Today’s poem comes from Read Write Poem prompt #96. Using some of the words in the prompt, I returned to my American Sentence Field Notes – I have written 30 of these by now – and rearranged them into this five line poem. The 17 syllable form requires strong verbs, so the Wordle prompts are [...]
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Field Notes
September 16th, 2009 24 Comments
ReadWritePoem #92 was a Wordle prompt. I decided to try American sentences for this one. Technically, these aren’t American sentences, although each note contains 17 (+ or -) syllables .
Field Notes
i.
Belled cat stares at patch of sun. Small movement. Small chime. Patch flickers and flees.
ii.
Two gnats circle in pillar of sunshine. One leaf falls [...]
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