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Thursday, February 17, 2011

POW PROMPT 21



The prompt this week is based on the beautifully haunting music of Thomas Newman from the film "Revolutionary Road " and also the word" entombment" which will be the title of the poem.

I was inspired by the music and an art exhibition called "Entombed Warriors". Everyone is entombed in something; a job, marriage, relationship, suburban life, responsibilities of some kind or other. I am basing mine loosely on the film
"Revolutionary Road" which is the story of a young promising married couple who become entombed in the suburbs with all the accoutrements of conformity.

A cascade quatrain would suit this topic I wrote one last November 2010 called
Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle..." Cloud 9 "
if you need an example.You might want to say a lot so you can keep the cascade flowing
e.g instead of the first verse being a quatrain

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you can make it a sestet

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B
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Hope this gives the grey matter a good workout but more importantly, opens the floodgates to allow feelings to flow freely.

2 comments:

  1. Love the music. "Haunting" is an excellent description.
    And I do like the cascade: easy enough that I don't go tharn at the thought.

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  2. The music is lovely. Is he related to Randy Newman or Alfred Newman I wonder?

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