The found poem below is in response to this prompt:
OULIPOST #5: TAUTOGRAM
Compose a poem whose words — or at least the principal ones — all begin with the same letter. The words must be sourced from your newspaper.
multi-million mother
manages month
matching, making
milk moment,
moisturising man,
manages Monday marriage-fever.
multi-million mother
moisturises months,
miserable, mean, mumbling
mind moved,
maybe manner,
Mspy.
(About Mspy: "It not only allows you to look oer your partner's communications, it also lets you control installed programmes and applications on their phone.")
REFERENCES
Thabel, Joan. "To catch a cheating spouse." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Saturday Magazine 6-7
Biko, Jackson. "Why I don't wish my exes well." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Saturday Magazine 10
Mwongeli, Maria. "Diary of a working mother." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Saturday Magazine 14
Mureithi, Francis. "Thank God I no longer fight the morning traffic." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Seeds of Gold 5
Njoroge, Irene. "Your seven-minute make-over." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Saturday Magazine 16
Wanjala, Tricia. "The goodness of coconut oil." The Daily Nation 5 Apr. 2014: Saturday Magazine 16
Like this one, especially how it moves from something rather objective to the emotional. Well, sort-of, I thought! I could almost picture the mother punching the words out on a keyboard, firmer and firmer keystrokes.
ReplyDeleteGood observation! I actually begun this one with the intention of writing a tribute to my late mother but alas, the poem took a life of its own :-)
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