Dear SunWinkers!
I would sure love to see some of you so-called non-poets, especially my fellow editors, take a crack at a list poem before we leave the topic. If you can make out a grocery list, you can write a list poem. It’s fun! You’ll be the envy of your friends! You can add “Poet” to your business card!
Review the examples in last week’s column. You can see the possibilities are endless, and there’s no way to “get it wrong.” Bottom line: if you say it’s a poem, it’s a poem. If there’s a list involved, it’s a list poem!
- The list doesn’t have to be the whole poem
- The list items don’t have to be single words
- The list items don’t have to be all in the same form
- And if that weren’t enough,
- The list items can be interrupted with parenthetical phrases
So I expect to see lots of list poems next week. There’s just no excuse!
SunWinks! 