It’s Tuesday, the dVerse Poets Pub is open with a choice of popular drinks and snacks, and I’m Kim from writinginnorthnorfolk. I’ve been reading poems with one-word titles. Here are a few for you to read:

‘Heritage’ by Countee Cullen

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‘Tattoo’ by Ted Kooser

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Communion

No one spoke
The host, the guest,
The white chrysanthemums

—Ryota (tr. Kenneth Rexroth)

Image by Hisu Lee on Unsplash

I have also been thinking about long-ish words that we don’t see or hear much, which led me to the following prompt.

Choose ONE word from the list below (I’ve given definitions in brackets):

anachronism (the placing of persons, events, objects, or customs in times to which they do not belong; a person or a thing out of place in time and especially the present time)

filipendulous (hanging precariously – usually by a single thread)

limerence (an involuntary state of intense desire)

petrichor (a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather)

pulchritudinous (beautiful)

symphonia (musical unison)

Now USE YOUR CHOSEN WORD AS THE TITLE OF A POEM, in any form of your choice, which explores that word in one (or more) of the following ways:

• anthropomorphise the word (give it human qualities)
• use zoomorphism (give the word animal qualities)
• objectify the word (describe it as an object)
• write the poem ‘through the eyes’ of the word – put yourself in its shoes
• write a stream of consciousness or ‘abstract’ poem about the word
• write an acrostic of the word

If you are new to dVerse and/or Poetics, here’s how to join in:

• Write a poem in response to the challenge;
• Enter a link directly to your poem and your name by clicking Mr Linky below;
• There you will find links to other poets, and more will join so check back to see more poems;
• Read and comment on other poets’ work – we all come here to have our poems read;
• Please link back to dVerse from your site/blog;
• Comment and participate in our discussion below, if you like. We are a friendly bunch of poets.
• Have fun.