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Awakened by cries
Dreams end
Flower girls hope
In jest
Knowing love might not
Offer peace
Quietly remember somebody true
Under violently weeping xylophones
Yodeling Zeitgeist.
How could I resist the challenge to write a poem where each word began with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Thanks Slouching Mom.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
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love it!
you know what's funny -- i played with "zeitgeist" for some time, but it didn't work in the context of my poem.
weeping xylophones--what a great way to use an x word. great poem.
These are all so fun.
Great poem.
fun!
Terrific!
You did a fabulous job with this poem! I hope to try my hand at it soon.
Awakened by cries
Dreams end
I love these lines, which almost transform the dreams themselves into a separate being, a separate consciousness.
Brilliant.
I know you started it as a fun challenge, but it truly ended as an amazing poem.
"Flower girls hope in jest".
I could see them, laughing, and hoping, and afraid to hope.
Beautiful.
While my xylophone gently weeps...
Nice! This is such a fun thing to do, and it can really elicit good stuff (yours is a case in point!). I once did a similar flash fiction exercise with 26 sentences, each one beginning with the consecutive letters of the alphabet. It can work with a blog post, too, if you want to get creative one day :)
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Awakened by cries
Dreams end
Flower girls hope
In jest
Knowing love might not
Offer peace
Quietly remember somebody true
Under violently weeping xylophones
Yodeling Zeitgeist.
How could I resist the challenge to write a poem where each word began with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Thanks Slouching Mom.
Alphabetical Subconscious
Dreams end
Flower girls hope
In jest
Knowing love might not
Offer peace
Quietly remember somebody true
Under violently weeping xylophones
Yodeling Zeitgeist.
How could I resist the challenge to write a poem where each word began with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Thanks Slouching Mom.