Two Part Question: 1. Did you wear a\ncoat or pants today? 2. How did you clasp the front closed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your answer to the second part\nwas \u201cI zipped it up!\u201d Then put on your party hat and let\u2019s here it for Elias\nHowe!* It\u2019s National Zipper Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elias Howe\u2019s first zipper wasn\u2019t called a zipper. When Howe filed his patent in 1851, it was for an \u201cAutomatic, Continuous Clothing Closure.\u201d But \u2026Howe never tried to market or sell his invention, so it wasn\u2019t until 42 years later when Whitcomb Judson patented a fastener similar to but not exactly the same called the \u201cClasp Locker.\u201d Judson debuted his clasp locker at the Chicago World\u2019s Fair in 1893. But\u2026 people were too zipped up at that time to fathom doing away with button hooks and laces, so nothing came of it. Finally, in 1917, a fella who worked at the company Judson founded, Gideon Sundback invented the \u201cSeparable Fastener.\u201d Folks liked it, but\u2026no one knew quite what to do with it. Apparently, the trouble was all in the name. It wasn\u2019t until 1923 when B. F. Goodrich tried the danged zipper as a boot fastener and coined the name that stuck. Which brings us to our prompt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in my school yard days, whenever a friend forgot to zip his\nor her pants, we\u2019d call out with a helpful XYZ! Let\u2019s begin by doing exactly\nthat. By design a zipper is \u201ctwo facing-rows of teeth\nthat pull into a single piece by the slider.\u201d In honor of National Zipper Day\nlet\u2019s choose two different sets of words and link them together\u2014zip them\u2014into a\npoem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s begin with two words. But, just as zipping a snug pair of\njeans isn\u2019t easy, let\u2019s not make this poem come together too easily. Choose two\nwords that do not seem at all connected. For instance: Tire & Popcorn;\nCarnival & Pencil; Snow & Tabasco. You get the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write each word on one side of a paper. Now, take a moment to list\nat least 5 words that relate to each of those words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weave, link, fasten\u2014zip these words together into one poem. Extra points for physically arranging the poem into a zipper shape on the page. Ready! Set! X.Y.Z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*That zipper isn\u2019t the only thing about those clothes for which we have good ole Elias to thank. He also invented the sewing machine. Without him, instead of closets & drawers full of clothes to choose from, we might be scrounging around in hand-sewn sacks tied with string\u2014zip it, Pontificator, stick to the subject!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Zipper Day: https:\/\/nationaldaycalendar.com\/days-2\/national-zipper-day-april-29\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began\n this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1400 days ago. We now take turns \ncreating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the \n7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or \n if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" XYZ: Xamine Your ZZZipppppper! Two Part Question: 1. Did you wear a coat or pants today? 2. How did you clasp the front closed? If your answer to the second part was \u201cI zipped it up!\u201d Then put on your party hat and let\u2019s here it for Elias Howe!* It\u2019s National Zipper Day! Elias Howe\u2019s … Continue reading “Poetry Prompt # 137”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Start writing! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n