| Subject: Re: Autumn Tanka |
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Moonchild
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Date Posted: 09:59:41 09/17/01 Mon
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In reply to:
Lori
's message, "Re: Autumn Tanka" on 08:00:24 09/17/01 Mon
Thanxs for the info Lori. It seems like a grook is kinda like a limerick. That one you wrote is really neat!
>I can't give you an exact definition of one now. It
>was in 1994 when I took the creative writing class.
>
>Here is my grook I wrote then, after that, I will try
>to remember some of the definitions.
>
>Is it cruel to be cruel
>when to be kind is to be cruel,
>or is it cruel to be kind?
>Is it cool be be cruel
>when you're cruel in a rule
>or, is it cruel reading these lines?
>©1994 Lori S. Maynard
>
>Grook=six lines
>1st and 4th lines internal rhyme
>and rhyme with last of 2nd and 5th lines.
>3rd and 6th lines ryhme.
>I do remember that a grook is a poem that doesn't make
>sense, it is sort of a humorous poem. If you have a
>literary dictionary, or are in creative writing, could
>you look it up for me??
>
>I had to write cinquains, grooks, tankas, free verse
>and some other type of poem where the title is really
>long, and the actual poem is only two words that
>rhyme.
>
>I just stick to ABAB personally LOL!
>
>Lori
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