NaPoWriMo – Day 7
Start by reading James Tate’s poem “The List of Famous Hats.” Now, write a poem that plays with the idea of a list. Tate’s poem is a list that isn’t – he never gets beyond the first entry. You could try to write a such a non-list, but a couple of other ideas would be to create a list of ingredients, or a list of entries in an index. A self-portrait (or a portrait of someone close to you) in the form of a such a list could be very funny. Another way into this prompt might be a list of instructions.
out of the head and on to the page…
one by one
by one
by one
what was I doing again?
oh yes, the list
if only I could find paper
and remember
one by one
by one
by one
what needs to be listed
in
the
first
place
defying atrophy 