For today's poem, here was the very interesting prompt:
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.)
What I would like to know is if I get bonus points for my acrostic version? I still can't believe what is considered "top news" sometimes. Some of this, yes. It's news. But some of it is more like stalking. Just saying...
Top News
Students
addicted to
networking; McGinty admits
didn’t
read sex ed curriculum
attempted abduction
denied
idol Twaining
vitamin B warning
overlooked Rush
recalled Toyotas
consumer alerts
Iraq
needs interim gov’t
green driving
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7 comments:
Yep, that's about it! So what's new?
Nicely!
Freddie Starr ate my hamster - and other Tabloid 'headlines' are my favourites.
Poor Sandra. Good one!
I need to know who Sandra is and who she's divorcing?! Good work on headline weaving.
Like Derrick, and all america, I want to know
It is Sandra Bullock, apparently, and it was all over the headlines online this morning... I don't know why I need to know her private business.
excellent acrostic!!!! sandra ya gotta love her heck she won the best actress this year award... oh, so did her husband... who knew... ewwwww... who cares now abt this vitamin b thingy.... do i need to be concerned??!! it has been fun passing thru here during the rwp napowrimo enjoyed your writings... a life in the day
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