Tuesday, April 04, 2006

NaPoMo Dickinsonian Oracle and Writing Exercise #4

In honor of National Poetry Month, and for those interested in its NaPoWriMo incarnation, Brightly is proud to bring to you the Dickinsonian Oracle's Oracular Writing Exercise.

Here is the NaPoWriMo DiOrOrWriEx procedure:
(1) Pose a question for the oracle.
(2) Read the oracle's pronouncement and writing commandment.
(3) Write a bit of poetry.

Installment #4

The Dickinsonian oracle pronounces:

Love's stricken "why"
Is all that love can speak -
Built of but just a syllable,
The hugest hearts that break.
(E. Dickinson, 1392)

The writing commandment:

Think of a huge breakable thing. Write a syllabic poem (the number of syllables determined by the number of words in your question). Have fun, gosh darn it, and don't ask why!

1 Comments:

Blogger Jennifer said...

Hey, Dana! Come by again (and pass those smiles on).

7:45 PM  

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