April 25, 2018
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Sternutation
A sudden premonition, something does not feel quite right.
Explosive sound makes her stagger, head rocks backward and forward.
“Terrorism?” she wonders. “God bless you,” chant total strangers.
I was scrolling through different forms of poetry and came across a very interesting one that I wanted to try, but I did this Sijo instead. The sijo form is from Korea and consists of three lines containing 14-16 syllables each, with the entire poem containing a total of 44-46 syllables. Also, there is traditionally a break or pause near the middle of each line, and the third line is supposed to contain a "twist" and a conclusion. It seemed like a good form to use for Prompt #11: Sneeze in the NPM Scavenger Hunt. The title taught me a new word, so I am feeling quite educated today. Four more prompts to go, and five days left in April. I might just make it to the end of the list in time!
Describing a sneeze made me think of this funny moment in 3rd Rock from the Sun, a very funny sitcom from the late 90s about aliens who take on human bodies in order to study life on earth. Click this link to see the clip - it's less than a minute long. Did you recognize young Joseph Gordon Levitt?
Comments (2)
I've never tried this form! I'm going to give it a go - but not for NPM... I'll have to do one outside the parameters of April (gasp).
I am so impressed - you are really rocking the NPM and the Scavenger Hunt.
When I first read through the instructions, I missed the part about the overall syllable count. I lucked out, though, and hit it just right without trying. I was happy to skip the obsessively counting part of the process.
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