Word Garden Word List--Cat's Cradle

 

Hello my little Bokononists! You know, when I was in my 20's, I read a ton of Kurt Vonnegut's books. I loved God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Slaughterhouse-5, Slapstick and Breakfast of Champions. I also liked Wampeters, Foma, & Granfaloons  and Welcome to the Monkey House. Twenty years later, I read Bluebeard   but cannot now recall a single thing about it. I may have read others; I was not yet keeping my book journal when I read all but that last one. I read so many Vonnegut and Kerouac books back in the day that I'm no longer sure exactly which ones except the favorites. 

So anyway, I decided to see whether I still like my old author pal. I did not think that I had read Cat's Cradle, so I got a copy and ripped through it last week. I am still not sure if I had read it before, but I enjoyed it. It concerns a scientist whose three children own a chip of a substance called ice-9, which can turn whole oceans--and people--to solid ice on contact. Not good for living things, clearly. These three adult children, plus the writer/narrator, all end up on a tiny island called San Lorenzo, where everyone follows a religion called Bokonon even though it is prohibited. (Oh, and its founder freely admits that everything about it is lies.) It's classic Vonnegut. So, that is our source this week!

What we do here is to use at least 3 of the 20 words provided in a new, original poem of our own. Then simply link up, visit others, and whatever you do, don't touch the ice-9! This prompt remains active through next Saturday.

And now, your List!

absurdity

angel

blossoms

blueprint

bubble

clownishness

college

dialect

hook

imagine

letter

models

mongrel

nervous

records

rockets

tombstone

turtles

unless

wicked