Take the following paragraph and put in line breaks to make it into a poem. Be sure to enjamb at least two of your lines!
The clashes and groans from the lake continued unabated, dreadful at night, and the sound of the night wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath. Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house, but outside it hissed and trickled, like the pressure of water against your eardrums, and like the sounds you hear in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans from the lake continued unabated,
ReplyDeletedreadful at night, and the sound of the night
wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and
fumbled like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water
against your eardrums, like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans of the lake continued unabated,
ReplyDeletedreadful at night, and the sound of the night
wind in the mountains was like one long
indrawn breath. Downstairs the flood bumped
and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water
against your eardrums, and like the sounds
You hear in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans of the lake continued unabated,
ReplyDeletedreadful at night, and the sound of the night
wind in the mountains was like one long
indrawn breath. Downstairs the flood
bumped and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the water pressure of water
against your eardrums, like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.
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ReplyDeleteThe clashes and groans from the lake continued
ReplyDeleteunabated, dreadful at night,
and the sound of the night wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath. Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled like a blind man
in a strange house,but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water
against your eardrums, and like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans from the lake continued
ReplyDeleteunabated, dreadful at night,
and the sound of the night wind in the mountains
was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped
and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed
and trickled, like the pressure of water
against your eardrums,
and like the sounds you hear in the moment
before you faint.
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ReplyDeleteThe clashes and groans
ReplyDeletefrom the lake continued unabated, dreadful
at night, and the sound of the night wind in the mountains
was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled like a blind man
in a strange house, but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water against your ear-
drums and like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans from the lake continued
ReplyDeleteunabated, dreadful at night
and the sound of the night wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled
like a blind man in a strange house
but outside it hissed and trickled
like the pressure of water against your ear-
drums and like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint
The clashes and groans from the lake continued, (BREAK)
ReplyDeleteunabated, dreadful at night, and the sound of the mountains was like one long indrawn breath. (BREAK)
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled, (BREAK)
like a blind man in a strange house, but outside it hissed and trickled, (BREAK)
like the pressure of water against your eardrums, and like the sound you hear (BREAK)
in the moment before you faint.
Sorry but my lines were too long to fit, so I put "(BREAK)" where the lines end.
ReplyDeleteThe clashes and groans from the lake continued
ReplyDeleteunabated, dreadful at night, and the sound of the night wind
in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house
but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water against your eardrums,
and like the sounds you hear in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans from the lake continued unabated,
ReplyDeletedreadful at night, and the sound of the night
wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled
like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled, like the pressure of water
against your eardrums, and like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans form the lake continued,
ReplyDeleteunbated, dreadful at night, and the sound of the night wind
in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled like a blind man
in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled, like the pressure of water
against you eardrums
and like the sounds you hear in the moment before you faint
The clashes and groans of the lake continued unabated,
ReplyDeleteDreadful at night, and the sound of the night
Wind in the mountains was like one long
Indrawn breath. Downstairs the flood
Bumped and fumbled like a blind man in a strange house,
But outside it hissed and trickled,
Like the water pressure of water
Against your eardrums, like the sounds you hear
In the moment before you faint.
The clashes and groans from the lake continued unabated, dreadful at night,
ReplyDeleteand the sound of the night wind in the mountains was like one long indrawn breath.
Downstairs the flood bumped and fumbled
like a blind man in a strange house,
but outside it hissed and trickled,
like the pressure of water
against your eardrums,
and like the sounds you hear
in the moment before you faint.