Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Writing Prompt: Book-ending
This week we're messing with beat and verse and just having fun. We're also looking at a little term called book-ending. I'm not sure where this came from but I've picked it up along the way and it's just repeating the first line at the end. Book-ending. See?
The two poems from yesterday are my experiments. Sometimes, I will watch a movie or just get an idea and what I want to say initially falls out in this form-poetry. But it's really more of a sketch of something that is coming down the line, perhaps a larger body of work.
I watched the documentary last night,The Business of Being Born and it inspired the poem, Reclamation. This writing is my own sketch of reaction to the situation of birthing in this country as well as the disempowerment of women and children who are separated from each other due to social stigmas and economics.
And of course, the first poem - on doing the math is about my own adoption.
If you look at both, you'll see that book-ending. Try it. Book-Ending is a great way to give your work polish and closes the loop, making it like a circle of thought.
INSTRUCTION:
Get out some paper and make a few lists. Once your lists are created, write a poem, a list or an essay. Just let the three lists weave together in a kind of connected flow.
PROMPT QUESTIONS:
1) Who are you?
What does your mother say about you? Your father? Your sisters, brothers, lovers. Make a list.
2) What about our world, gets you all steamed up?
Oil spills, politicians, gasoline powered cars, mean people, bumper stickers. Make a list.
3) If you had some advice, what would you suggest we do?
Listen more, talk less, walk more, cry more, hug more. Make a list.
WRITE & SUBMIT:
On Saturday, I post a few writers. Please keep your essay length work to 500 words.
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