Poem Prompt for Anna: Get Thee to the Internets!

1) Start with one interesting [polysyllabic] word.

2) Go to www.thesaurus.com and type in your word.

3) choose ten words from the resulting list of synonyms (or antonyms). Choose words with sounds you like but also think of deviating slightly from the word’s most common meaning.

4) Double that list by making a sound association for each word. This could be a real or invented word, a phrase, a name, etc.

5) Make three pairs out of those words that you find particularly amusing or unlikely. Do a google™ search for each of those pairs, and poke around in the results, jotting down anything interesting.

5) Good Lord, by now you should have enough material to craft yourself a poem. Craft away, ye sabertoothed Referees!

Draft 1 of my prompt poem

Klang Valley’s maiden attempt
a palatial symphony in A minor
a rather uninspiring performance
that by sheer length alone persevered

the palace was rendered symphonic
despite twenty pigeon holes in the south gable
and persevered by sheer size alone
dummying the church, the duty-free market

twenty pigeon holes in the south gable
and inside, girls having discussions
the church clergy dumbfounded
by the witch stones predicting rain

sidelong discussions about the girls
the ebullient Sir Walton whetting appetites
reining in premonitions of witch stoning
TV crews to investigate the waters

Sir Walton, appealing to the wheat farmers
who were these organic, vegetarian types?
Invigorating the watery TV crew
to exchange partners with frequency

The spartan organic vegetable market
and the new county mascot, the platypus
partnered with the frequently shortchanged
porpoise, a new anti-paranormal regime

and the new county mascot, the platypus
was Klang Valley’s maiden attempt
to repurpose its anti-paranormal regime
its preference for the a rather awe inspiring