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Post by diannet on Oct 17, 2011 0:54:55 GMT -6
On this cold blustery day here, I thought I'd watch a favourite film The Shipping News, any way, as the leading character was reading his life out in headlines I thought why not write a poem like that...so end result I took a poem I thought was boring and changed each line to sound like a headline. It may not be great but I'm sure the talented poets on this forum could really do something with it...anyway just a thought. Here's mine...
Boat cast adrift while captain sleeps
Rusted anchor not up to scratch
Island removed from sight as distant storm descends
Owner feels like speck as dream fades
Equilibrium disturbed by rough waters
Determined skipper braces for more turmoil
Reliable current will see her through
Journey takes unexpected turn
Skipper no longer fears for future as tides change.
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Post by heatherwordbender on Oct 17, 2011 14:56:20 GMT -6
I'm not really sure how to run with this one.  Would you maybe have an original headline for us to build from that you could publish or add to your original?? I guess nothing comes to mind for me and I'm a bit too muzzy on how you built this to really take off with it... |
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Post by diannet on Oct 17, 2011 16:17:02 GMT -6
Hi Heather if it helps just write about a headline in your local paper. I was thinking that each line should read like a headline, I thought it would have been interesting to see what everyone came up with.  |
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Post by Fire Monkey on Oct 22, 2011 18:15:28 GMT -6
Hmmm, I'll have to think on this one, though I have done things like this before. Back in highschool I recall I wrote a piece that was all song titles [actually I think I cheated and used some lines from songs as well because the titles didn't quite give me enough]
I'm assuming you didn't intend us to limited to read headlines but rather to write the lines so they were like headlines....
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Post by diannet on Oct 22, 2011 19:02:48 GMT -6
Yes Fire Monkey I did mean each line as a headline.
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Post by Fire Monkey on Oct 23, 2011 1:38:43 GMT -6
I'll just put on my Journalist Hat and see what headlines I can write ;D
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Post by Brigid Briton on Oct 25, 2011 12:53:32 GMT -6
Revised 10/26/11* TX Woman Starts Poetry Forum! Poets Gather from Around the World! Poetry Happens! Aussie Woman Challenges Status Quo! TX Woman Rises to Challenge! Original: TX Woman Starts Poetry Forum! Poets Around the World Flock to Forum! Poetry Happens! Aussie Woman Challenges Status Quo! TX Woman Rises to Challenge!  *This really wasn't much of a poem in the first place, however I noticed something really glaring that I'd never do in a real poem---end a line in the same word twice! |
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Post by diannet on Oct 25, 2011 15:10:58 GMT -6
LOL! Aussie poet impressed by originality TX poet thinks outside square Crikey: It's a little beauty A smile starts day! Thanks for having a go Brigid... |
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Post by Callisse J. DeTerre on Nov 1, 2011 7:02:53 GMT -6
Wow, this reminds me of something from high school I just ran across in one of my writing files about a week ago. I simply must dig it back out to share. It doesn't fit the challenge exactly, but...well, you'll see what I mean when I get it posted. ;D
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Would you maybe have an original headline for us to build from that you could publish or add to your original?? I guess nothing comes to mind for me and I'm a bit too muzzy on how you built this to really take off with it...
