Day 15. Here's an intro from Day 15 of 2013: Tax day, everyone. Hope you didn't forget! Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo suggestion: “we’d like to encourage you to . . . become inspired by the wide, wonderful, and sometimes wacky world of postage stamps. . . . [S]tamps are a quasi-lyrical, quasi-bizarre look into what different cultures (or at least their postal authorities) hold dear.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, write a middle poem. Some people feel stuck in the middle; others like being in the middle of things. There are foods that are known for their middles (like jelly doughnuts and empanadas). So poem your way to, within, or away from the middle today.” I found a postage stamp that features the axolotl, a Mexican salamander. Axolotls are renowned for their cute smiles, and they are sought after for aquariums. My favorite are the leucistic axolotls, who are pink, like the one pictured below. They are sometimes called Mexican walking fish, though they are not fish at all. They have three pairs of reddish external gills that form a kind of halo behind their heads. Here's the postage stamp: Today, I'm not using a received form but rather quatrains rhymed aaaa, almost — a form invented for the occasion. This kind of rhyming is called monorhyme. As usually I'm also melding the prompts. The Axolotl Here's another bit of trivia . . . the 50 peso Mexican bank note features the axolotl. Click on the image below to see it larger. Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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We seem to be on similar wavelengths. I wrote my poems belately the past couple days, not having visited yours. Yesterday we both used color words for our anaphora, and today we used stamps about "fishy" creatures. What are the odds? Come visit my blog when you can!
I want one!
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