A ‘Cento’ poem
Sources:
- Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier, 2000 (p. 18) [in italics]
- Kaddish.com by Nathan Englander, 2019 (p. 18) [in bold]
Cento:
Sabbath arrives- committed disbelief in worship, mikvah-dipping, synagogue- attending, my spiritual purpose part in parcel with transliteration of the prayer; the very same things in the very same way- the customs that would end with the moment, a juncture, evening, morning, and afternoon flecks of gray words and like-minded, kosher brothers, tribespeople, the unblind... a different kind of faith.
d’Verse poetry prompt: Patchworking some prose
This ‘cento’ was written for yesterday’s d’Verse poetry prompt, which was as follows:
- Choose TWO books of prose
- Pick ONE page from each
- Extract SHORT LINES from each page*
- ALTERNATE them to make a poem
- Use italics and plain font to differentiate the text sources
- Use one of the source lines or a combination as TITLE
Stick to these guidelines:
- DO NOT ADD ANYTHING of your own to the lines
- You may use enjambment
- You could split the poem into stanzas
- CITE YOUR SOURCES with author, book title and page number
*short lines mean you are not taking too much from the source in plagiarism
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
I really like how you combined the two sourcesโฆ
๐ค๐๐ป Bjรถrn ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thank you!
Oh i like this, expect one from me sometime in tge future ๐
๐ค๐๐ป Matt ๐๐ป๐ค ~ looking forward to reading yours
This is an interesting style.
๐๐๐ป Molly ๐๐ป๐
Excellent David and what an interesting style!
๐๐๐ป Karima ๐๐ป๐
Beautifully merged (and emerged as well) (K)
๐ค๐๐ป Kerfe ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thank you!
Seamless. Were it not for the bolded words this could be mistaken as being from one source…
โค ๐ Muri โค ๐ ~ thanks!
I like the movement in this poem, very fluid! I didnโt understand much but this tells me youโre a very traditional man, David! A nice trait, I think.
Yes, M Jay, I do like tradition… but not for traditional reasons ๐
Yes, me too, my friend. I couldn’t have put it more accurately, I’ll remember this line!
Beautifully melded, David! โค๏ธ
๐งก๐๐ป Punam ๐๐ป๐งก
Very interesting and impressively done!
๐ ๐๐ป Irene ๐๐ป ๐ ~ thank you!
~David
Shabbat Shalom, David!
๐ป you too, Dollyโฃ๏ธ
love your poem from poems David! Well done!โฃ๏ธ
๐๐๐ป Cindy ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks!
You’re so welcome David! ๐
such a tight melding David โ enjoyed all the re-reads!
๐๐๐ป Laura ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks for the prompt!