Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: "[T]oday we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that incorporates at least one of the following: (1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from an outside text, and/or (3) phrases that oppose each other in some way. If you can use two elements, great — and if you can do all three, wow!" Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: "For today’s prompt, write a stolen poem. And no, don’t steal anyone’s poem! But you can write about doing such a thing. Or stealing hearts, stealing time, stealing minds. Or steeling your mind (remember: I don’t care if you play on my original prompt). Steal away into a comfortable place to write and break some lines today." Melding both prompts as usual. I've got a villanelle for you, where the refrain lines are excerpted from arguably the most well-known 20th-century villanelle, "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas. While I've stolen the refrain lines, a la Brewer, they're only half stolen, because I'm lifting only the first half of the lines; Thomas's refrains are "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "Rage, rage against the dying of the light," but I'm using only the first half of each refrain. Anyway, I've certainly covered the first two of Thorson's three elements there, but I may have also satisfied Thorson's "phrases that oppose each other" element, since there's an opposition here, with "fancy armor" and "Chivalry and valor" pitted against "extreme naked / rage." The poem is about the History Channel show Knight Fight, where participants don metal armor and fight each other with medieval weapons — swords, spears, maces, axes, and the like — not sharp, but nonetheless hard steel, full contact. Fascinating show, mega-testosterone and heavy metal, in the original sense. Fight Club or MMA with forged metal, not just fists. Knight Fight 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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Interesting exercise - you were more successful than me regarding Maureen's "triple prompt". I like how you employed Thomas's lines.
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