And now for our prompt (optional, as always). This is one that we’ve used before, but one test of a good prompt is that you can come back to it! For this prompt, you will need to fill out, in five minutes or less, the following “Almanac Questionnaire.” Then, use your responses as to basis for a poem.
Happy writing!
I’ve attached the Almanac questionnaire on which the poem was based below the poem. The poem’s based on my answers to the question.
Almanac Questionnaire
Weather: Summer
Flora: spider-lillies, foxtails
Architecture: Domes
Customs: Oscars – red carpet, gowns
Mammals/reptiles/fish: Snake
Childhood dream: Running in the dark from someone and falling
Found on the Street: A coin
Export: happiness
Graffiti: Dareknesia, I saw it on a wall in Bali
Lover: George Clooney
Conspiracy: Sonia Gandhi had a hand in killing her husband
Dress: Kimono
Hometown memory: Grandma’s home
Notable person: Rajiv Gandhi
Outside your window, you find: Blue dome
Today’s news headline: Kolkata woman dies of Oxford vaccine
Scrap from a letter: With love
Animal from a myth: Unicorn
Story read to children at night: Ugly Duckling
You walk three minutes down an alley and you find: Gold coin
You walk to the border and hear: ‘Surprise’
What you fear: Heights
Picture on your city’s postcard: Burj Khalifa
Today’s poetry resource is a series of videos being placed online by the organizers of the New Orleans Poetry Festival. While the festival was canceled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, poets who planned to present and attend are creating video-poems in lieu of the in-person proceedings.
Love this piece.
And, WOW, it’s so extensive!
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Thanks so much Andrei. Glad you liked it. Good to hear from you. Trust all is well at your end.
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Happy to be visiting your site again Smitha.
Thank you. Everything’s well here, thankfully.
Stay safe and well.
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That’s great to know. Thanks and you too stay safe🙂
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Ahh so immersive.
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Thanks Rahul. So glad you enjoyed it🙂
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Wow…a masterpiece Smitha ““Wake up, Honey”
Says, George Clooney
I open my eyes and see
Spectacles, ruffled hair
Eyes wide, stare
Its’ Hubby!
Where’s Clooney?”
And this last verse is epic…..😁😁😁😁 i really didint expect it
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Lol Mich. Neither me. 😀….thank you so much. It means a lot.❤
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I can’t get over it till now..😄😄😄
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Thanks again Mich. I cant stop thinking of Clooney😀
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