It's The 2025 Poem-A-Week Challenge Discussion Thread

[Angeline]

Each to their own walk through life. I make no excuse for being a fighting man.

I am a first time reader of Shakespeare. I take your point regarding rearranged lines, vs what might be considered a prototypical Found poem. And find the distinction between a Blackout poem and a Found poem interesting.

The collection of lines resulted from a very slow read, taking pause to consider lines like ‘…banners flout the sky…” Much is written about Shakespeare’s Macbeth. However, perhaps not from the perspective of its stunning action sequences. The lines collected were lines that I found stunning. I realize there is a great depth more to Shakespeare than that which I have superficially lined.

It’s not a crime to be enamored of a good fight. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is every inch a fighting man’s story. In war, fighting men are pawns of higher powers. Including their own fallibilities.

It's very well done, well put together. It's a Cento, a kind of found poem composed of lines from a literary work to both serve as homage and create something new.

Yes it's obviously Shakespeare and, as one reads, obviously Macbeth but all Centos should have the work from which they're drawn cited. It's the poet's way of saying "I know I didn't write these lines myself." If you really want to go crazy you can add a footnote that annotates, by act. scene and speaker, the source of each line. But as an experiment in writing a Cento, just noting the author and work should be fine.

I really like how you combined the lines to create the sights and sounds of battle.

 

[Angeline]

BTW there are some great examples of Centos here:


https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/157330/cento-celebrating-home

 

[42BelowsBack]

It's very well done, well put together. It's a Cento, a kind of found poem composed of lines from a literary work to both serve as homage and create something new.

Yes it's obviously Shakespeare and, as one reads, obviously Macbeth but all Centos should have the work from which they're drawn cited. It's the poet's way of saying "I know I didn't write these lines myself." If you really want to go crazy you can add a footnote that annotates, by act. scene and speaker, the source of each line. But as an experiment in writing a Cento, just noting the author and work should be fine.

I really like how you combined the lines to create the sights and sounds of battle.

Annotations coming.

 

[SapioSexual9]

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[42BelowsBack]

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