In today's NaPoWriMo post, Maureen Thorson talks about twitter accounts "that tweet phrases from different poets’ work," such as Plath and Shelley and even Vogon poets! Today's prompt suggests, “peruse the work of one or more of these twitter bots, and use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word that stands out to you, as the seed for your own poem.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “write a future poem. The future is a never ending well of worry for some. Others harbor a great deal of optimism. Still others see a mixture of awesome flying cars and terrifying robot overlords. Regardless of your outlook, I hope there’s a poem in your very near future.” Future News Alan, excellent humorous poem! Flex Seal and Plexaderm . . . brilliant soundplay and internal rhyme! Today, in following both prompts, I'm offering a poem in my ongoing novella-in-poems about aswang, mythical Philippine monsters. In the novella so far, two aswang — Clara (a manananggal vampire) and Santiago (a shapeshifter) — fall in love and live as humans in San Francisco. They have a son, Malcolm, who turns out also to be an aswang. During WWII, Santiago enlists and goes off to war, and this poem is set during that time, with Clara as the speaker. (Incidentally, Alan gave us a sonnet four days ago inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and today my poem is a curtal sonnet, a form invented by Hopkins.) Aswang Childhood Six of the poems in my aswang novella will appear this summer in the forthcoming Aeolian Harp Anthology, volume six of the Aeolian Harp Series, due out in a few months from Glass Lyre Press. 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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Great switch when the kid calmly tortures the bat
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