Posted Sep 20 2011, 1:27 pm in Miscellany
Over at Janet Reid’s blog, there is a contest happening. Write a ‘stack of books’ poem. Here is mine: UNREQUITED
With a FINAL SCREAM
I shout, I’M NOT HER
But your INKHEART will show me NO MERCY.
You don’t want me! Why will you NEVER LET ME GO?
I know IF I STAY, I am – like ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
Only PREY for your dark and twisted soul
Dreams of SWEET REVENGE taunt me in my PURGATORY CHASM
Where there is only you growing FIFTY SHADES DARKER
And me, SWALLOWING DARKNESS,
Praying for an end to THE ETERNAL PRISON
In which you’ve chained me like some IRON KING,
NUMB, while I wait for THE END that never comes
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love this poem! love this contest! i entered too! well, i did, but i didn’t enter until 9/18 and i never got an email saying she received my entry, but the “wait 24 hours and then re-send” meant i was submitting AFTER the deadline, so my poem ended up being just for me. maybe i’ll post mine on my blog…
and if nothing else, this is a great exercise in getting the creative juices going. i’m definitely going to be doing this again in the future. :)
Yes, same here. I don’t think mine made it up. Plus, I noticed after I sent it that I had a line in the poem out of order next to the stack of books.
This version is corrected.
But you’re right; it was so much fun! It’s also a great way to think up tittles. I kept wishing I had a book called something specific to fit the next line of the poem.
Love this, Patty! It’s great. This contest was a lot of fun. I don’t know how behind Janet is on posting the entries; it sounds like she’s a wee bit overwhelmed. I sent mine in on Friday evening. I got a confirmation email, but it’s not up yet.
Like you, I put mine up on my blog. At the very least, all of these gave me books to add to my To Be Read pile. :-) Anyway, really great poem!!!
Thanks, Ali! I’m heading to your blog to read yours!
Yay! :-)
Oh, nice! Love this poem. I hope you win. :)
I love the stack of books poem idea! Yours was great. Enjoyed it!