Today another intro from the blog in April 2013. Day 25. 5/6 of the way through National Poetry Month. 5 squared. 5 times 5. 25 is the first number mentioned in the title of one of my favorite Chicago songs: "25 or 6 to 4." I was 18 when that song came out in 1970 and I learned Terry Kath's bravura guitar solo in it by listening to the record over and over, working out the solo note by note. Even now, 43 years later, Kath's influence on my lead guitar playing continues to be substantial.It's now 54 years later, and that last sentence is still true. And now today's poetry prompts. Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on the “Proust Questionnaire,” a set of questions drawn from Victorian-era parlor games, and adapted by modern interviewers. You could choose to answer the whole questionnaire, and then write a poem based on your answers, answer just a few, or just write a poem that’s based on the questions. You could even write a poem in the form of an entirely new Proust Questionnaire. We have a fairly standard, 35-question version of the questionnaire laid out for you below.” You can see Maureen's questionnaire here. Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, write a homonym poem. A homonym is either (or both) a homograph (word spelled the same with different meanings and possibly different pronunciations) or a homophone (word that is pronounced the same but has different spellings).” Robert gives a couple links of homophone and homograph examples: homophones / homographs. One of the questions in Maureen's Proust questionnaire is "Who are your favorite writers?" I'm answering that but changing it to "Who are your favorite bass players?" since I'm a bass player myself. I'm also including one homophone and one homograph. Can you see those homonym pairs (which overlap) in the poem? This poem is a senryu, with a traditional haiku shape (5-7-5 syllables). Victor Wooten Yes, it's kind of a silly little ditty, but it gets the job done today. The homophones are base / base, and the homographs are bass (musical instrument) / bass (fish). Apologies to Victor if he actually is a bass fisherman.
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2 comments:
Quite clever. More importantly, though, this poem is fun and can be appreciated by those who may be otherwise intimidated by poetry
Jennifer
Linking a homophone and a homograph is quite clever, indeed.
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