Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “write a ‘concrete’ poem — a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem. This might seem like a very modernist idea, but poets have been writing concrete poems since the 1600s! Your poem can take a simple shape, like a box or ball, or maybe you’ll have fun trying something more elaborate.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “write an ekphrastic poem. An ekphrastic poem is one that’s inspired by a work of art, whether that’s a painting, photograph, sculpture, or some other creation.” Robert's post today provides five images that one could write on; click here if you're interested in seeing them. I’ve chosen to write my ekphrasis on this image from Brewer's five visual prompts. Today, I’ve written another poem in my aswang monster novella, which I described yesterday. This poem is set around the same time as yesterday’s poem on Malcolm, with Clara thinking about her husband Santiago at war, knowing his deepest desires are in opposition to their promise to each other not to give in to their monstrous impulses. The Soldier’s Wife About today's poem, Alan writes, “I thought a poem about the commercialization of Easter would be appropriate, so I took Herbert’s ‘Easter Wings’ and gave it a visual reversal so that the stanzas are shaped like Imperial Tie Fighters.” Easter Things Fun poem, Alan! And rhyme too! Also, everyone, this is an ekphrastic poem as well, riffing on cinema. I think there's a widespread belief that ekphrasis in poetry is only done in response to art. Not true 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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I'm using the prompts from PAD and NaPoWriMo simultaneously as well. I like how you created your shape. The words felt like they were flowing through the hourglass.
Ha! Guess who did the same thing? I used the hourglass photo too, as inspiration for the concrete form. Check mine out, and also the hay(na)ku sonnet I wrote today!
Thanks, Maria.
Thanks too, Bruce. Did you see my hay(na)ku post for Day 10? Look at the bottom of the post!
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