Hello friends, it's me with your weekly word list poetry prompt. This time our list is from the very strange, very amazing Russell Edson.
"Called the “godfather of the prose poem in America,” Russell Edson’s idiosyncratic body of work is populated with strange and intriguing figures: a woman fights a tree, a mother serves ape; in the poem “ Let Us Consider,” there’s a “farmer who makes his straw hat his sweetheart” and an “old woman who makes a floor lamp her son.”
Just use at least 3 of the 20 words provided to write a poem of any style or length, then link up, visit others, and have fun! (I see you, you couple of people who link but never visit anyone.)
Your list:
autopsy
bravo
cellar
clogged
cows
discussing
dizzy
electric
funny
ghost
gingerbread
hatchet
imitation
postponed
radio
scar
tasty
tusks
vicarious
years
Those quoted lines do sound fascinating!! Another wonderful poet feature and word list Shay!! As you can see I am on my phone and at the moment I am Burtt...LOL
ReplyDeleteEdson does tales of the unexpected! From this list a carnivore emerged - unexpectedly too.
ReplyDeleteAnother poet I'm not familiar with, but a fascinating choice and some great words to work with. I'll be back if anything surfaces.
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