Medusa's Head

I'm tired of coming up with poem ideas, so this week I read a book: April Galleons by John Asberry. I'm not usually a big fan of Ashberry, (just don't get it ) but I did enjoy the book a lot more than I thought I would. Interesting thing: anyone who remembers the Roethke exercise that involves a bank of words and a lot of rules--every one of these poems has one of those words in it. Gotcha Ashberry! And you thought you could just sneak 'tarmac' in there and no one would think anything of it. I went through the poems and pulled out some words I like, which I plan on using in a few poems this week. I was like, ruffle !! I love ruffle . Then I typed a bunch of them into polyvore to make a collage. Here are the words I used: plum, ruffle, spot, sleek, proper, ribbon, and clean. April Galleons by parrotflower a huge list of Ashberry words follows: vetiver smudges fishhook sleek mood sawdust hat bank plum taste thin floor sharp stick scrub door shave shake tactics ship...

> Politics, Collage and Poetry I'd like to thank Aimee of Vint Condition http://www.vintcondition.blogspot.com/ fame for introducing me to Polyvore . http://www.polyvore.com/ I realize this is an ugly collage, so I'll make this post as untechnical as possible. Politics is like a collage. Poetry is like a collage. Political poetry is often not, but is more like the rantings of insane or crotchety or both older person on a street corner who smells bad. The idea behind this poem prompt is that you would pick something from the headlines that you might like to blog about, but that you think might be a very poor poem. Perhaps you have tried to write this poem, like my attempt at "Felix Pie's Twisted Testicle." Maybe you failed miserably. Polyvore is a neat little internet photo collecting and editing doo -dad that allows you to trawl the web, pick images revolving around your headline and compile them in a collage. You can add fashionable accessories if you wi...