Welcome Poetry Friday friends.
For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. The only rule I have set for myself is that I choose forms I am unfamiliar with. Here are some of the resources I am referencing.
- 20+ Different (& Wild!) Poetry Forms for Inspiration
- A Strange Poetry
- Refrigerator, Blackout, And Other Radical Poetry Forms
- Experimental Poetry Forms
- 20 Fun Poem Types (You've Probably Never Heard Of)
Today's poem is a Venn Diagram poem.
A venn diagram poem is made from two intersecting poems/circles. The words in the area of intersection serve as the last word of the poem in the left circle, and the first word of the poem in the right circle. Each circle (with the overlap) is read as a separate poem.
For this poem, I chose the lines "Do I dare/Disturb the universe" from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot to use in the area of intersection. This means I was in a golden shovel mindset while writing the overlapping poems.
I hope you come back tomorrow to see what new poetic form I've chosen. You can also read the other poems I've written this month.
- April 1 - Quintaine
- April 2 - Preposition poem
- April 3 - Lipogram poem
To see what others are writing this month, check out Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.
I do hope you'll take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Matt Forrest Esenwine at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme. Happy poetry Friday friends.
Be still my acrostic/golden shovel-loving heart! This is all KINDS of perfection. Good trouble indeed: tomorrow, April 5. Let's GO!
ReplyDeleteI love how you organized your poem, and what a powerful message it holds!
ReplyDeleteAn ingenious form - and well-executed! Love this, Tricia.
ReplyDeleteWow -- what a cool form. Impressive job!
ReplyDeleteWow! Really well done. What an interesting form. It's sort of like a golden shovel turned on its side and on itself. And you have approached an important topic very meaningfully. Thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteLove what you did here! Beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteI love the form and how you've used it. Hooray for getting into good trouble in these inside-out and upside-down times! I'll be protesting in Wisconsin today.
ReplyDeleteThis is a FABULOUS venn diagram poem! Seriously... well done, all the applause for you! This form can be so tricky, and you handled it marvelously. Also, I love how you show the growth of your narrator into a willingness to engage in new kinds of protest. Let's goooooo!
ReplyDeleteThis is a powerful poem!!!
ReplyDeleteLove Venn Diagrams. Thank you for showing how this form can be used for poetry! I used it in the past to compare the plight of different species of butterflies. Good trouble, indeed! Needed! Carol from The Apples in My Orchard
ReplyDeleteTricia, I am blown away by this. 😮 The poem is powerful and amazing, and the way you pulled all of this together (especially the two time periods) with the Venn diagram form (which amazes and intimidates me) is marvelous. Applause, applause!
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