I’m not going to sugar coat it; today’s prompt is a little different. But hey, different can sometimes be good, right? (Crickets.)
For today’s prompt, pick 2 vowels and write a poem using words that only contain one or both of those vowels. For instance, write a poem with words that only have a “u” and “o.” Also, the letter “y” is wild–so the words “my” and “gypsy” are freebies. And I’ll allow text-speak (or maybe I should say “txt spk”).
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OE
by John Yeo
The Doctor of literature, lover of words,
Author of poetry, stories or verse.
Made fortunes from interpreting OE.
Old English, the form of words
Widely used from the middle ages.
Demystifying the original meanings.
He thrived.
Studious over the ongoing years,
Consulting the dictionary, or thesaurus
Obscure text, searching for etymology.
The good Doctor could never relate
To the texting tongue of today.
The shortened, stunted form of words
The destruction of the English language.
The Doctor retired to tend to the garden,
Lovingly sowing the seeds of wisdom.
When the weeds of corruption arrived,
Choking the pureness of language,
Conveniently forgetting the obscurity
Of the original OE words.
He smiled.
Copyright (c) Written by John Yeo ~ All rights reserved
Written for Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic asides blog on “Writers Digest”
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-april-pad-challenge-day-18
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