How a New Symbol pie is Discovered in a Circle?
Everyone knows that the word pi is a greek letter and the other word pie is usually meant for a round dish of baked meat, fish or cake.What I have discovered is that the original symbol of pi is not the real symbol ; but rather my symbol of pie taken from a piece of cake does look like a real symbol! Watch out from my writings and findings.
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Conceptualized and written by:---
Manohar Bhatia
A circle is made up of a circumference, radii and a diameter.Two radii makes one diameter.The original symbol of pi was a 2 parallel vertical straight lines with a horizontal straight line on top.My symbol pie will be an inverted V with a circular 'c' placed on top of inverted V.How does this come about?
At a ceremonial function, this pie cake is divided into several parts cut in V-shapes and each part is distributed to everyone present on the occasion to celebrate the event.Although the pronounciation of pi & pie is the same, but for the sake of proving how pi & pie are alike, we shall asuume as the one and the same in actual meaning also.
Therefore,
Let pi = pie (Assumption)
When the cake is cut and divided into several parts, then each part is called a portion or sector of a circle.You will find that my new symbol pie is in the circle itself ! How do you prove this theory? The theory is proved by taking out a sector of a circle and placing it separately on a plate.If You look at this figure, it will look like a perfect V covered on its top by a small 'C' Now there are 2 radii on this V and a small rounded portion held to-gathter to form a sector.Now, cut off this small rounded portion 'C' and paste it on top of the inverted V.Now, what do you see? A new type of symbol pie, which I feel should be the right one, because the full design os this symbol is taken out from the circle itself. Below, I give the proof of my discovery......................
The size of the pie cake was in proportion to the sizes of the sectors of the pie cake.The bigger the sector having bigger circumsference, the bigger will be the pie cake.Therefore, it can be safely assumed that pi or pie is in proportion to the size of the circumsference.
Therefore,
pi or pie is proportion to 'C' or 'C' is proportion to pi or pie
Therefore,
C = pie x a constant
C = pie x 2 radius (Since radius is always constant)
C = pie x d (since 2r = d)
Therefore,
pie = C / D
Now, what do you think this symbol stands for? It is indeed my new symbol pie or inverted V with 'C' pasted on its meeting points to form a perfect new symbol pie. Finally, my findings are that the new symbol pie, circumsference and radii are all interconnected and are part of the circle. It is indeed from here that this NEW SYMBOL PIE IS BORN & ORIGINATED.
I think the right symbol pie should be as inverted V with a 'C' pasted on top at its meeting of its 2 radii and no other symbol will match this theory.In all humility, I ask my fellow mathematicians to throw more light on the theory as conceptualized and written by me.-----------Manohar Bhatia.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Quiz-Vision Competitions_____ QQ # 58.
Manohar Bhatia Manohar Bhatia
Introduction______________Let's start at the very beginning.Since times immemorial, people all over the world have always been fascinated by mystery,magic,skill,intelligence and what have you! Man has always loved a challenge to test his intelligence, bravery or his hidden abilities to find a solution to his problems.Many great and famous writers of the English language have commented upon the richness of its vocabulory and have pointed to the fact that the speaker of the writer in English has an edge or an advantage over the speaker or writer in French,German,Spanish or Italian________ what we mean is that a large store of words upon which,he can express his thought.Likewise, the teacher of English are in the habit of contracting the limited vocabulory of the individual student with the wealth of words possesed by his mother tongue and stressing the importance of making the greater number of words as his own.They show that,we become articulate in English when we can command a greater number of words and especially in finding the right word for the quotation.This is the crust of this competiton on which it is based.If the writer cannot find an absolute word in his quotation, then it will cease to inspire.Then the writer has also to look at the meaning of his plot of the story.If he can find the right word, which expresses clarity of thought, meaning,beauty and inspiration, then he has done his job as a writer.
Keeping the above points in view, we are planning to start Quiz-Vision.What is Quiz-Vision? Quiz-Vision is an English Literary Competition where sentences or "Quotations" picked up from the books, magazines,periodicals are placed before the readers participating in these competitions.These quotations of the writers or the authors have an element of 'truth' in them.There can be no way of altering the meaning of these quotations of these writers.Finding the 'truth' in these quotations is the key to solving them.Logic is another area where the competitor can apply on the 'quotation' and arrive at the correct answer.Competitors are advised to think sensibly, use their knowledge judiciously and arrive at all the correct words of the sentence as written by the author of the material content.The 'extra' word planted by the wily compiler add mystery to the quotation and is all that the competitor had to eliminate.It will be a real challenge by the solver to spot the correct original word of the quotation.There will be totally 11 Quiz sentences or let's call these sentences "Quotations" on topics based on as diverse subjects as Health,Philosophy,Literature,Emotions,History,Sex etc.The competition Compiler might also pick up sentences from Newspapers,Periodicals or Magazines, if he finds the Quiz sentences interesting, knowlegable or challenging for the competitor.In every Quiz sentence, one extra word will be put by our competition Compiler anywhere in the sentence.This 'extra' word will be the wrong word of the compiler.The competitor will have to spot the correct original word used by the author of the book, newspaper, magazines from where the sentence or the "Quotation" is picked up and cancel the Compiler's word.Quotations are also sentences said by someone as common as a man on the street.But, they can become 'historical' only when these sentences have an element of truth in them.Maybe, these sentences carry a message for the masses,are self-experienced or foretell even an impending future discovery!Great past authors,writers,philosophers or thinkers have quoted some beautiful sentences, that are still relevant to-day!Why? Because, there is truth in these quotes.Someone quoted:- "A cat has nine lives" is still being spoken of to-day and may be believed by many.Another quote:- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."is really being investigated by scientists for its truth and reality.Then there is another Shakespere quote from a play--'An importance of being ernest' says--"They also serve who stand and wait"Just think to yourself, this is relevant even to-day.Take a sentence--'A dog is barking on the street'.This sentence cannot be called a quotation, because no message comes out of it.But, observe a changed sentence--"Barking dogs seldom bite" can be called a quotation, because of a message in it.He can use these exercises to increase his knowledge,to pass his time usefully,and also come to know the name of the book and the author, or the source from where the "Quotation" is picked.Besides, housewives, students, retired folks can also benefit.
--Editor
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1)Employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in these competitions.
2)Neither the Directors nor the owners or their immediate family members are interested in these competitions.
3)Full sources of the selected sentences from the book will be published at the end of the closing date of the competition.
4)The editor's decision is final and legally binding on the participants.
___ Editor.
Manohar Bhatia
Friends,Here is your new quiz _________
Opening Date:::: 6th Sept.2010
Closing Date:::: 20th Sept.2010(Noon.IST)
Solutions::::::: 20th Sept.2010
360)One thousand eight hundred years since their creation, the BLOODY/PAGAN tales of ovid......are read by all of christendom.
361)The mark is there, and the wound is HEALED/CICATRIZED only____ no time, tears, caresses or repentence can obliterate that scar.
362)When rain or moisture from any source descends with the cinders, the moss forms THYMOL/TUFA.
363)Climbing a ladder develops physical strength; climbing a mountain feeds MENTAL/NERVOUS energy.
364)It is a good callyrium to look on the bare SOIL/EARTH.
365)[Envy and PRIDE/CALUMNY and hate and pain,
And that unrest which men miscall delight
can touch him not and torture not again.]
366)SCIENCE/NATURE is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.
367)COMBINATIONS/PERMUTATIONS for use of means of mass communications and transportation make railway service cheap.
Notes:::
a)Of 2 capitals words,one is wrong,cancel it.
b)Use your best skill,knowledge,to solve.
c)Do use your dictionaries for support.
d)Form groups in your locality fo discussions.
e)Think over the quotation as a TRUTH and you will get the right word.
**** Prize settings____
1)For all 8 quotes correct,a book title:: "Your Creative Power" by Alex Osborn.
2)For one-error entry, an award cetificate.
3)For two-error entry, an award certificate.
The certificates will be posted to the winners to their e-mail addresses;please get the print-outs at your ends.Thanks.
Happy quizzing!
Manohar Bhatia.
Introduction______________Let's start at the very beginning.Since times immemorial, people all over the world have always been fascinated by mystery,magic,skill,intelligence and what have you! Man has always loved a challenge to test his intelligence, bravery or his hidden abilities to find a solution to his problems.Many great and famous writers of the English language have commented upon the richness of its vocabulory and have pointed to the fact that the speaker of the writer in English has an edge or an advantage over the speaker or writer in French,German,Spanish or Italian________ what we mean is that a large store of words upon which,he can express his thought.Likewise, the teacher of English are in the habit of contracting the limited vocabulory of the individual student with the wealth of words possesed by his mother tongue and stressing the importance of making the greater number of words as his own.They show that,we become articulate in English when we can command a greater number of words and especially in finding the right word for the quotation.This is the crust of this competiton on which it is based.If the writer cannot find an absolute word in his quotation, then it will cease to inspire.Then the writer has also to look at the meaning of his plot of the story.If he can find the right word, which expresses clarity of thought, meaning,beauty and inspiration, then he has done his job as a writer.
Keeping the above points in view, we are planning to start Quiz-Vision.What is Quiz-Vision? Quiz-Vision is an English Literary Competition where sentences or "Quotations" picked up from the books, magazines,periodicals are placed before the readers participating in these competitions.These quotations of the writers or the authors have an element of 'truth' in them.There can be no way of altering the meaning of these quotations of these writers.Finding the 'truth' in these quotations is the key to solving them.Logic is another area where the competitor can apply on the 'quotation' and arrive at the correct answer.Competitors are advised to think sensibly, use their knowledge judiciously and arrive at all the correct words of the sentence as written by the author of the material content.The 'extra' word planted by the wily compiler add mystery to the quotation and is all that the competitor had to eliminate.It will be a real challenge by the solver to spot the correct original word of the quotation.There will be totally 11 Quiz sentences or let's call these sentences "Quotations" on topics based on as diverse subjects as Health,Philosophy,Literature,Emotions,History,Sex etc.The competition Compiler might also pick up sentences from Newspapers,Periodicals or Magazines, if he finds the Quiz sentences interesting, knowlegable or challenging for the competitor.In every Quiz sentence, one extra word will be put by our competition Compiler anywhere in the sentence.This 'extra' word will be the wrong word of the compiler.The competitor will have to spot the correct original word used by the author of the book, newspaper, magazines from where the sentence or the "Quotation" is picked up and cancel the Compiler's word.Quotations are also sentences said by someone as common as a man on the street.But, they can become 'historical' only when these sentences have an element of truth in them.Maybe, these sentences carry a message for the masses,are self-experienced or foretell even an impending future discovery!Great past authors,writers,philosophers or thinkers have quoted some beautiful sentences, that are still relevant to-day!Why? Because, there is truth in these quotes.Someone quoted:- "A cat has nine lives" is still being spoken of to-day and may be believed by many.Another quote:- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."is really being investigated by scientists for its truth and reality.Then there is another Shakespere quote from a play--'An importance of being ernest' says--"They also serve who stand and wait"Just think to yourself, this is relevant even to-day.Take a sentence--'A dog is barking on the street'.This sentence cannot be called a quotation, because no message comes out of it.But, observe a changed sentence--"Barking dogs seldom bite" can be called a quotation, because of a message in it.He can use these exercises to increase his knowledge,to pass his time usefully,and also come to know the name of the book and the author, or the source from where the "Quotation" is picked.Besides, housewives, students, retired folks can also benefit.
--Editor
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1)Employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in these competitions.
2)Neither the Directors nor the owners or their immediate family members are interested in these competitions.
3)Full sources of the selected sentences from the book will be published at the end of the closing date of the competition.
4)The editor's decision is final and legally binding on the participants.
___ Editor.
Manohar Bhatia
Friends,Here is your new quiz _________
Opening Date:::: 6th Sept.2010
Closing Date:::: 20th Sept.2010(Noon.IST)
Solutions::::::: 20th Sept.2010
360)One thousand eight hundred years since their creation, the BLOODY/PAGAN tales of ovid......are read by all of christendom.
361)The mark is there, and the wound is HEALED/CICATRIZED only____ no time, tears, caresses or repentence can obliterate that scar.
362)When rain or moisture from any source descends with the cinders, the moss forms THYMOL/TUFA.
363)Climbing a ladder develops physical strength; climbing a mountain feeds MENTAL/NERVOUS energy.
364)It is a good callyrium to look on the bare SOIL/EARTH.
365)[Envy and PRIDE/CALUMNY and hate and pain,
And that unrest which men miscall delight
can touch him not and torture not again.]
366)SCIENCE/NATURE is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.
367)COMBINATIONS/PERMUTATIONS for use of means of mass communications and transportation make railway service cheap.
Notes:::
a)Of 2 capitals words,one is wrong,cancel it.
b)Use your best skill,knowledge,to solve.
c)Do use your dictionaries for support.
d)Form groups in your locality fo discussions.
e)Think over the quotation as a TRUTH and you will get the right word.
**** Prize settings____
1)For all 8 quotes correct,a book title:: "Your Creative Power" by Alex Osborn.
2)For one-error entry, an award cetificate.
3)For two-error entry, an award certificate.
The certificates will be posted to the winners to their e-mail addresses;please get the print-outs at your ends.Thanks.
Happy quizzing!
Manohar Bhatia.
Friday, September 3, 2010
F.O.R.M::: Sestina_____ ["A jungle Outing"].
Topic: F.O.R.M.- Sestina.
Jack Huber Sestina.
The sestina is a very structured form of six sestets (six-line stanzas) followed by a triplet (or tercet, a three-line stanza) for a total of 39 lines. What sets it apart, however, is the re-use of the final word in each line of the first stanza in a specific order that is different in each subsequent stanza. All six repeating words appear in the triplet as well.The sestet is usually strictly metered and is commonly written in decasyllables, or lines of ten syllables each, but other formal structures are acceptable. Rhyming is not a requirement of the form, but if the first stanza rhymes (i.e. a-b-c-a-b-c or a-b-a-b-a-b) , the balance will rhyme by default, since the rhyming words are the ones repeated. However, the pattern of rhyme will only follow the sequence of last words for each stanza. In a rhyming pattern, lines ending in a sound designated by “a” only rhyme with other “a” lines, “b” lines only with other “b” lines, and so on. The notation for the last words is “1” through “6,” for each of the six lines, thus the pattern of use is as follows:Stanza 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6Stanza 2: 6 1 5 2 4 3Stanza 3: 3 6 4 1 2 5Stanza 4: 5 3 2 6 1 4Stanza 5: 4 5 1 3 6 2Stanza 6: 2 4 6 5 3 1Stanza 7: 6 2, 1 4, 5 3The final triplet, using all six words in three lines, is a point in the sestet that can vary from form, using a different pattern (i.e. 1 2, 3 4, 5 6), or perhaps a couplet (two-line stanza, i.e. 6 2 1, 4 5 3). A rare format even ends on a haiku or senryu, utilizing the six repeated words in the accepted 5-7-5 syllabic pattern.
So, in the example below, 1=day, 2=cold, 3=place, 4=café, 5=hold and 6=embrace.
Example:A
Picturesque Café
Regardless of the time of day,
or if a tempest's rain is cold,
my mind will wander to the place
where first we met, that quaint café,
when both our lives were still on hold;
we hadn't had our first embrace.
The world had left me to embrace
a job I suffered through each day,
no inspiration taking hold,
relentless as a common cold.
But in this picturesque café
my life was never out of place.
I hadn't known that in this place
I'd found a reason to embrace
my future and this old café.
I made my mind up on this day
that though the season's turning cold,
the promise of its warmth I'd hold.
A notion started, keeping hold,
that there was something in this place
which bore the brunt of passions cold,
where many felt love's kind embrace,
escaping from their trying day--
I'd someday own this aged café.
The atmosphere of my café,
an ambiance of which would hold
the patrons' kindness through the day-
this would be the only place
to offer all a warm embrace,
a lively shelter from the cold.
Through summer's drought and winter's cold,
my friends would come to my café
to help each other, love, embrace
camaraderie, while couples hold
each other, like no other place
to spend their lives day after day.
I longingly embrace the cold
and greet the day in our cafe,
take hold of this, our perfect place.
Copyright © 2009 by Jack Huber
Manohar Bhatia Jack,This is a very difficult one, but challenging.What's this life if its not a challenge?I am trying Jack to come up with this one.Will I be able to do it?Manohar Bhatia.on Tuesday ·
Jack Huber I'm sure you will, Manohar, but it can take time--Jack.
Manohar Bhatia Dear Jack,I have taken nearly 2 hours to write this F.O.R.M. but I feel relieved that I have written something for you to check mate::::::::::::::::;;;
______ [ A Jungle Outing] ______
[" Lions,tigers,snakes roam in the wild
as we prepare to go hunting
for their beautiful priceless skins,
Me and my team of greedy friends
drive in open jeep for outing
bravely facing danger to lives] 1-2-3-4-5-6
[" Group of daredevils don't care for lives
as they are born fearless and wild
ready to go for an outing
risking everything for a hunting
to merge as a cartel of friends
all eager to possess the skins."] 6-1-5-2-4-3
[" Of what use are these animal skins
when facing a ban in our lives
as well as for our deadly friends
their thinking so stupid and wild
instead finding job to hunting
Surprise, all rushing for outing."] 3-6-4-1-2-5
[" None thinks of difficult outing
where roaming harms our delicate skins
to walk in the sun and go hunting
endangering our delicate lives
and skip our best thoughts in the wild
for us as well as for our friends"] 5-3-2-6-1-4
["Who are these bunch of dirty friends
without rational thinking for outing
little realising all going wild
instead of saving full their skins
and bring stability to lives
not dream about doing stupid hunting"] 4-5-1-3-6-2
[" It was task to find job in hunting
most difficult for my mad friends
by putting a stake on their lives
to go in jungle as outing
instead of protecting their skins
and hard to return from the wild"] 2-4-6-5-3-1
[" I do find hunting and outing
in the wild with friends
exciting but for our skins and lives!"] 2,5 1,4 3,6
____ The End ____
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All rights are reserved.
Cathy Robinson
this was my first and only sestina...i wrote it in about fifteen minutes during a workshop. surprisingly, i was the only one to get past stanza 3...maybe i should try another. let me know what you think.
Dream bridge-
By Cathy Robinson_______
[walking on a bridge of dreams
i quiver at the sight below my knees
buckle and i freeze
dear God, don't let it break
the water's deep and I hope
this bridge will remain strong
right now i'm anything but strong
inching slow upon these dreams
looking everywhere for hope
but finding only terror below
i could really use a break
deep breaths won't help, i freeze
if i fall will the water freeze
my body? trying to stand strong
feet unsure, but my will won't break
deciding to trust the dreams
God gave me, the water below
stills, and i gain new hope
resting in this new found hope
i smile, and the water freezes
all of a sudden what's below
makes me feel almost strong
can't help but trust these dreams
the One who gave them doesn't break
finally the lonesome fear breaks
and light shines on in hope
that i'll not only walk on dreams
but even when my flesh freezes
my spirit remains God-strong
and i don't worry about below
for all that creeps and lies below
pushes my faith not to break
gives me power, a heart so strong
that i can give another hope
pick them up when their flesh freezes
and help them to walk on dreams
so if your dreams threaten to break
don't look below, look to hope
while others freeze, you will be strong.]
____ The End ____
Jack Huber Manohar, in S3 you have repeated "hunting" instead of using "outing," otherwise this conforms perfectly. As a suggestion, since you are not using a classic meter or rhyme, you may want to fill in missing articles (the, an, etc.) to smooth out your lines, i.e. "to go in jungle as outing" could be "to go in the jungle for an outing."Nicely written, Cathy. I especially like the envoy, which sums it up beautifully.Jackon Tuesday ·
Anthea Burson I've long thought of writing one of these. What a perfect time to actually do it. I'm inspired by others' successes as well! I miss my Newton poetry group. (Jobs, travel and families took their toll and the group is no more- and now I am on the road as well, so online is great..
The coffee isn't as good, but you can't have everything. lol)
GREAT job you two!!
Manohar! In just two hours!? I am impressed. Cathy.. wow. Sometimes inspiration hits and things just seem to write themselves, huh? I definitely thing you could try another!And now, I shall try my first. (check back in a week or two- LOL!)
Manohar Bhatia Jack,Thank you very much for coming to my poem........ yes there is typo error in hunting.....in s/3, the last line word should be 'outing'Whew! I have passed the test and here is a bouquet of roses for you as my appreciation!And Anthea Burson, a big thank you for reading and liking.
Jack Huber I want to congratulate all of you who wrote sestinas this week. This is one of the most difficult forms (I think only the cleave is more challenging) and you all did very well. Most other forms will now seem much easier by comparison...Jack.
Jack Huber Sestina.
The sestina is a very structured form of six sestets (six-line stanzas) followed by a triplet (or tercet, a three-line stanza) for a total of 39 lines. What sets it apart, however, is the re-use of the final word in each line of the first stanza in a specific order that is different in each subsequent stanza. All six repeating words appear in the triplet as well.The sestet is usually strictly metered and is commonly written in decasyllables, or lines of ten syllables each, but other formal structures are acceptable. Rhyming is not a requirement of the form, but if the first stanza rhymes (i.e. a-b-c-a-b-c or a-b-a-b-a-b) , the balance will rhyme by default, since the rhyming words are the ones repeated. However, the pattern of rhyme will only follow the sequence of last words for each stanza. In a rhyming pattern, lines ending in a sound designated by “a” only rhyme with other “a” lines, “b” lines only with other “b” lines, and so on. The notation for the last words is “1” through “6,” for each of the six lines, thus the pattern of use is as follows:Stanza 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6Stanza 2: 6 1 5 2 4 3Stanza 3: 3 6 4 1 2 5Stanza 4: 5 3 2 6 1 4Stanza 5: 4 5 1 3 6 2Stanza 6: 2 4 6 5 3 1Stanza 7: 6 2, 1 4, 5 3The final triplet, using all six words in three lines, is a point in the sestet that can vary from form, using a different pattern (i.e. 1 2, 3 4, 5 6), or perhaps a couplet (two-line stanza, i.e. 6 2 1, 4 5 3). A rare format even ends on a haiku or senryu, utilizing the six repeated words in the accepted 5-7-5 syllabic pattern.
So, in the example below, 1=day, 2=cold, 3=place, 4=café, 5=hold and 6=embrace.
Example:A
Picturesque Café
Regardless of the time of day,
or if a tempest's rain is cold,
my mind will wander to the place
where first we met, that quaint café,
when both our lives were still on hold;
we hadn't had our first embrace.
The world had left me to embrace
a job I suffered through each day,
no inspiration taking hold,
relentless as a common cold.
But in this picturesque café
my life was never out of place.
I hadn't known that in this place
I'd found a reason to embrace
my future and this old café.
I made my mind up on this day
that though the season's turning cold,
the promise of its warmth I'd hold.
A notion started, keeping hold,
that there was something in this place
which bore the brunt of passions cold,
where many felt love's kind embrace,
escaping from their trying day--
I'd someday own this aged café.
The atmosphere of my café,
an ambiance of which would hold
the patrons' kindness through the day-
this would be the only place
to offer all a warm embrace,
a lively shelter from the cold.
Through summer's drought and winter's cold,
my friends would come to my café
to help each other, love, embrace
camaraderie, while couples hold
each other, like no other place
to spend their lives day after day.
I longingly embrace the cold
and greet the day in our cafe,
take hold of this, our perfect place.
Copyright © 2009 by Jack Huber
Manohar Bhatia Jack,This is a very difficult one, but challenging.What's this life if its not a challenge?I am trying Jack to come up with this one.Will I be able to do it?Manohar Bhatia.on Tuesday ·
Jack Huber I'm sure you will, Manohar, but it can take time--Jack.
Manohar Bhatia Dear Jack,I have taken nearly 2 hours to write this F.O.R.M. but I feel relieved that I have written something for you to check mate::::::::::::::::;;;
______ [ A Jungle Outing] ______
[" Lions,tigers,snakes roam in the wild
as we prepare to go hunting
for their beautiful priceless skins,
Me and my team of greedy friends
drive in open jeep for outing
bravely facing danger to lives] 1-2-3-4-5-6
[" Group of daredevils don't care for lives
as they are born fearless and wild
ready to go for an outing
risking everything for a hunting
to merge as a cartel of friends
all eager to possess the skins."] 6-1-5-2-4-3
[" Of what use are these animal skins
when facing a ban in our lives
as well as for our deadly friends
their thinking so stupid and wild
instead finding job to hunting
Surprise, all rushing for outing."] 3-6-4-1-2-5
[" None thinks of difficult outing
where roaming harms our delicate skins
to walk in the sun and go hunting
endangering our delicate lives
and skip our best thoughts in the wild
for us as well as for our friends"] 5-3-2-6-1-4
["Who are these bunch of dirty friends
without rational thinking for outing
little realising all going wild
instead of saving full their skins
and bring stability to lives
not dream about doing stupid hunting"] 4-5-1-3-6-2
[" It was task to find job in hunting
most difficult for my mad friends
by putting a stake on their lives
to go in jungle as outing
instead of protecting their skins
and hard to return from the wild"] 2-4-6-5-3-1
[" I do find hunting and outing
in the wild with friends
exciting but for our skins and lives!"] 2,5 1,4 3,6
____ The End ____
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Cathy Robinson
this was my first and only sestina...i wrote it in about fifteen minutes during a workshop. surprisingly, i was the only one to get past stanza 3...maybe i should try another. let me know what you think.
Dream bridge-
By Cathy Robinson_______
[walking on a bridge of dreams
i quiver at the sight below my knees
buckle and i freeze
dear God, don't let it break
the water's deep and I hope
this bridge will remain strong
right now i'm anything but strong
inching slow upon these dreams
looking everywhere for hope
but finding only terror below
i could really use a break
deep breaths won't help, i freeze
if i fall will the water freeze
my body? trying to stand strong
feet unsure, but my will won't break
deciding to trust the dreams
God gave me, the water below
stills, and i gain new hope
resting in this new found hope
i smile, and the water freezes
all of a sudden what's below
makes me feel almost strong
can't help but trust these dreams
the One who gave them doesn't break
finally the lonesome fear breaks
and light shines on in hope
that i'll not only walk on dreams
but even when my flesh freezes
my spirit remains God-strong
and i don't worry about below
for all that creeps and lies below
pushes my faith not to break
gives me power, a heart so strong
that i can give another hope
pick them up when their flesh freezes
and help them to walk on dreams
so if your dreams threaten to break
don't look below, look to hope
while others freeze, you will be strong.]
____ The End ____
Jack Huber Manohar, in S3 you have repeated "hunting" instead of using "outing," otherwise this conforms perfectly. As a suggestion, since you are not using a classic meter or rhyme, you may want to fill in missing articles (the, an, etc.) to smooth out your lines, i.e. "to go in jungle as outing" could be "to go in the jungle for an outing."Nicely written, Cathy. I especially like the envoy, which sums it up beautifully.Jackon Tuesday ·
Anthea Burson I've long thought of writing one of these. What a perfect time to actually do it. I'm inspired by others' successes as well! I miss my Newton poetry group. (Jobs, travel and families took their toll and the group is no more- and now I am on the road as well, so online is great..
The coffee isn't as good, but you can't have everything. lol)
GREAT job you two!!
Manohar! In just two hours!? I am impressed. Cathy.. wow. Sometimes inspiration hits and things just seem to write themselves, huh? I definitely thing you could try another!And now, I shall try my first. (check back in a week or two- LOL!)
Manohar Bhatia Jack,Thank you very much for coming to my poem........ yes there is typo error in hunting.....in s/3, the last line word should be 'outing'Whew! I have passed the test and here is a bouquet of roses for you as my appreciation!And Anthea Burson, a big thank you for reading and liking.
Jack Huber I want to congratulate all of you who wrote sestinas this week. This is one of the most difficult forms (I think only the cleave is more challenging) and you all did very well. Most other forms will now seem much easier by comparison...Jack.
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