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 eighteenth of thirty prompts in the Oulipost project.
The poem below is in response to the following prompt:
OULIPOST #18: HOMOCONSONANTISM
Choose a sentence or short passage from your newspaper to complete a homoconsonantism. In this form, the sequence of consonants in a source text is kept, while all its vowels are replaced. For example:
ORIGINAL: To be or not to be: that is the question.
CONSONANTS ONLY: T b r n t t b t t s t h q s t n
FINAL PRODUCT: As burnt tibia: it heats the aqueous tone.
"Millions of people all over the world will not report to work this morning. Most of them will be joining their families at home for the long Easter weekend..."
Loins of papal lover thaw,
[de]railed will/nature, pretty war,
Kit his mourn
Bhajia nun
nag mist of rhythm.
Gather female
Suite home fruit
Healing Esther
nag mist of rhythm.
REFERENCES
Kariuki, Ngare. "Whether fact or fiction, Jesus of Nazareth remains quite a compelling figure." The Daily Nation. 18 Apr. 2014: DN2 2 and 3.
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