I decided to live dangerously in October. It’s a scary month, so I’m going to explore a form of poetry with stringent rules that moves at a rapid-fire pace. I’m going to write blitz poetry. This unusual style, developed by Robert Keim, has set rules using connecting phrases to create a 50-line verse I titled Sun and Walk.
Line 1 is a short phrase or image. Line 2 is another short phrase or image using the same first word as line 1. Lines 3 and 4 starts with the same word used as the last word of line 2. Then, lines 5 and 6 use the last word of line 4. This pattern is followed until line 48. Line 49 uses the last word in 48. Line 50 begins with the last word in line 47. The title is three words long. The title format is the first word of line 3, a preposition or conjunction, and the first word of 47. You can’t use any punctuation. Luckily, these poems don’t need to rhyme. This poetic adventure will either be a lot of fun or leave me frustrated. I will call my first Blitz poem Sun and Walk. Let’s get our spooky scare on right now.
Sun and Walk
Walking with a friend
Walking in the sun
Sun hot to the touch
Sun stops being fun
Fun up around the bend
Fun talking in the shade
Shade makes us forget time
Shade under a gazebo
Gazebo painted white
Gazebo with a green roof
Roof blocking out the heat
Roof a cozy hutch
Hutch rainproof
Hutch a shelter
Shelter made of foliage
Shelter to watch the ducks
Ducks play in dirty water
Ducks fighting for food
Food to nourish the body
Food to nourish the soul
Soul searching for answers
Soul weary of the world
World spinning in the heavens
World under the Saviors control
Control of the future
Control of the past
Past we can’t change
Past we can’t rearrange
Rearrange for the better
Rearrange for the good
Good for the healing
Good to bring peace
Peace of mind
Peace and wisdom
Wisdom to accept
Wisdom to know
Know the difference
Know to grow
Grow in strength
Grow in freedom
Freedom to make choices
Freedom to live
Live in His glory
Live to give
Give hope to the hopeless
Give grace for the walk
Walk in praise
Walk in faith
Faith
Praise
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Nice. Good luck. A month of blitzing sounds intense.
I thin it will be one of the most intense months, but it will be fun.
This is wonderful.
Thank you.
Blessings.