Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Today, I’d like to challenge you to think about the argot of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem. Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “For today’s prompt, write a lucky number poem. Some people have lucky numbers, some don’t. Wherever you fall on the lucky number spectrum, you can still write a poem about the phenomenon of lucky numbers and/or luck in general.” Robert Lee Brewer's sample "lucky number" poem today was a triolet. Robert often uses the triolet form for his examples. So I thought I'd try to write a triolet. They're tough: line 1 comes back as 4 and 7, while line 2 returns at the end. Merging both prompts again. I'm using here a famous set of numbers in Powerball lore — when 110 people won second prize because they had all entered the same set of numbers they found in fortune cookies! In the poem, I also tried to use as many numbers as possible. And the professional argot appears in the title. Powerball Jackpot Payout Multiplier Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don’t find the word “comments” in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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Clever use of the triolet!
Thanks, Bruce! Kinda cheated with that last line.
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