Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “[W]rite a response poem. Your poem could be in response to a popular poem by another poet, sure, but it could also be a response to a poem you wrote earlier this month. ” Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt today “is based on the aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An aisling recounts a dream or vision featuring a woman who represents the land or country on/in which the poet lives, and who speaks to the poet about it. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that recounts a dream or vision, and in which a woman appears who represents or reflects the area in which you live. Perhaps she will be the Madonna of the Traffic Lights, or the Mysterious Spirit of Bus Stops. Or maybe you will be addressed by the Lost Lady of the Stony Coves.” Today, following Brewer’s prompt, I’m responding to a poem I wrote on Day Ten: "Ode to Chicharon," the iconic snack of the Philippines, pork belly chicharon, fried to a crispy goodness: chunks of meat, fat, and luscious skin. Following Thorson’s prompt, I’m imagining an aisling visit from my mom in a dream, done in tanka prose, a Japanese combination of prose text with a tanka, a five-line poem that traditionally has a syllabic pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 (at least in the US, though not all American tanka writers follow that convention these days).
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Wow, this is so beautiful and touching, Vince. Thanks for sharing.
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