Visualize an event, a moment, an incident\u2014either real or imagined. Now, close your eyes and listen to the sound of significant movements and\/or actions happening in that moment. What sounds do you hear? Heart beats, water dripping, footsteps, maybe bells . . . \u201cClang, clang, clang went the trolley Chug, chug, chug went the motor \u2014 The Trolley Song by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane<\/p>\n And in one of the all-time greatest stick-in-your-head songs “That\u2019s Amore!” sung notably by Dean Martin, jingly sounds are what make us want to sing and dance along:<\/p>\n \u201cBells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling \u2014 That\u2019s Amore! written by Jack Brooks & Harry Warren<\/p>\n If you have your list of sounds, but you\u2019re stuck for a way in, use one of these songs as a model for your poem (that\u2019s what I did.)<\/p>\n *Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1000 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Noises On! Visualize an event, a moment, an incident\u2014either real or imagined. Now, close your eyes and listen to the sound of significant movements and\/or actions happening in that moment. What sounds do you hear? Heart beats, water dripping, footsteps, maybe bells . . . Write a poem using these sounds. Try establishing a rhythm … Continue reading “Poetry Challenge #70”<\/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\/941"}],"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=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1126,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWrite a poem using these sounds. Try establishing a rhythm by repeating the sound a few times in each line followed or preceded by what is making the sound. Some hugely successful songs use sounds in this way. For example, in “The Trolley Song” sung notably by Judy Garland in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis<\/em> sounds are used to describe the first moment Ester meets John:<\/p>\n
\nDing, ding, ding went the bell
\nZing, zing, zing went my heart strings
\nFrom the moment I saw him I fell<\/p>\n
\nBump, bump, bump went the brake
\nThump, thump, thump went my heart strings
\nWhen he smiled I could feel the car shake\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAnd you\u2019ll sing \u201cVita bella\u201d
\nHearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
\nLike a gay tarantella\u201d<\/p>\nSet the timer for 7 minutes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Start writing!
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nDon\u2019t think about it too much; just do it. <\/strong><\/h3>\n