POETRY SLAM 2002
Instructions
- Choose a topic or topics. Circle your topic/s.
- Use at least 5 of the words
provided to construct a poem of any length on a blank sheet of
paper or the back of this page. Ideas
for form provided below.
- Place your completed form in
the poetry slam box. You may complete more than one if it strikes
your fancy. You may collaborate
or work alone.
- At the appointed time those interested
will congregate in the front room and those who choose to read/perform
the poems will randomly choose them from the box and recite them to
the amusement or mortification of others. Fun!
Topics
(choose one per poem or mix-n-match!)
- Stamps: Philatelic, rubber, alternate
to stomp
Armadillos
and Cloning: Armadillos typically give birth
to identical quadruplets. Go
on - take an inferential leap!- The Vote: Women have it – who next?
16 year olds? Signing
gorillas? Argue your case
with lyrical rhythm and vigor.
- Saddam Hussein: Just kidding. Please
don’t write about this. Thanks.
- Horticulture as High Art: How carefully manipulating our
plant friends makes this world a better place. Think Filoli, think Kew, think Giverny.
- Whatever your little heart desires.
Word List
(Please use at least 5 of the
following randomly chosen words – any
form of them - in your composition)
grog, cornucopia, squash, Bulgaria,
butterfly, foreign, hearth, tradition, incubate, lily, ardent, cuspidor,
corny, ameliorate, mainsail, squall, hinge, tarragon, cardamon, wavelength,
frequency, paucity, cockatiel, pieces-of-eight, aurous, femur, frigid,
compost, arroz con pollo, polymers, meridian, Dionysus, niceties, temperance,
chalk
Form
Your poem
may take any form and be of any length.
You may choose that it be a song, in which case you may
want to provide notes on the melody or rhythm to which it should be
sung. It can rhyme, be as formal as a sonnet
or sestina. It could be a rap
song, blank verse or a haiku (5, 7, 5 syllables.) It could be a limerick. It could be some rhyming ad shtick. It can (and should) be anonymous – unless you
choose to reveal yourself after the recital. Just make something up and stick it in the box. Thanks.
