#OctPoWriMo
Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is What has been unspoken. The suggested form is Joseph’s Star.
Sitting with anger
ire
vexation
exasperation
the attempt to negate me
animosity
resentment
gall
huff
conniption
disapprobation
bubbling below the surface
infuriating
impatient
stew
sweat
physical
labor will release
a flashlight beam in the dark
let the light shine through
sleep on it
gone
#Writober4
The image for Day 26 on the Pinterest board shows an array of human forms. This Daniel Richter painting has all the creepies: a cloaked figure, a naked person squatting, vultures, a caramel figure covered in candy, a clown.
My take: This looks like a moment after a Halloween party when a group of people are beginning to make some very bad decisions.
Micro-fiction: “Hanna, thanks for giving Tad your cape, but I didn’t realize you didn’t have anything on under it. It’s raining. You’re going to catch your death. What are you doing? You can’t pop a squat right there. I think I saw a port-o-let. . . .Too late I guess. I’m not ready for this to be over. What do you say? Cemetery? We could break into a mausoleum, see if any spirits are about. Or, Chuck’s clown here is looking pretty homicidal. We could go to the woods and scare people heading home. A cemetery with woods? Perfect. Let’s go!”
Writing Process and Tools
Emotion: Eagerness
Creepy verbs: punish, incarcerate, oppress, exile, blacklist, whip, scorn, brand
Story Cubes Symbols: fire, tent, tree, fish, flashlight, turtle, house, arrow (right), magic wand
Woodland creature: porcupine – a family of porcupines, a prickle of porcupines
Collective noun: a quiver of cobras
Horror trope: slasher
Oblique Strategies: Always give yourself credit for having more than personality
Your poem would be great read aloud, especially with that end.
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Thank you.
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Congratulations on getting poems published, Maria! I’ve enjoyed your prompts very much.
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Great angry poem!
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Thank you.
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