April 4 . . . today is renowned poet Maya Angelou's birthday. Brava! Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “[W]rite a poem in which you take your title or some language/ideas from The Strangest Things in the World. First published in 1958, the book gives shortish descriptions of odd natural phenomena, and is notable for both its author’s turn of phrase and intermittently dubious facts.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “[W]rite a mistake poem.” I rummaged around in The Strangest Things in the World — what a fun, quirky book! — and found a short essay on "The Fourth Realm of Life," which discusses the various fauna of forest canopies around the world. I was intrigued in that essay by the Tamandua, an arboreal anteater in South America. I borrowed a bit of language from the essay's description of the tamandua. Here's a curtal sonnet again, mixing both prompts as usual. Tamandua Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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He certainly does look pet-able. I found Henry's book fascinating too, even if he was a bit prone to hyperbole. All I came up with was a haiku, although I wrote a longer poem in response to two other prompts.
Bruce, nothing wrong with a haiku. It was a good one, too.
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