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November 18, 2014: Blitz Poetry

Chain Of Fire





Food for thought


Food Chain


Chain reaction


Chain gang


Gang up


Gang bang


Bang up


Bang to rights


Right as rain


Right under one’s nose


Nose out of joint


Nose to the grind


Grind to a halt


Grind down


Down in the mouth


Down and out


Out of order


Out of sight, out of mind


Mind your own business


Mind the store


Store up


Store away


Away with the fairies


Away game


Game face


Game on


On the hook


On the fly


Fly on the wall


Fly in the face


Face down


Face off


Off Chance


Off Balance


Balance the books


Balance out


Out of work


Out of touch


Touch and go


Touch up


Up for grabs


Up and down


Down in the dumps


Down for the count


Count one’s blessings


Count on


On ice


On fire


Fire


Ice

The Blitz Poem is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow. Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliché. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line one. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.


The third and fourth lines are phrases that start with the last word of the second phrase, the fifth and sixths lines are phrases that start with the last word of the fourth phrase, etc. Continue for 48 lines with this pattern. Last two lines repeat the last word of line 47, then the last word of line 47.


The title must only be three words, with some sort of preposition, or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line.