Lillian here, coming to you today from Washington DC! Here for the month of May as major rehab being done to our building in Boston. Delighted to host Poetics for the dVerse gang today!
I went to the grocery store the other day, to pick up a few items. Not in a hurry, I wandered a bit and happened into the cereal section. It was four levels high and incredibly long, with a mind-boggling number of options. And this prompt was born.
Choose ONE category FROM THE THREE GIVEN BELOW.
Include AT LEAST TWO of the brands listed IN YOUR CHOSEN CATEGORY, in the BODY of your poem.
Use the brand name's words as words.
If one of the brand names you select has two words in it, try to use the two words in the same order as the brand does.
PLEASE NOTE : If you choose the Candy Bar category, do not write a poem about candy bars, including three of the candy bar names in your poem. Instead, use the words to refer to something other than a candy bar. Noodle with the words in the brand name!
HINT: You may find the need to use a form of the word – as in "mounded" or "mounding" instead of "mounds". BUT – a synonym for the word will not count. IE using the word "piles" instead of "mounds" will not fulfill the prompt.
*** Your poem can be any form and any length you prefer. But it must utilize only one of the categories above. And it must include the word/words of at least two of the brands within that list.
Looking forward to what you come up with! Have fun noodling with the brands!
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Hello everyone! Coming to you from Washington DC today where it is hot and humid. Candy bars would melt in this weather! Looking forward to what you're noodling will look like with these words from brand names. Have fun with this one! Lots of cool drinks available — step up to the bar!
Hi Lillian! A clever prompt. I'm out and about today but will be thinking hard about my contribution.
I picked the "perfumes" category. Thanks for hosting, Lillian!
Ah….poetry "scent" from Frank. I'll saunter over to read in a bit!
Hi Lill, Viv and everyone who is at the dVerse bar today. My poem is short and sweet. I'm looking forward to some interesting noodles.
Ah….the sweetness of those candy bards….er….I mean bars! 🙂 I enjoyed it a lot! 🙂 Glad to see you here today, Kim!
Hello… poem written but I need a few edits before posting… just came back from a play reading… The read "Girls like that"… very good play… very discomforting. I can really recommend play readings if you find a theater doing that.
Maybe a cereal killer poem is in place.
Hah….it is fun once you get moving! I'm just finishing my second one…using the cereals. Will post soon! Going over to read yours now. Glad to see you here, Jane!
I never had so much fun with a prompt! Thanks, Lillian.
This was a fun one Lillian! I took it a step further and used all the candy bars in my poem!
Back tending the pub! Hot coffee and alcoholic libations available throughout the day….iced tea too. Will be in and out, reading all your noodles today! They've been great!
So glad you had fun with it!
Evening, Poets! Thanks, lillian, for the word-twisting challenge!
Oh how corny you are! 🙂 Loved your post!
Can't help it …I'm from Iowa, you know!
Great place to raise kids…and corn. I knew you have a lotta heart, Lill!
I used selections from the cereal category, though my poem didn't end up sugar coated. (see what I did there? 🙂 A unique, creative challenge. Thanks, Lillian!
Glad you enjoyed the prompt! Well…..sugar coating can be a serial addiction!
We don't know what we all have… May we discover it soon.