Poetry competition CLOSED 24th March 2019 7:30pm
WINNER
eswaller
eswaller
Diamanté Daiquiri
Poetry Contest Description
Write 1 to a maximum of 5 diamanté poems (pictures optional). Participants vote for one poem per author. Winner and runners up determined by hi-count score. Duration 3 weeks (voting ends midnight, March 16)
Diamante Daiquiri
A diamante poem has the shape of a diamond. It does not have to rhyme. Similar to the Cinquain poem, its lines use specific word types—nouns, adjectives, and gerunds (–ing words).
Typically, a diamante poem has 7 lines, in which two subjects merge. These topics may be synonyms (e.g., kindness/patience) or antonyms (e.g., night/day).
Line 1 = one word (the noun or subject); Line 2 = two adjectives (describing line 1); Line 3 = three –ing words (describing line 1); Line 4 = four nouns, in which the first two relate to line 1 and the last two relate to line 7; Line 5 = three –ing words (describing line 7); Line 6 = two adjectives (describing line 7); Line 7 = one word (the other noun or subject). See template above.
Read more here: https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Diamante
watire
WATER
drippy, wet
cleansing, flowing, refreshing
glass, match, stove, thirst
burning, scorching, searing
destructive, intense
FIRE
© cab 2019 February 24
drippy, wet
cleansing, flowing, refreshing
glass, match, stove, thirst
burning, scorching, searing
destructive, intense
FIRE
© cab 2019 February 24
Written by cabcool
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watire
WATER
drippy, wet
cleansing, flowing, refreshing
glass, match, stove, thirst
burning, scorching, searing
destructive, intense
FIRE
© cab 2019 February 24
drippy, wet
cleansing, flowing, refreshing
glass, match, stove, thirst
burning, scorching, searing
destructive, intense
FIRE
© cab 2019 February 24
Written by cabcool
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Hey, slipalong, thanks for slipping in your entry. Gratitude to Tallen for relating to the centering (BrE centring) dilemma.
Here's how to fix the unruly array (the disarray).
There are two possible solutions:
(a) In MSWord, click the HOME button and select the centred-text layout in Paragraph display (See attached image).
But you probably know that already and it does not control layout in DU!
So let's take the second solution, which resides within DU itself.
(b) After typing your diamante or any other poem or text, scroll down the page to Text Alignment and check the Centre Text box (see image again). This will automatically furnish a perfect layout.
Please fix your entry and resubmit it.
Hi, Tallen
Thanks for commiserating with slipalong. I've offered him a solution that might be helpful to you, as well.
Here's how to fix the unruly array (the disarray).
After typing your diamante or any other poem or text, scroll down the page to Text Alignment and check the Centre Text box (see image). This will automatically furnish a perfect layout.
