{"id":16,"date":"2019-10-19T00:52:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T00:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/cindy2\/?p=16"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:33:42","slug":"poetry-challenge-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/19\/poetry-challenge-109\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Challenge #109"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dictionary Roulette<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love dictionaries! It\u2019s an excellent way to procrastinate . . . and expand one\u2019s vocabulary\u2014always a good thing. Best, words lead to ideas\u2026and actions! So grab a dictionary and let\u2019s GO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Here\u2019s<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s mine\u2026show me yours!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t have a physical dictionary (Borrow a library copy or go buy one!!! You should have one!!!), you can use a website such as m-w.com or dictionary.com and look for a list of words of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Yes!<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes! You can borrow my dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite prompts when I get stuck with any writing is to take a dictionary, open to a random page, and write down the first word I see. Sometimes I roll three dice and open to that page. Sometimes I have someone pick a number between 1 and 948 (the number of pages in my favorite dictionary) and then another number between 1 and 68 (the average number of words on the two pages) and I find my word that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Close-Your-Eyes-and-Point method, Roll-the-Dice method, Pick-A-Number method, find 5 words. Write a 5-line poem using all 5 words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dictionary Roulette I love dictionaries! It\u2019s an excellent way to procrastinate . . . and expand one\u2019s vocabulary\u2014always a good thing. Best, words lead to ideas\u2026and actions! So grab a dictionary and let\u2019s GO! Here\u2019s mine\u2026show me yours! If you don\u2019t have a physical dictionary (Borrow a library copy or go buy one!!! You should … Continue reading “Poetry Challenge #109”<\/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\/16"}],"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=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}