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(34 Posts)
Gemini1789 Sat 09-Nov-19 08:57:04

Anyone else like to write some “ poetry “ ?

I think this might work.
I will quote a line from a poem I know and we can do our own version. The quote doesn’t have to be exact. Add a line to rhyme with the last one and an extra line for the next person. I’ll start with ....

My heart leaps up when I behold

Gemini1789 Tue 12-Nov-19 09:09:12

They came to say “no more rhyme”
Poetry didn’t work this time.

Thanks everyone who tried this thread. It didn’t seem to work out somehow. Maybe someone else could start one. I might drift back to the Limericks.

Gemini1789 Mon 11-Nov-19 15:20:31

The wind is blowing that’s for sure
Someone’s knocking at my door

Doodle Mon 11-Nov-19 14:02:25

crazyH ......So I’ll give another line a miss.

gemini789. ....Don’t make another person sad ☹️

New one

The wind is blowing that’s for sure

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 21:06:27

Oops. We crossed. Sorry Crazy, was that a line for the next one or how you’re feeling.

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 21:04:55

Do good deeds instead of bad

crazyH Sun 10-Nov-19 21:02:16

I don't know where to go with this

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 20:59:43

Would help us all in this great land

Ashcombe Sun 10-Nov-19 17:56:46

A smile, a wave, a helping hand

Grannyknot Sun 10-Nov-19 17:37:58

If we all put on our bravest face

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 16:11:32

Shall we try just one line each ?

The world would be a better place

crazyH Sun 10-Nov-19 16:04:40

We’ll shake hands and say hello
And off far afield we’ll go

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 13:29:08

Thanks for trying to help me out , Crazy.
I tried to get the hang of what a sonnet is and I think it’s too complicated. But when I looked up sonnet I came across quatrain which might be easier. It’s 4 lines only . It has to rhyme and an example is Humpty Dumpty which we all know.
So we could start with Beige’s line ,

Maybe one day again we'll meet
A friendly face across the street

crazyH Sun 10-Nov-19 10:00:50

Agree Gemini ? Another idea - instead of each one doing 2 lines , let's each add one line, and make the poem a Sonnet and the 14th person starts a new line ...just an idea

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 10:00:34

To Henetha

Don’t give up you’re good at this
Carry on. You mustn’t miss !

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sun 10-Nov-19 10:00:22

Ah, those memories are so bittersweet
Maybe one day again we'll meet

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:59:00

I looked at the stars and thought 'what might'
The years have gone - can't set it right

I did my best you can’t do more .

henetha Sun 10-Nov-19 09:56:20

This game is a complete mystery to me
So I'll give up and make a cup of tea.
(sorry! grin )

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:54:53

I was thinking ...... how can this end ? Any ideas ?
How about ... anyone can end it whenever they want to or it risks going on and on . A new person wouldn’t know what’s going on unless they read several pages back.

crazyH Sun 10-Nov-19 09:53:32

I looked at the stars and thought 'what might'
The years have gone - can't set it right

BradfordLass72 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:51:50

Drinking alone by moonlight
I bethought me of lost loves

Gemini1789 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:50:06

Sadly we need a new start

THE END

Drinking alone by moonlight

Dawn22 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:36:08

You got in before me Ashcombe. Not to worry.

Dawn22 Sun 10-Nov-19 09:34:19

There ears are clenched for hearing.
And dear hearts are broken yet hoping.

Ashcombe Sun 10-Nov-19 09:29:38

But discovery we are both fearing.
It could mean for us we must part

wildswan16 Sat 09-Nov-19 21:18:41

Waiting silently as time slowly runs
The hour of their meeting is nearing