 Poetry: December 16, 2020 Issue [#10513] |
This week: Root Canals, Mental Meltdowns & Cheese Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Root Canals, Mental Meltdowns & Cheese
This week I had my first root canal. I've gone over 50 years without needing one, so to say I was a wee bit nervous would be an understatement. I tried to stay calm—and on the outside I was a rock. On the inside? I can admit now, that by the time they were deep into their work, I was freaking out in my head.
So, rather than having a mental meltdown, I thought about poetry.
First, I thought that it was rather odd to think about poetry during a root canal. Then I started thinking about writing poetry about weird places, which then led to writing poetry about odd things. Before long, the root canal was over and I was sent home to rest.
Today I want to challenge you to write a poem about an odd—meaning unusual, or not your normal poem that's written about a—person, place or thing. To assist you, I'm going to also share a poetry form and its variation for you to try for this challenge or just for fun.
Mini-monoverse
Prolific poet, Emily Romano invented the mini-monoverse and its variation—the double mini-monoverse—both are featured below.
MUST HAVES
--Stanza count: 2
--line count: 10
--rhyme in the following format: aaaaa bbbbb
--meter: syllabic—3 syllables per line
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Most often tells a story, but that is your choice whether you do or not
--topic, theme
Double Mini-monoverse
Same instructions as above with this change:
--rhyme in the following format: aaaaa bbbbb ccccc ddddd
SOURCE NOTES:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/minimonoverse.html
https://www.dailyhaiga.org/contributors/18/romano-emily
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Theme: Mini-monoverse and cheese
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From: Monty 
Comment: Thanks again for giving me something to think about.
Happy to do so. Thank you for the feedback!
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