Day Seven. The proverbial day of rest Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: "Write a discovery poem." Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: "Write a poem about luck and fortuitousness." As you may know about my writing, it sometimes takes me a while to get going in a poem. There's a kind of bubbling that can only build slowly in one of mine, it seems. Which is why I often write sonnets, I think. They're just big enough to encompass that initial simmer but small enough that I have to get to the point pretty soon. So I wondered today how small I could write. For the purpose I decided to go with a single lune. Specifically the lune invented by Jack Collom: 3 words, 5 words, 3 words. A Yes Not bad. Incidentally, checking syllables just for fun, pretty close to the traditional haiku 5-7-5: my little poem here is 4-9-5, one syllable more overall. Notice, by the way, I shied away from that other lune, the Robert Kelly one: 5-3-5 syllables. Quite a challenge, claustrophobically small. Okay, on to the good Doctor Holmes's poem. Again Alan gives us an intro: "I have blended Robert Lee Brewer's discovery notion with Maureen Thorson's consideration of luck. I also thought, given that Thorson has offered the luck prompt in honor of its being the seventh of April, that I would work with the Welsh form of Englyn Milwer, a stanza of three lines with seven syllables for each line; the three lines of each stanza must rhyme. I managed some internal rhymes as well. It's not the most profound piece, but it was a fun exercise and a good excuse for a new draft." Windfall 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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