Poetry Challenge #55-Poem Stew
Bill Cosby (the comedian before he became the predator) was hilarious! One bit I still chuckle over (and admittedly copy) was him riffing on how his mother could turn anything into a weapon.
“But mom, it’s just a shoe…”
“Just a shoe…I’ll show you just a shoe!!!”
“But Mom… I asked for scrambled eggs?”
“You want scrambled? I’ll give you scrambled—with bacon!”
This is not a selfie…really!
Which got me chuckling about what Bill’s mom could have done with stew? or jam? or pickle?
Maybe not the weapon part,
but definitely the both a noun and a verb part.
Poetry Challenge #55
Poem Stew
Time for another poem stew! You need:
1. One noun-something you can see or touch, not capitalized if possible.
2. One noun that can also be used as a verb (like stew or pickle)
3. A color
4. A place (not capitalized),
5. An adjective (a word that describes)
6. A verb (an action—yes this absolutely can be #2)
7. One abstract noun (a word that you can’t touch that names an idea: beauty, hope, justice, chance).
Noun list to get you going:
negligee, mannequin, pink, garage sale, awkward, refrain, subterfuge
Stew on the words you’ve chosen for a bit and then mix them up into a savory—or sweet jam— poem.
Set the timer for 7 minutes.
Start writing!
Don’t think about it too much; just do it.
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge at least 3000 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole dang poem. Scroll down and click on the comments!