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Building Blocks

A Poem About Creating A Poem

By Mike Singleton πŸ’œ Mikeydred Published 8 months ago β€’ 1 min read
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Introduction

This idea came into my head to build a poem about the parts that we can use to create a poem. I thought about a reverse nonet, but what I am using is several bits of poetic formats starting with an introductory quatrain, though I wanted that to be a single line but the nature of what I needed to say required some details, so this will be very much a mish mash of forms but I will maintain eight syllables a line, and throw in some rhymes.

Even when I write Freeform, I still make it difficult for myself.

I don't know how this will end, and it may be a complete train wreck, but you know that I have to try it.

The music is "Build" By The Housemartins

Building Blocks

πŸ¦πŸ’’πŸ§±πŸ›οΈπŸ§±πŸ’’πŸ¦

A Letter Can Be Part Of A Word

A Word Can Then Build A Sentence

What Happens Next Is Not Absurd

We Can Build Such Sense And Nonsense

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That Line Then Becomes A Singlet

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Add One More Line For More Detail

And Then You Now Have A Couplet

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Do Not Stop There, You Cannot Fail

Another Line In This Construct

We've Now In Our Hand A Tercet

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Now We Are Back We We Started

And Yes, We Are Here Once Again

So Have My Senses Departed?

For Me To Create This Quatrain

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Although I Could Go Much Further

I Will Check Myself And Abstain

From Me You'll Get No More Blather

I'll Finish Off With This Quatrain

Thanks For Reading. I Am Flattered

πŸ¦πŸ’’πŸ§±πŸ›οΈπŸ§±πŸ’’πŸ¦

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  • Angie the Archivist πŸ“šπŸͺΆ8 months ago

    Very cleverly done.

  • Calvin London8 months ago

    Nicely done, Mike. Very clever.

  • This was soooo impressive Mike! I loved it!

  • Mother Combs8 months ago

    Wonderfully done, Mike. Like this a lot <3

  • Tiffany Gordon8 months ago

    Nicely done Mike! Very creative!

  • Very thoughtful about structure this is.

  • K.B. Silver 8 months ago

    πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ«°

  • What a clever and playful construction of form and function! Watching each poetic unit stack into the next felt like building with linguistic LEGO bricksβ€”satisfying, rhythmic, and full of charm. I especially loved the nod to poetic structure without losing any of your signature wit. And that Housemartins reference? Chef’s kiss. You made poetry about poetry actually funβ€”and that’s no small feat!

  • Those older formats have given rise to a new one from you! Nice blend!

  • Mark Graham8 months ago

    Great work and this would be great for a poetry class.

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