04:00Thanks, Rich! I'm sure your students will like...Thanks, Rich! I'm sure your students will like this one! How about having them write a "How I spent My Summer" ronka? :-)ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-91412663066952802332014-07-13T08:24:52.117-04:002014-07-13T08:24:52.117-04:00I especially like that one too!I especially like that one too!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-29596930218086737012014-07-13T08:24:19.045-04:002014-07-13T08:24:19.045-04:00So glad you like the post, Jamie! I agree that thi...So glad you like the post, Jamie! I agree that this is a great form for poets of every stripe.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-80450307281146474152014-07-13T08:23:30.262-04:002014-07-13T08:23:30.262-04:00Thanks, Gail! Share one or two with us!Thanks, Gail! Share one or two with us!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-3111548797789737982014-07-12T16:03:37.198-04:002014-07-12T16:03:37.198-04:00The ronka is great -- perfect for classroom use an...The ronka is great -- perfect for classroom use and for "mature" poets who need a jump start or a framework. This is definitely something I'll take to my classroom in September. <br /><br />Thanks Kenneth Ronkowitz and Adele.Rich Mandelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-16131554851251720962014-07-12T13:56:23.283-04:002014-07-12T13:56:23.283-04:00Oops, forgot to say this this one is really superb...Oops, forgot to say this this one is really superb (wonderful depth and nuance):<br /><br />Finding a photo of her <br /><br /> from that summer when we were fifteen <br /> that hot day behind the beach house <br /> her bare shoulders, back, arms and legs—<br /> when I suddenly realized she’s a woman <br /> and it startled me. It startled me.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-51204950440399049782014-07-12T13:54:48.433-04:002014-07-12T13:54:48.433-04:00What a fantastic idea! I love 'invented' f...What a fantastic idea! I love 'invented' forms, and this one is really great to work with, challenging but without some of the over-the-top rules one sometimes finds with invented forms. <br /><br />Thank you Ken Ronkowitz!Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-5263177614556619542014-07-12T12:27:48.699-04:002014-07-12T12:27:48.699-04:00Looks like fun. I'll try to ronka sometime soo...Looks like fun. I'll try to ronka sometime soon. Gail Fishman Gerwinhttp://www.chayacairnpress.comnoreply@blogger.com