OULIPOST #5: Multi-million mother

Every day this April, nearly 80 poets will write one poem per day by applying constrained writing techniques sourced from the Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle — or “workshop of potential literature”) group to text sourced from their daily local newspaper. This is the fifth of thirty prompts in the Oulipost project.

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