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oulipost 27: expectant couple

Originally posted on naming constellations:
I’ve lost track, but I think this is poem draft 88 for the month of April. Can I hit 100 by the end, the big finish? Here’s hoping. And then I’m going to crawl into a hole and die for two weeks, then slither out and revise for several more. I’ve stated that…

Oulipost #27 Irrational Sonnet

Thus The Statement Might Signal Change We apologize for failure of peace, regulation, revelations, release. Anguish stems not just from loss, but from lives. Most heinous crime against humanity is our disaster management. Crisis tests our success stories. Progress seized from a painful season with shocking speed. Our failing grade, our enormous strides, the most […]

Oulipost #26 Belle Absente

Our Illustrious Leader I wish I could seem him in life amid the buzz following company quiz Zee. Suplex him, put him in the camel clutch, make him humble. Let him know it’s no good to jokingly smoke on national TV. Have July: his struggle practically launched Zee. The city gut tax was a fundamental […]

Oulipost #25 Larding

The Famous Father Swam in Praise, The Mother Toiled in Silence Describe the horror of going through the selection for life or death – underline the randomness of that choice. Award compensation for physical, sexual abuses suffered. Misbehaviour forced Adam and Eve to start a new chapter. What she accomplished required courage, albeit of a […]

QUILLFYRE’S #OULIPOST 25 LARDING AKA LINE STRETCHING

Originally posted on Quillfyre:
Aka “line stretching.” From your newspaper text, pick two sentences. Add a new sentence between the first two; then two sentences in the new intervals that have become available; and continue to add sentences until the passage has attained the length desired. The supplementary sentences must either enrich the existing narrative…

Oulipoem 25: April 25 — Braiding (Larding)

Originally posted on Margo Roby: Wordgathering:
The official title of the prompt is Larding which has interesting connotations, but Braiding, given to us by ouliposter Jody Rich, is so much prettier. I had a ball putting this together but then anything that smacks of remixing… My only problem, as I posted to our Facebook group,…

Oulipost #25: LARDING

Originally posted on Jody Rich ~ poetry fueled by cold coffee:
April 25, 2014 The Prompt: Aka “line stretching.” From your newspaper text, pick two sentences. Add a new sentence between the first two; then two sentences in the new intervals that have become available; and continue to add sentences until the passage has attained the…

Oulipost #23 Inventory

Reference: Cancelling recess just the opening credits of teacher vs. province saga Today’s Oulipost prompt from The Found Poetry Review’s challenge for National Poetry Month was to create an inventory poem: Inventory is a method of analysis and classification that consists of isolating and listing the vocabulary of a pre-existing work according to parts of […]

Oulipost #23: INVENTORY

Originally posted on Jody Rich ~ poetry fueled by cold coffee:
April 23, 2014 � The Prompt: Inventory is a method of analysis and classification that consists of isolating and listing the vocabulary of a pre-existing work according to parts of speech. Choose a newspaper article or passage from a newspaper article and “inventory” the nouns,…

Oulipost: Ouli-Python Prompts

Originally posted on james (w) moore:
funny things happen in Oulipost facebook groups. (i know, i know – it sounds unlikely, but bear with me). one person makes a Monty Python reference, poet Marty Elwell mentions that next year’s Found Poetry Month should be “Oulipython,” a bunch of Python references are thrown about, and the…