Last Tuesday at a Poetry and Prompts group, a friend of mine wrote and read a blitz poem. I had never heard of this poetry form before, but I really enjoyed hearing it, and so I looked it up.
Here is my first blitz poem. It was fun to write.
Town of Life university days university town town so small town by the tides tides of change tides ebb and flow flow in as students flow out as adults adults with ideas adults with opinions opinions of ideas opinions of people people who cry people who laugh laugh at children laugh at Fate Fate rolls the dice Fate ain't always nice nice little town nice little shops shops for the students shops for the professors professors of chemistry professors of history history in the town history all around around the town around the harbour harbour the houses harbour the books books in the library books in the classes classes of people classes of animals animals on the farms animals in the bars bars on campus bars on streets streets lined with shops streets lines with homes homes for a lifetime homes for seasons seasons with snow seasons come and go go back to campus go on to real life life lessons earned life well learned learned earned
I’ve tried the form a time or two, without success. I like this one!
Interesting form! I printed the information you shared the other day. It is on my list of things to write.
It’s a lot of fun once you get going.
I love it! Thank you for introducing me to this form! I had fun trying it!
Thank you, Marilyn! Hearing that you had tried it encouraged me to finish and post it!
Based upon what’s going on in the US right now, I wrote my first Blitz poem today, Karen. Until I read your poem, I had never heard of it before. Happy New Year to you.