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You’re almost there, and inspiration for your next to the last NaPoWriMo poem is at your fingertips! D.S. Apfelbaum recalls what William Carlos Williams once wrote, “It is difficult/ to get the news from poems,” but asks, “Who says you can’t get poems from the news?”
For this prompt, choose your favorite newspaper or online news provider. Jot down five to ten headlines that jump out at you and without reading the articles, select elements from each headline to create a new event about which your poem reports.
Alternately, let short-format sections inspire you. Write a poem in the form of an obituary, a personal ad, a classified ad, etc. (Bonus points if you can pull off a poem in the form of a crossword puzzle.) 
THE SAME
stumbling blocks
bridges to cross
rivers to ford
fences to climb hurdles to jump
taxes to pay
mouths to feed
idiots to appease
battles to fight wars to win
as we had yesterday...
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PROPER JOE'S
Absolutely spot on!
ReplyDeleteAnd now, the weather - oh, no change there either.
ReplyDeleteSo you can forget about -
Washing to dry
fair skin to tan
barbecues to light...
Nice one Andy
Thanks vivinfrance!
ReplyDeleteHi Stan,
Umbrella's to unfold
dishes to wash
books to read
other fish to fry...
Love it!! Especially the "idiots to appease" succint and so true
ReplyDeleteI'm not appeasin' idiots no more!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful take on the prompt! And so true. It all seems to be the same from one day to the next.
ReplyDeleteyep.
ReplyDeletedepressing, ain't it?
You said it, Andy!
ReplyDeleteOh how true.
ReplyDeletePamela
yes
ReplyDeletemanufactured contention =)
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