by Jessica Fox-Wilson
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This is my first time playing, so I hope that I followed proper protocol… thanks for organizing this.
Coiled Rope
I didn’t write to prompt (although I loved the Wordle). Here instead is the 2nd installment in my Exhume series.
Here’s my attempt:
Worn Leather Pants
I love all these words and had such a great time with this poem:
http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2009/08/19/read-write-prompt-88-another-wordle/
Here’s mine..
Marriage made in Heaven
His eyes raised homeward to heaven
hands joined in prayer
the eloquent elocution of
razor clipped rant
like rancid coagulated froth in a spoon
poured over his coarse indigent parishioners
threatening hell, fire and brimstone
sexual flings,salacious gossip and hustle bustle
were one way tickets to hell
not worth the suffering
so better be good and get hitched pronto
even if it means walking down the aisle
to a sombre dirge like Handel’s Largo
the only tune on Pa’s old 8 track
since the broken diode killed the radio yesterday and no money to buy a new one
A church organist would have been nice
but that’s not for the likes of
St. Jude of the nobodies.
Catherine replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 3:13 am
I like the way you made the words work together here – it always amazes me how many different stories can be put together from the same words.
Cynthia Short replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:33 am
I agree with Catherine. Loved where the words took you…very well done.
derrick replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Hello Rallentanda,
Friendly type, this vicar! You put the words in his mouth very well!
Nathan replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I especially love the way you end this one.
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 10:34 am
I’m with Nathan -I think the last 5 or 6 lines really tie it up nicely.
mark Stratton replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 11:26 am
This builds so well to a satisfying ending. In that it ties everything up with a soggy bow…
leatherdykeuk replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 3:54 am
What a superb piece. I brings to mind memories of the WI, bickering in the church pre-service.
Therese Broderick replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 8:38 am
Rallentanda–I love the detail about Pa listening to Handel’s “Largo.” The detail reveals so much about the character of the people: maybe poor in money, but not in deep feeling, not in love for beauty. People can be saved by music.
ravenswingpoetry replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 8:41 am
Rallentanda:
Whoa! Nicely constructed and a great reminder of why I ditched organized religion…Good write! I love how you used the prompt words.
-Nicole
lizenslin replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 8:55 am
Rallentanda – I also like the last lines and how you work in 8-track and diode. Very effective.
rob kistner replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 10:30 am
rallentanda –
Cutting, humorous, with an underlying frustration that made it spark knowingly — good write…
…rob
Wanda McCollar replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am
I agree – a good write, Your specific detail and surprising juxtapositions seem effortless, but very witty. I love poems that come together in the end, as does this good poem.
“Withdraw”? Hey my poem is THE MAN IN PAIN…no way to withdraw. On the SERIOUS side….reason I am on early this week. My dear partner was in serious pain….had to rush her to town to hospital…herniated disc looks like….so they gave her morphine for pain…but looks like they gave her too much…so she got extremely constipated to complicate….everything under control when I left hospital. Rush…well he will always be out of control IMO.. anyways I have posted my poem
http://www.waynepitchko.blogspot.com
Therese Broderick replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Wayne–I tried every which way to leave this comment on your own blog, but couldn’t make it work. So here’s the comment: “It’s clever to combine “hitch” with “hike.” I don’t think I’ve yet seen that done in other poems. I also like the contemporary reference to Elizabeth Alexander.”
Wanda McCollar replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Therese, I had a terrible time too, but after several tries I was given a word to identify – which let me leave the comment.
I think it needs a little work but I’m really glad with how this turned out!!
GREAT prompt!!
Senecio
Hello, all – here is my attempt at prompt 88. It was fun working this one out.
Wanda
http://synechdochicstuff.blogspot.com
Wanda McCollar replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 2:19 am
Above – error in the address. Let me try that again. (I wish we could edit comments!)
Prompt 88 http://synecdochicstuff.blogspot.com
Wanda
Barbara _Y replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Amen to the comments comment.
Therese L. Broderick replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Wanda–I admire so many aspects of this poem. I love the concept, what I might call “virtual Elizabethan” (my guess on the period of language you imitate). I love the word choices, and the look on the page. I laughed, I delighted, and I will remember this poem.
Wanda McCollar replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Thank you very, very much, Therese. What a wonderful comment – I’m really overjoyed by your understanding.
Are you having trouble leaving a comment on my site, too? Both mine and Wayne’s are Google sites, i believe, and they ask for some sort of identity – altho’ I have minimized that.
You’ll find mine in this post:
http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/empathy
Wanda McCollar replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Anthony North – with 73 responses to your poem, most from people not RWP people, you do not need any further comment from me. For my poem, I got 7 comments from this group, RWP, Anthony. So, what is going on here with you?
I nearly gave up on these words, but I’m glad I didn’t.
Salacious Diodes
http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2009/08/stories.html
I simply let me mind flow and came out with this is 7 minutes:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/08/static-of-radio-bustles-at-me.html
Here’s what I came up with: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/comments-on-a-dissertation/
Not so easy this week but here it is.
http://melrosemusings.blogspot.com/2009/08/read-write-poem-prompt-88-this-week-is.html
rallentanda replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Shades of Will,Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne.
Very clever use of words.Blimey you’ve done it
again Derrick!
lizenslin replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 8:36 am
Derrick-
Well-said.
This is what I made up with the words,
fling
My first time using the revamped site. How super it all looks.
http://whenthedogsbite.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-twenty-years-since-i-dallied-with.html
after sitting out the past few weeks, it’s good to be back with an offering! really enjoyed this grouping of words, hope you dig and thanks for reading!
http://beatnikprose.blogspot.com/2009/08/caucasian-motivation.html
-lawrence
This was an interesting list of words. Here’s what I came up with:
Gasoline, Meet Match
Seems the link’s not there. Trying again:
Gasoline, Meet Match
I called it Di-Ode’s Homeward Fling because I couldn’t work the words in. I’m not even discussing 8-track. That was sadistic.
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Funny how brains work – using 8-track was the first idea that sent me off writing.
mark Stratton replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I have never been called sadistic before…
Barbara _Y replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Proud to rectify an omission in your lifestory.
mark Stratton replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Well, thank you. I can say I have been called much worse…
I went to the Wordle Word Bank and drew out the entire account in the form of an “epistle”.
Reflections in a fun house mirror
Puddles
This is my effort. Thanks for reading!
Here is my attempt:
How To Survive High School
Thanks for the words, Wordle Word Bankers!
Here is my (extremely humble offering for this week. Used all words except “diode”, “homeward” and the impossible “8-track”!
http://cynthiashort.blogspot.com
lizenslin replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Cynthia-
My slow dial-up connection didn’t let me leave a comment on your blog, so I figured it best to leave one here…
Clever use of words. I like how you applied it to politics. I found diode especially hard. My brain just doesn’t get electricity.
An attempt!:
http://namingconstellations.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/alexander/
Here is my contribution this week.
http://mlschurch.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/rwp-promtp-88/
Here’s my offering today:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/08/20/untitled-8-20-09/
Here is my attempt – I really liked these words! I think I used all but two…(salacious and diode)
Interrogation Teachniques
http://djvorreyer.wordpress.com/readwritepoem-prompt-88-wordle-poem/
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Techniques…I can’t type…sorry.
Barbara _Y replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I kinda like teach-niques.
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Ha! Maybe I’ve created a new word for my education life…
Therese L. Broderick replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Donna–I admire so many aspects of this poem. I love how the poem starts with “Witness” which plays in my mind as both noun and command, and which suggests the interrogator is being witnessed, too. I love the interplay of “interrogation” with the imperative voice which starts each stanza. I like to hear the many off-rhymes, assonance, etc. You seamlessly weave in the prompt words so they don’t seem forced or wrenched. Well-done! (PS I also really liked your recent poem in Autumn Sky Poetry).
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Thank you your kind words – I was pleased with how this one turned out – and thanks for checking out Autumn Sky! It’s my second appearance in that journal and one of my favorites to read.
Donna Vorreyer replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Thank you FOR your kind words – second time today I have not been able to type what my brain is thinking…
wow, y’all get up early!
‘old rockers never die…’
http://therer2doors.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/old-rockers-never-die/
Rallentanda,
I like the second stanza!
I am stuck trying to finish my piece for this prompt #88, but I will complete it and post it before sundown here in Oregon. This where my early attempts oddly ended up: My Hand.
LOVE these wordles – these really created an image for me.
Here it is, called SOMETHING FINER
http://intothewoode.blogspot.com/2009/08/readwrite-poem-prompt-88.html
A Wordle-based poem about a 1968 Pontiac GTO
Rallentanda replied:
August 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Lked this. Well done!
First time on here with new blog…using six of the wordle-words!
http://migrationsummer.blogspot.com/2009/08/read-write-poem-word-bank.html
Love,
Delia
Sorry if I’m double-commenting, but I didn’t see my last one where I shared my wordle-inspired poem.
http://migrationsummer.blogspot.com/2009/08/read-write-poem-word-bank.html
Love,
Delia
My prompted poem “Away from the Ranch” is now posted on my blog –
http://theresebroderick.wordpress.com
The poem was inspired by this RWP prompt, by my recent trip out west, and by a visit to a cactus botanical garden.
Great to be back. Love the new website.
Here’s Di-Ode. http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/08/di-ode/
Working on a dial-up connections means it may take me awhile to read other offerings here. I’ll do my best.
first one!
I used two words:
http://randomstuffbyalex.blogspot.com/2009/08/coagulate.html
Only four words for me, though they were all brilliant.
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/08/88.html
Therese Broderick replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 10:32 am
Jessica, I tried to leave a comment on your own blog but couldn’t get it to work. So here’s my comment–I think you were smart to choose only a few of the prompt words. Poets make choices, and break the rules when necessary. Don’t be afraid to let the prompt take you when you need to go.
I used all the words; it was a bit experimental, but I think it worked:
A summer fling
I’ve traveled to dark memories this day. Gone
Late again, but here you go:
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/08/spooning.html
Barbara _Y replied:
August 21st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Not sure my comment took, but I really like this take on spoon. and fork.
WOW what a great response to the super words…tryin to read as many as I can. I get/LEARN/enjoy…so much from you all….Lots I don’t understand….Like my own….but that never bothers me….GREAT weekend to you alllllll
Alas, I didn’t manage to write to the prompt this week! But in case anyone’s interested, here’s the link to the weekly Torah poem I wrote and posted this week:
The place
http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/08/this-weeks-portion-the-place.html
http://rachelsrepositoryofpromptpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-animals-all-dressed-up-in-frothy.html
The Good and Morbid Tendencies
by John Hale
how too this atrocious earth
we call our own
how too the throne of our laborers
still laboring to make their own
muck and slop find themselves amongst our crew
adn to this a pile of shit pursuits
as was Dante a man caught in a dream
of Hell’s haunting waters and streams
We are but lowly spiders hanging by but a thread
til said twine dismembers and once breaking
we are truly dead
The fabricaiotn of our such tendnecies is the elaboration and inherited traits that make up our demeanors