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Today’s prompt is from Read Write Poem member Catherine who provided the contents for today’s prompt, a Wordle.
Use one, or use them, all in the poem you write today. 
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WOW…. the instructions are getting a bit vague….finally found them. USE ONE OR ALL.. I chose all.
A Day in Thailand.
The saffron coloured Thai delight
With pepper well endowed
The dizzy ride on Samlo fine
The squall that scattered crowd
The rusty squeaking ancient wheels
That make the tourist flinch
Reverberate with eerie sound
Progress is by the inch!
Emporiums in Eastern Style
Sell goods of various kind.
Crow, meat and tendrils long
Everything you find!
A typhoon fierce is hovering
Tomorrow it will land
I dump the cylce, catch a cab
Home to a safer land!
Phew..I think I got them all.
©Ingeborg. April 2010.
Mark Lysgaard replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:34 am
That’s AWESOME!! LOVE IT!
Well done!
~Mark
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:09 am
Ingeborg, this is sooo imaginative and poetic. I love the last line – “Phew..I think I got them all.”
only kidding.
Joanne Johns replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:24 am
Very tidy, well done!
Stan Ski replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:40 am
Sawasdee khrap – sounds like Khrung Thep to me.
Stiletto replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:45 am
you made me wish I be in Thailand now!
Ingeborg replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 6:03 am
Thank you all for your kind comments. I am really enjoying this
Am amazed at how many variations we come up with given the same prompt.
Letter to his older sister involving 12 words.
Ended up with something weird that I’m not sure what to do with… got all the words in, though.
Tin Man
Ingeborg replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 1:05 am
LOL well I did try to catch the ambiance of a day in Thailand. Samlo is Thai for Rickshaw. But yes…it is rather whimsical trying to fit in all the words.
Ingeborg replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 1:08 am
hahah I just read your Tin Man. I thought you were commenting on my weird poem LOL. Love your weird one though
Made me laugh.
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:48 pm
nice Joseph! especially love
I’ll open you up like a cupboard
Happy Earth Day!!
NaPoWriMo #22
I call this pepper love
When passion reverberates
….
poemsotherwise.blogspot.com
Oh cool, my words! I’ve been carefully trying to forget them all month so that I can surprise myself. In the meantime, here is my Day 22 poem, a bit of nonsense using the perfectly flawed prompt.
I tried myself on another Tanka and only used the Crow.
Ploughed is the spring field
The crow sits on broken earth
Looking for sweet worms
One creature’s lost home and life
Another one’s rich breakfast.
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:28 am
Cool! Yours is so much happier a poemlet than Ted Hughes’s Crow collection!
kolokolchiki replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Your middle line is a great hinge for the two halves of the tanka. Well done.
Wordles that Curdle. A surprising departure from rhyme and meter.
Here ya go…
http://babblingoninbabylon.com/blog
I got a senryu from yesterday’s prompt. http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com
Whacko Wordle
I flinched
at the sight
of the fierce looking crow woman
in colours of saffron rust and pepper
with matted tendrils and dread locks
reeking of patchouli
some dizzy hippy wandering about
the Nimbin emporium
‘Cat Power’ reverberating off the walls
louder than the squalid squall outside
waiting for a hit and tomorrow’s dole cheque
pamela sayers replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Rall,
This reminds me of some of the people living on the streets in NYC. Spooky.
Pamela
Sheer balderdash and poppycock, but I got ‘em all in!
Tomorrow
Tomorrow I will make a dish
with chilli pepper, saffron and fish
which I will buy from the emporium
on the corner of the street near the crematorium.
Tomorrow I will go
through squall, fierce hail or snow
to buy these things. I will not flinch
at the price, though dizzy from the pinch
of penury.
Tomorrow fears of poverty
reverberate against memories of plenty
and so I think I must
allow the enamel dish to rust
and use the contents to feed the crow
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:29 am
Darn it, I missed tendril!
Stiletto replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:46 am
Very good! Tendril is a difficult one!
You all are making me to try the use all the words!
derrick replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 am
I like this, Vivienne. I was wondering if you couldn’t work tendril in, liked to poverty – poverty’s choking tendril – or something but that may not sit so well with the next line. Vexatious things these words eh?!
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:06 am
Thanks Derrick. I’ve woven it in as “the pinch of the tentacles of penury.”
Well, I’m still here, thanks to you guys! Post-Zombification
Bazaar! Emporium!
Here’s my first attempt at a WORDLE
Stan’s wordle provoked this reaction in me (off prompt, for the first time this month):
Boredom
A dense grey fog, cotton wool fuzzy ,
opaque as a wall of undergrowth.
It is silent, wordless,
smells of dust and unaired rooms
and tastes of stale bread.
When people are near,
near enough to engage,
it evaporates instantly.
It dissolves in books,
and runs from creativity.
Unwelcome, it lives in my head,
sought only at night,
invoking dreamless sleep.
Stan Ski replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:56 am
Your response is a compliment – the resulting poem could be a complement.
As for your Wordle – I’m going to try it – tomorrow. I have all the ingredients.
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:30 am
I can’t guarantee that it’ll taste good!
Our old friend the wordle! Here’s mine:
http://melrosemusings.blogspot.com/2010/04/salvaging-dreams-napowrimo-day-22.html
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:51 am
Very neat and to the point.
I only used the vertical words at Scrambled, Not Fried
It is Shakespeare’s birthday in a few a days.
A Shakespearean sonnet to begin the celebrations
‘Persephone’
http://rallentanda.blogspot.com
After so much pression, I wrote my poem with all the words (you all are too good!)
http://stiletto.crisopeya.eu/2010/04/22/napowrimo-22-a-wordle/
Have a nice Earth day!
Faraway Bazaar
http://herwordsbloomed.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22-wordle.html
http://mothersparrow.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/clandestine/
I used 3 words — & I’m gonna be late for work!!
http://another2doors.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/a-childs-strange-thoughts-on-the-sea/
Taking the Crow Home
I would take this day down like a tent,
Take home the pale billows
the rust of the old tractor on the picnic blanket.
I’d remember it all in the unfolding,
the saffron of the setting sun sprinkled in your eyes.
The light a fabric coolly lain on our skin,
the dirt on your hands as you stood up
would fall after in flecks of pepper on a bland plate.
Just to see you lying in the corn
in a blur of heat, the breeze on your skirt
made minutes reverberate. Dizzy
with the moment I could have touched you.
The crows spent hours practicing your laughter,
fiercely eyed the tendrils of hair tucked behind your ear
as gold they wanted for their nests.
You took one of their feathers home,
then left it in my car. The quill pricked my hand
as I took it inside to add to my emporium of tomorrow,
its exhibit of moments that slipped from my fingers like dreams.
Matt Quinn replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:01 am
Wonderful poem. Envy, envy, envy.
angel replied:
April 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 am
thanks matt- to be honest i thought this was a hard prompt
Irene replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:29 am
Dizzily put together,
Am I the only one that picked up a steampunk vibe from this wordle?
“Clockwork Passion”:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/nebsy/writing/5049841-napowrimo-22
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:42 am
This silly old bat asks “what is steampunk”?
Matt Quinn replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:59 am
I had to look it up, Vivienne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:10 am
Thanks, Matt. It sounds pretty horrid from the Wiki description. Several people on the same CW course as I did wrote stuff like that!
Joseph Harker replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
nebs: I’d like to think mine ventured into steampunk territory, but it ended up being more metaphorical than I expected.
Now you’ve got me thinking, though… a steampunk Wordle would be mad fun.
I got four of the words in, which is better than I usually do.
http://rhiannonproblematising.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/napowrimo-22-kitchen-colours/
http://crankymango.blogspot.com/2010/04/tomorrow.html
vivienne Blake replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:46 am
Wow! I enjoyed that.
Three short pieces inspired by a recent drive to Middleburgh, NY, and by reading Michael Czarnecki’s book Twenty Days On Route 20.
“Middleburgh Sketches: April 19, 2010″
Read or listen here:
http://jasoncrane.org/2010/04/22/poem-middleburgh-sketches/
Enjoy!
Jason
My first book of poem:
http://jasoncrane.org/store/
What Do You Call A Group of Crows?
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
hey Dan, I like the use of parenthesis in this poem, and I like the poem too! especially the last line lol
Finally finished my answer to the prompt. Used most of the words:
http://poemblaze.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/rwp-napowrimo-22/
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:26 pm
like this Matt, especially “a motorized pepper mil” lol
A haiku today ‘Saffron Squall’ – http://umaathreya.blogsome.com/2010/04/22/saffron-squall/
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 pm
yummy Uma!!!
Combined a couple prompts including today’s read-write prompt for today’s poem. It’s on Facebook and right here:
http://dash30dash.ning.com/profiles/blogs/napowrimo-day-22-poems-writing
8 more to go… Keep writing!!!
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Crazy how fast this has gone. I was complaining this weekend and now I’m sad there’s only 8 more days…I am gonna depend on your prompts from now on Chris! <3
Nice wordle, Catherine!
the reader
Though new to this form, I thank Catherine for the challenge of this prompt today:
Blue-Eyed Squall
http://jdmackenzie.blogspot.com/2010/04/blue-eyed-squall.html
http://katharinewhitcomb.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22-poem-without-ferocity.html
Hey, it’s a good day when you write a poem before 8 a.m.
I love wordles. Thanks Catherine.
http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/04/den-napowrimo-22.html
The Emporium of Tomorrow
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 pm
nice one ukhti!
salaam
This inspired a poem about bad sex and spicy food…
http://shannons-words.livejournal.com/158878.html
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Ha!!! great!
The Emporium of Tomorrow
http://mmw113.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22-emporium-of-tomorrow.html
Mar Walker replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:21 pm
I changed the title to Emporium of Earth’s Future
I see someone has already used that title. Do I change or leave it? Someone tell me?
derrick replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 am
Don’t worry about it. Your poem is very different and very appropriate for Earth Day.
Mar Walker replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I changed it anyway. To Emporium of Earth’s Future
I think I used them all in “Summer Day in Montana.” http://bridgeanna.blogspot.com
Blessings on your day!
Aromatic
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978190362
I used all the words:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2010/04/flinching-fiercely.html
I wrote using all! And I tied yesterday’s flaw poem in as well. LOVE IT!
http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2010/04/napowrimo-day-22-poem-squall-blows.html
#22! off prompt, but i’ll come back to it, i hope. i love the list of words!!
http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/napowrimo-22/
Wordles are always my favorite, and I fit all of them in:
Gaining a Perspective on Earth Day
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
like it Francis! would be to nice to end at reverberations…
here is mine: http://teapartiesonneptune.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/clown-mouth/
I had another stanza with the other words, but it was better without it…
dervish
tendril of rust yesterday’s
saffron and drums
mango pickle and
cool marble underfoot
the adhan reverberates
through the house
fierce warning for jinn
a cleansing
for dizzy tomorrows
Dan Rako replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Look out for those jinns!
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:44 pm
yup LOL
So, I decided on writing this: http://kagerrr.tumblr.com/post/540981438/april22ndpoem . I hope everyone likes it…
get it out feel better go on
Another villanelle. I’m a glutton. Seriously.
http://yearofthebooks.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/poem-a-day-day-22/
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:43 pm
that’s cool, i usually cringe at rhyming poems but that was very nice and subtle…hard to write about sex without being overdone! love the villanelle form too
Chose Reverberate!
Day 22
Empty hallways loudly called out goodbye
People make your memories; not the place
he said.
Close your eyes and ask:
who do you want to be
ten years away; I would be twenty-eight
I said.
That question reverberates through out my every day life
as the twenty eighth year approaches;
am I who I wanted to be?
I ask.
It haunts and follows me; that question almost ten years
in the past
as the future approaches and she seems further away
the women I thougth i’d be.
A different place, a different home, my
life I built alone
But people make the memories; not the place
he said
Who do I want to be in a year?
I have to ask that now;
Well people make my memories and make me who I am
If I am the same woman I am today
a year from now
I say
then that question reverberating in my mind
will silence.
A poem about baseball, somehow squeezed all the words in eight lines – I say “dizzy” and Dizzy Dean popped up, and ran with it.
http://novaheart.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/poem-42210-opening-day/
Off-prompt, but I think it’s going somewhere.
http://avniously.blogspot.com/2010/04/matches.html
# 22 posted! Used all but 2 words.
http://synecdochicstuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22.html
I took one word from the prompt, Reverberate, and let it reverberate, spawning words from itself. Maybe this is a form?
http://daily-yawp.blogspot.com/
haikujunky replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
yeah, language poetry! nice
I might be off prompt today, haven’t had a chance to look at it. But I would still love to share.
To Forget Can Be Sublime
http://systematicweasel.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-forget-can-be-sublime-4-22-2010-poem.html
I based my poem around the word “rust.”
http://healingforthehealthy.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22-wordle.html
I used one word: “fierce”. Here.
This is my offering for today:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2010/04/22/napowrimo-poem-22-untitled-4-22-10/
We’re out of town visiting with our son so this is a quickie.
Wordles are my friends.
http://lthepoet.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-day-22.html
Here’s another one: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/transliteration-of-catullus-xxviii/
Ok, the word “Reverberate” bounced around in my brain until I realized why…
http://amylevy.com/wp/2010/04/napowrimo-22-reverberates/
Some juicy words in there to play around with. Not sure what’s happening in mine, but I enjoyed putting it all together!
http://just-somestuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-22-out-on-hills.html
Wrote an earth day poem, then incorporated the wordle. This was fun.
http://sheiladeethdrabbles.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-napowrimo-22.html
This is what I did today: Worlds Apart
http://www.robertlunday.net/2010/04/my-thanks.html
Spill
I stand in full fierce view of a none-too-small infraction, how occasioned, I don’t know, that in all likelihood requires putting aside my well laid plans and without flinch applying my singular, conscientious remedy. This unanticipated engagement is with a small four-wall-wood-fenced civic construction site surrounding a sewer or electronics installation.
I can smell the four-wall is of fresh pine, just built. Someone has carelessly spilled a can of green paint over the front wall and the dreadful evidence running down is dried hard. Well, that needs be sanded smooth right this minute, then all walls painted—by me, of course to rid us this egregious disorder.
Dug the wordle! It turned into: The Sound of Saffron
You all can skip this one but here it is:
“Wordle Worry”
http://1965footprints.blogspot.com
pamela sayers replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I like this Marie.
Why I genuinely dislike the youth of today reason #352
http://skankinmoon.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/why-i-genuinely-dislike-the-youth-of-today-reason-352/
I chose ‘reverberate’ as it fit my yesterday, but I’d like to go back and give it a go with all the words after having read what people are coming up with! However, for this evening, here are some footsteps:
http://www.shicho.net/words/?p=1135
This one was FUN. Thank you, Catherine!
My bit of silliness is here:
http://robin-turner.blogspot.com/2010/04/obscure-titles-on-sale-now-at-crow.html
Didn’t use them all, but I used some of them.
http://marcieaf.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-day-22.html
The Boulevard of Broken Years
Rocks were scattered over the road
As we traveled back in time
To the site of the grand emporium.
Memories reverberated from the
Dust and heat of the journey. We
Came upon the rusted remains of
The hidden courtyard where large
Pepper trees still shaded the place
Where monks in saffron robes set
Out rice for the fierce crows that
Circled the buildings at sunset.
A few trees had reached dizzying
Heights and a Paradise vine sent out
Small green tendrils that almost hid
The old bark. We couldn’t help but
Flinch when some of the crows flew
Too close – we had nothing to feed
Them. Were they still awaiting the
Monks return? Dark clouds over
The mountains threatened squalls,
None of the remaining buildings
Had roofs, we hurried onward
To the village where we could
Shelter until tomorrow.
pamela sayers replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Nicely done Marian