RWP — Get Your Poem On 101 — Pottery Plate
Taking time out of the NaNoWriMo madness to pen a poetic poem of pulchritudinous pleasure.
This is for the Wordle Word Bank prompt, which can be found here.
This is a part of the Get Your Poem on Thursday fun and games, courtesy of Read Write Poem.
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Pottery Plate
A purloined platitude is
pernicious; best enjoyed
with a mint julip
A porous plaster processional
could make you prevaricate
or possibly pee on your pontoon
She has a plethora of purses
most lacking in pulchritude
a past prickle of dangled
participles trailing from her shoulder
She continues her post-modern
processional, a polyglot
parade of Pekinese yammers
pips, hips, drips and yips
A princess minus her pea
procrastinate while a
pithy pomegranate
purifies in repose
Pity, that.
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I like how you manage to make this poem more than merely an exercise in tongue-twisting alliteratives. By sprinking a few vivid details (mint julip, purse, shoulder, Pekinese) among the vaguer phrases (purloined platitudes) you gesture towards a character sketch. The last line makes clear the serious tone under the playfulness.
It was fun, but I would like to have spent more time with it.
Ah well, next month! NaNoWrimo will be over!
You’ve brought those words to extraordinary life. Excellently done.
I thank you, Anthony.
Mint Juleps with purloined platitudes…very stylish.I lkie the idea of dangling participles trailing from her shoulder(present or past i wonder?) Well done.
Thank you! Very kind!
You did so well with the ps!
perfectly plastered
Kill Word Verification
I like those dangled participles too!
Thanks!
Great use of the P’s (and the pees!) The ‘parade of pekinese yammers pips, hips, drips and yips” had me laughing out loud!
Great alliteration and use of the words. I agree with Therese. The details that vary from the wordplay make for a nice contrast and enhance both the sound and the sense of the poem.
Thank you, David. I wanted to do more than just be silly with the ‘p’ sound. I didn’t put as much time into this one as I would have liked. NaNoWriMo is consuming a great deal of my time.
I think I may go back later and count how many pomegranates pop up.
the “past prickle of dangled participles” is what got me.
Let me know about the pomegranates.
When I re-write, that part of the line will stay but I think they will ‘trickle from her shoulder…’ The mild rhyme pulls attention away from the ‘p’ sound for just a moment.
Vivid picture — perfect read.
I’m glad you associated ‘princess’ with ‘pea’ (wanted to, myself but didn’t). A portrait of a yowling princess, I think it’s clever and funny.
After I perused your poem I almost peed on my pontoon. The part “a past prickle of dangled participles trailing from her shoulder” would sound better with trickle, but it was still an awesome visual! Very well crafted and a very enjoyable read, Mark! Thank you for sharing.
Playful tone, with a point. Plenty to appreciate, here.
Thanks, Deb. I do appreciate your comments.
niceley done Mr radio…thanks for sharing this.…as i listen to Jazz on my RADIO somewhere here in the mountains
I love Jazz. Listened to three hours of Coltrane yesterday…
And thank you for your comments!
I listen to Jazz a lot, doesn’t matter where.
And thanks for the comment!
I’m impressed, this poem was exceptionally done.
Thank so much, Jane. I sincerely appreciate it.
Mark — My fave line is “pips, hips, drips and yips”! Good stuff.
I lost track of you because I was looking for a blog entitled, “Radio Nowhere”. I just clicked on “The Notebook” in my sidebar (having no idea what it was) and lo and behold, here you are again.
I won’t forget now.
Kat
My LiveJournal is entitled ‘Radio Nowhere’ and I blather about all sorts of stuff there.…
Glad you liked the poem! And thanks for stopping by! Again!
I like the p-poem you’ve got here. I couldn’t handle RWP and NaNoWriMo. I’m looking forward to getting back to my poetry for a while. Congrats of finishing your 50K words, btw.
Simply well done I like your style of writing I look forward to reading you again.
Larry Moon
This Blog Of Mine
Thank you, Larry…and thank you for visiting!