(An A to Z 2013 Challenge Entry)
On
top of Camp NaNoWriMo and the A to Z Challenge, it is also National
Poetry Month. While I’m sure there are a handful of other events taking place, these three have been the most prominent for me. So far the A to Z Challenge is chugging along, but I’ve not yet
dabbled in Camp NaNoWriMo; my meager 10k word goal.
As
for poetry? Not my cup of tea. However, my blog meanderings have left
me inspired to partake in some. While I know deep inside this is a
terrible, terrible idea — on par with skydiving without a parachute — I
just can’t seem to help myself.
While
roaming the A to Z participant list, I came across a handful of blogs
that I decided to follow. One of these was Rebeccah Writes (also one of
my Liebster Award nominees). Her theme this month is Oulipo poetry. It
is a form of poetry that, from my understanding, uses a variety of
constraints in order to challenge creative boundaries.
The
first example for “A” was Acronymic poetry. Now I couldn’t find a whole
lot about this online, and what I did find seemed to be different.
Perhaps I wasn’t searching correct terminology. I don’t know. Either
way, I’m going by the example she provided being it seemed like a lot of
fun.
The constraint for this is: Each letter in the title furnishes the initials of the words in each line.
She
offered the example of Fear. So each line would be 4 words long; the
first beginning with the letter F, second E, third A, and the fourth
word “R”
This
is the constraint I decided to explore with. Mind you, I don’t write
poetry — the last time being in kindergarten — while the words are
specific, there is little rhyme (or reason... couldn’t resist), and
tenses thrown to the wind. I’d like to think there is a story in there. Somewhere. Deep. That’s what I’ll tell myself to help me sleep at night.
Okay, okay... on with the show! I present to you:
END
Each new day
Engage numerous dimensions
Escape normality disenchantment
Everyday nothings discarded
Encapsulated nevermore, detainless
Endings never determined
Each new day
Eviscerate notions demanding
Enthralling neurotic derailments
Ego’s narcissistic delusion
Eventual negative deluge
Each new day
Ethereal nomadic divulging
Extraordinary news describing
Evils noticed decomposing
Each new day
Entrancing, nature’s domain
Eternal, never dying
Each new day
Endless navigational doorways
Each new day
And there it is. My first — and possibly last — poem in ages. I can dig it. Can you dig it?
I also wanted to link another blogger Average Poet, another of my nominees, who has chosen a poetry theme for this months challenge.
I’d highly recommending checking out both blogs! They have some great stuff up!
Do you write poetry? Do you have a favorite poet/poem? If so, who/which? Have you ever heard of Oulipo poetry?
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It’s been a long while. I briefly discuss some of this year’s shortcomings, and in doing so, find it’s just more of the same.
Then I attempt to give a more positive spin…
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Learn more about the challenge where my team and I play games and heal kids!