Thursday, April 06, 2006

NaPoMo Dickinsonian Oracle and Writing Exercise #6

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 to the oracle.
(2) Read the oracle's pronouncement and writing commandment.
(3) Write a bit of poetry.

Today's Dickinsonian oracle pronounces:

The Soul that hath a Guest,
doth seldom go abroad -
Diviner Crowd - at Home -
Obliterates the need -
(E. Dickinson, from 592)

And the writing commandment:

Write a persona poem in which your soul invites a talk show celebrity (say, Oprah, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, or Ellen) to dinner, a guest who subsequently shoots the question you intially asked the oracle right back at your soul. How does your soul respond?

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