Our prompt for the day (optional as always) is inspired by Kaschock’s use of space to organize her poems. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem. This might seem like a very modernist idea, but poets have been writing concrete poems since the 1600s! Your poem can take a simple shape, like a box or ball, or maybe you’ll have fun trying something more elaborate
Waveform
9 April 20 0813
One
I
Am
Ruled
By sound
Coming
From cans
From electrons
From your vocal chords
Two
Subscribe
Rate
Review
Three commands
Thou Shalt Subscribe
Thou Shalt Rate
Thou Shalt Review
Three
I talk
To crickets
Often
Feeling
Alone
Four
I Uhm
And Inhale
And I
Know
What it looks like
Electronically
Five
A one star review
Is a welcomed sight
Because I’d rather be hated
Than ignored
Six
My
Call
To action
Comes off my lips
Like my first phone #
And is promptly ignored
Because you skipped past it by
