Games Poets Play – A Prompt to Muddle the Brain
Poets write poetry. They rant in verse. Cry in ink. Layer thoughts on paper. Emote though words.
But they also paint in rhyme. Describe in stanzas. Bring to life in rhythmic script.
Sometimes the words flow like a restless river. Often they march in syllabic form.
There is no one way of doing poetry. It can be an instinctive outpouring of emotion, or pulled out of the soul with a prompt.
There are occasions where prompts can become quite complicated. They become puzzles where words or lines have to be matched in predetermined patterns. These prompts sometimes produce forced verse, but that it okay. Because sometimes a line is born which then becomes the seed for another poem.
Sometimes I take my naturally competitive nature, and apply it to writing. Today was one of those days. I wanted to challenge myself. I was ready to lose sleep over the task. I wanted to try something I had never done before. The end result is a rather abstract piece about life.
Here it is:
Have you spotted the pattern? The first letter of each word matches the last letter of the word before. This carries on throughout the poem with the first letter of the title matching the last letter of the last word in the poem.
If you are brave, why not have a go? And please let me know if you take up the challenge.
Disclaimer: This challenge is purely for the readers pleasure. I cannot be held responsible for any sleep lost ☺.
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