Halfway there and looking strong, today’s challenge is to write a Sestina inspired by a type of mushroom.
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| Image source: Wikipedia, found via PBS Food Article: “Magical Mushrooms: The Allure of Edible Fungi” |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A late 19th/ early 20th Century illustration consisting of 13 mushrooms with numeric labels and a key below. The caption is "Edible Fungi" and they are as follows, left-to-right, top-to-bottom: 1-Tasty Fungus which looks like an orangey-brown funnel. 2-Morchelle, which looks like a short, squat matchstick with a large head that's similar to honeycomb. B-Yellow Cockscomb, which looks like seaweed fronds but upright. 4-Early Toadstool, which looks like crushed, red velvet stuck to a mannequin head. 5-Cantarelle, which looks a little like the fluted end of a clarinet or trumpet, but a kind of light, russet brown. 6-Truffles, which look like lumps of dense meatloaf. 7-Stubble Fungus, which honestly looks like a pale skin growth tapering onto a narrow stalk. 8-Butterfly Fungus, which looks absolutely nothing like a butterfly but more like a normal field mushroom with a dark, russet-brown cap. 9-Stone-Mushroom, which looks like a fat version of the Butterfly Fungus. 10-Masseron which looks a little like yellowish ears on stalks. 11-Parasol Mushroom which does look like its name - elegant, variegated sun umbrella. 12-Champignon, or Cultivated Mushroom, looks like standard field mushrooms you'd buy in a shop. 13-Hooded Toadstool, which looks very like the Butterfly Fungus, but as if its cap is peeled back a little so you can see the underside, pale gills more easily. End image description.]
