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graduatedpillowmonster's poetry blog. Parched throat and pondering on love - the usual, really

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Trying out @two-bees-poetry 's poetry challenge for april ! I really want to crave out some time for poetry this spring :)

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TABOOETRY - Writing Exercise 1

Write a short poem about an 'Owl'

You may not use the following words (including plurals/other tenses/variations etc. of said word): OWL, WING, EYE, CLAW, BEAK, TALON, BIRD, FOWL, NIGHT, DARK, TREE, BRANCH, FLY, SOAR, SWEEP, MOUSE, PREY, HUNT, CATCH, FEATHER, WISE, SMART,

The poem should be no more that four lines. If you want more of a challenge, it must also rhyme and follow a meter of your choice.

Show the poem to a friend who is unaware of the exercise and ask them to identify what it is about. Post the poem in the comments, including how your friend responded if you like.

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I did two, trying to have one have a little bit more narrative.

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Sky-spliting, soul-searching, psychopomp

Plume of smoke, silent killer, banshee

Unseen but revered, two-faced omen, godly compagnon

Twin gold coins on a phantom's mask, striking encounter.

2.

I met you at the start of a journey, spot of white against the sunset painted sky

Startled by your ominous cry, me going in and you waking up

A start before an end, twin gold coins at dusk.

Well-met, I blinked and you were gone

I read them to my mom and she didnt guess owl until i gave her hints lol, she caught on the symbolic aspects of it so her first take was "Death" aha. It was a fun challenge, since we cant use the prosaic description we have to reach faaar into the symbolic -at the risk of loosing the starting point.

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- en avril... en mai...

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Penelope's Grief, inspired by Circe's Grief by Louise Glück

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i'm cooking something

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