Lets see if this will work.
I am going to start a poem. The idea is for someone to post TAG in the comments. The first person who does this then takes my line and goes to thier own blog. They make a new post that reads:
It's a game of poetry tag. Be the first to post TAG in the comments. Then take these lines and add one, in a post on your own blog, along with these instructions. Whoever adds the nineteenth line then takes the poem to Poets Who Blog at http://poetswhoblog.blogspot.com/ and puts the whole poem in the comment section there. Each person who plays need to also mention what site you were at when you found the poem so that other bloggers can follow the breadcrumbs back to this poem. You can play more than once but not twice in a row.
Poetry Tag Poem
The sound shook his bones
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To make clear how this game works I am going to take the first TAG.
TAG- http://shewritespoetry.blogspot.com/
Final copies, hot off the press. There was a deviation at line 16 where it was tagged by one poet and completed by another. I have included both deviations as two separate poems.
Credits to follow
Version 1:
The sound shook his bones
like a cymbal
crashing fast against his soul,
a soul detached from mind and body,
shivering in the dark
and fearing the coming light
he fled to a dingy back alley
and waited. A wind rushed
to meet him at the end
with that terrible sound wound through it,
and all he could do was wonder if he remembered to lock his front door,
or if his memories would be taken away with his sanity,
He crouched down, curling into his grief,
And all he could do was fight for water memories and gas-lit stoves still on
and a cardboard castle, while an insensitive queen
did battle for the pawn of man, within his fragile mind.
Shiver-shake went the light, coming from the mind and body. Memories wet.
Like quicksand, the struggle pulls him tighter to the light,
and, tired of the fight, he let it pull him into the downward spiral.
Version 1 Credits:
Line 1: Sara, Poets Who Blog - http://poetswhoblog.blogspot.com
Line 2: Sara, The Shores Of My Dreams - http://shewritespoetry.blogspot.com/
Line 3: RomanceWriter , Aspiring romance Writer - http://aspiringromancewriters.blogspot.com/
Line 4: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 5: Fox, Chasing Shadows Again - http://dazedkitsune.wordpress.com/
Line 6: Jeremy Thomas, The Ravyn’s Nest – Http://ravynsnest.wordpress.com
Line 7: daydreamer, Reality Bytes – Http://realityisimmaterial.blogspot.com
Lines 8-9: Christine, Mariacristina – http://mariacristina.wordpress.com
Line 10: Jeremy Thomas, The Ravyn’s Nest – Http://ravynsnest.wordpress.com
Lines 11-12: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 13: Sara, Fallen Words - http://brandnewaspiringwriters.blogspot.com/
Line 14: Derek, …eats bugs – http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com
Line 15: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 16: RomanceWriter , Aspiring Romance Writer - http://aspiringromancewriters.blogspot.com/
Line 17: Derek, …eats bugs – http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com
Line 18: Tom, Fallen Verses, - http://tadam3000.wordpress.com
Line 19: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Version 2:
The sound shook his bones
like a cymbal
crashing fast against his soul,
a soul detached from mind and body,
shivering in the dark
and fearing the coming light
he fled to a dingy back alley
and waited. A wind rushed
to meet him at the end
with that terrible sound wound through it,
and all he could do was wonder if he remembered to lock his front door,
or if his memories would be taken away with his sanity,
He crouched down, curling into his grief,
And all he could do was fight for water memories and gas-lit stoves still on
and a cardboard castle, while an insensitive queen
did battle for the pawn of man, within his fragile mind:
fragile from the brilliance of imagination splashing against the brow,
Fragile from the intensity of doubt and sincerity,
Caring, yet daring you to be more than you’ve imagined. You’ll see.
Version 2 Credits:
Line 1: Sara, Poets Who Blog - http://poetswhoblog.blogspot.com
Line 2: Sara, The Shores Of My Dreams - http://shewritespoetry.blogspot.com/
Line 3: RomanceWriter , Aspiring romance Writer - http://aspiringromancewriters.blogspot.com/
Line 4: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 5: Fox, Chasing Shadows Again - http://dazedkitsune.wordpress.com/
Line 6: Jeremy Thomas, The Ravyn’s Nest – Http://ravynsnest.wordpress.com
Line 7: daydreamer, Reality Bytes – Http://realityisimmaterial.blogspot.com
Lines 8-9: Christine, Mariacristina – http://mariacristina.wordpress.com
Line 10: Jeremy Thomas, The Ravyn’s Nest – Http://ravynsnest.wordpress.com
Lines 11-12: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 13: Sara, Fallen Words - http://brandnewaspiringwriters.blogspot.com/
Line 14: Derek, …eats bugs – http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com
Line 15: KM Ryan, A (De)finite Problem with In(de)finite Solutions – http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/
Line 16: RomanceWriter , Aspiring Romance Writer - http://aspiringromancewriters.blogspot.com/
Lines 17-19: J. Ponce, Memoirs of a Statistic - http://jponce71.blogspot.com/
Wow, K.M., you went above and beyond the call of duty by getting all the links for me. Thank you! You are really showing the spirit of PWB. For every member who never posts, there are a handful of members who really make this site work and worth it to keep around.
Thank you again.
Sara
Sure thing. Being one of the leading contributors, I felt it was my job to collect links since I stole a lot of opportunities from other people to contribute by writing 4 lines for version 1 (and four for version two). But it's the least I could do.
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