Monday, April 4, 2022

PAD Day 4: Need Inspiration? Here's Help!

 Today's dual prompts from Write Better Poetry and NaPoWriMo: (1)Write a "catch up" poem, and (2) write a poem about poetry prompts, using as inspiration the surreal Instagram posts of Matthias Svalina.


Poetry Prompts
 
1.
Use the following words in a poem: 
blaspheme, truncate, unctuous, ramma-lamma-ding-dong, blowzy,
armadillo, caterwaul, huggermugger, splunge, sesquipedalian 
Next, delete all the above words. The result is a poem.
 
2.
Take a poem you have already written.
Put it on a leash and take it for a walk in the park.
Once at the park, release it and let it roam.
(Obey local leash laws.)
Run after your poem and catch up with it.
Look at what the poem is rooting for beneath the autumn leaves.
That is your next poem.
 
3.
Write a poem about the darkness of your soul.
Tear the poem into at least a hundred pieces.
Plant each piece of the poem around town, so they will grow
into an overwhelming pall of impending doom.
Write a new poem about sunshine and flowers.
 
4.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Stir 2 cups of words in a large bowl 
with 1 cup each of flour, sugar, milk and hot sauce.
Pour into a 9x12 pan.
Bake 35 minutes or until a knife comes out clean
when poked into the middle stanza.
Cut into 3-inch squares and enjoy!

3 comments:

Elizabeth Boquet said...

Oh! That 2nd stanza's a gem!

De Jackson said...

SO good, Bruce!

Vince Gotera said...

Bruce, very nice. I like the recipe ending. Bravo!