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Note to self:
Never attempt this again.
The Alphabet poem is a couple degrees harder than the Abecedarian… You made this look easy and even added a bit of rhyme!
It was a spur of the moment decision to try this – I don’t even know why, Muri!
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David
Hilarious! No word that starts with X? And what about rhyming the last two lines?
the last two lines are an off-rhyme, Dolly – they at least share a vowel sound!
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David
That they do. LOL
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BTW, my wife just explained how to use ‘palit’ in Russian to me – and how it’s spelled differently than the word for ‘to pour’ (it’s helpful to have a wife who was raised in Russia). Also, apparently the word ‘palit’ can be used in the sense of one crook saying that another who betrayed him ‘spalil evo’. I never knew any of this!
It’s “spalil evo” (ΡΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ» Π΅Π³ΠΎ), as opposed to “polil evo” (ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ» Π΅Π³ΠΎ). Now I see why you were questioning the word.
yes, my wife just corrected me – I fixed my previous comment π
thanks, Dolly!
No problem, and you have such wonderful help at home!
What a thing to take on!!!!! Fantastic effort. But your note to self is definitely noted. π
Worms, I mean it. I won’t do this again! It was definitely too much trouble π
Yours,
David
π You did a great job though!
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-David
I was once tasked with doing a similar exercise for a poetry workshop. I can only assume that it was so that, after so much bad poetry as an ice breaker, no one would feel any inhibitions about sharing their first drafts in a group of strangers.
Did it work?
We did in fact, feel rather uninhibited while sharing and getting feedback on our first drafts to the longer prompts. But that could be correlation not causation.
Your ABC came out really good! Far better than mine (which I think I lost – not worth retaining). But I remember how painful the exercise was.
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David
I attempted writing something similar once, using all the alphabets and I failed miserably π€£. But yours came out well, I am aware how difficult it must have been!! β€οΈ Stay blessed, David π
It’s ridiculous, actually, how long this took me, Diana π
Much love,
David
I completely agree..hence I gave upπ
π well done! You invented new form. Now do the Hebrew alphabet π€£π€£π€£
never, Ingrid. this was so not worth it!
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David
Well you did it very well!
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Lovely David…
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Fun poem
π₯° Lauren π₯°
π. Like your note. Well done though. Really works. Reminded me immediately of someone I know actually.
The resulting poem is fun, but the note afterward suggests the process wasn’t as fun. But I hope you’re glad with how it turned out! I read about a prompt to write a 26-sentence short story, where each sentence starts with a subsequent letter of the alphabet. I’ll get around to trying it one of these days π
It’s not exactly that it wasn’t fun – more that it took much longer to arrive at a result anywhere close to acceptable than I’d ever imagined. It’s a time sink!
Thanks for the kind words, Dave.
Yours,
David
Very cleverly done! And then capped by that note to self! π I was thinking it when I realized it was alphabetical, how challenging hehe. :))
π Lia π
I liked this format. Brilliantly penned.
𧑠Kaushal π§‘
Or perhaps understood too well…those x’s do vex us. (K)
Kerfe, when I took this on, I pretty much assume that I would be using an ‘ex’ word, rather than an ‘x’ word. It seemed inevitable.
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David
Very good!
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Now that is a grand challenge indeed, and I think you excelled.
π George π
Me, I like the combination with the afterword best. Somehow that makes it whole for me. Well done. π
Thanks so much, Barbaraβ£οΈ
-David
You tortured yourself for a good cause, David! The poem is very well-done and amusing. Like the photo also. I completely understand never wanting to go through that experience again. I will heed your advice and never attempt it! All the best! π
π Cheryl π