- Joined
- Feb 14, 2005
- Messages
- 310
- Reaction score
- 56
- Location
- Too comfortable in my own shadow
- Website
- www.geocities.com
I'm taking this idea from my stint at Ancient World's Tenth Muse, where a word is given, and the next poster has to create a poem based on that word. Then taking from the theme of the poem, the poster provides the next subject word.
Example, one of the words previously given me at AW was "Animal" and I wrote the following poem (a bit of cheating, I know):
What Animals Know About Humans
Throughout the annals of history and time
they have watched, pondered, wondered and mimed
those of us who stand haughty and tall
and claim possession of everything and all.
And the watchers whisper amongst themselves -
“For all the learning on all the bookshelves,
human still will animal be…
no more better than you and me.”
And the animals smirk and wink their eyes
and smile at the humans’ self-deluding lies
that tell themselves they are masters of this Earth
yet can deny another’s worth.
Next theme word: "time"
Anyone game?
Example, one of the words previously given me at AW was "Animal" and I wrote the following poem (a bit of cheating, I know):
What Animals Know About Humans
Throughout the annals of history and time
they have watched, pondered, wondered and mimed
those of us who stand haughty and tall
and claim possession of everything and all.
And the watchers whisper amongst themselves -
“For all the learning on all the bookshelves,
human still will animal be…
no more better than you and me.”
And the animals smirk and wink their eyes
and smile at the humans’ self-deluding lies
that tell themselves they are masters of this Earth
yet can deny another’s worth.
Next theme word: "time"
Anyone game?