ABECEDARIAN is an ancient poetry form based on ABC order. My friend, Joan at Just Joan is a creative poet who composes in many formats. She invited people to try it, so I did a sort of stream of consciousness (which of course, can be a bit scary). I also added a few little notes which might not be allowed. Smile. Give it a try, it is all great fun! You can read Joan’s work here: https://justjoan42.wordpress.com/
Apple cart, Adios, Atticus
Bangladesh, Bojangles, Baseball
Circuits, Cicada, Crescent
Davy (Crockett), Death (by chocolate), Distant
Easter, Eggman (not the Walrus), Evening
Fido, Filibuster, Flamingo
Gertrude, Givenchy, Gazelle, Gargoyles!
Highland, Highbrow, Haute
Ideology, Ice house, Iguana
Jasmine, Jasper, Jazz
Kumquat, Kwanzaa, Kayak
La la Land, Legumes, Lilly pads
Mink, Mansion, Mozart
Night, Nightingale, Narcissist
Oligarchy, Oliver, Opals
Pirates, Platitude, Purgatory
Queensryche, Quarry, Quandary
Rattlesnake, Riverside, Rumination
Tinsel, Typesetting, Tiger tiger (in the forest of the night…)
Ursula, Umbrella, Unbidden
Venn Diagram, Vascular, Venomous
Willow, Waltz Werewolf (of London)
Xenia, Xerox, Xanadu
Zorro, Zealot, Zydeco
Works for me! 🙂
I might should have listed more food :-D. Ha ha!
Fun to read, Lana and your stream of consciousness was not too scary at all! 😀
Thanks Annika!
Reminds me a bit of some warm ups we did at improv theatre – words that flow from your consciousness just like that can reveal a lot.
You know, it is sometimes hard to think of words with certain letters: Y, X, Z, I, or even A, ha ha.
I know! I tried it myself yesterday after reading your poem, first in German, than in English – it´s funny how different the results were!
I imagine those results were very different. It is great though, that you can even do that in two languages, how extraordinary!
Thank you! It was rather fun 🙂 Maybe I should post them though I would need to include translations for the German one I guess 😉
Yes, highly interesting. Thanks for sharing a slice of your thought processes, LT, most enlightening 😉
And not too scary, Phil, ha ha. I think I should’ve had more food on there 😀
I was initially surprised by the lack of cat references but then realised this may be what you call out the back door at supper time 😉 (I am joking, I don’t really believe you have this many cats or if you do that these are their names 🙂 )
I know, what was I thinking? Those furry felines will never forgive me!
Thanks for the shout-out, Lana! Yours is a fabulous list, love the triads of thought churned out in your stream of consciousness. My favorites?
Cicadas–2016 was their year, their “music” prompted me to write a poem
Gertrude and Ursula–best friends circa 1925. Oliver was the guy they fought over.
Ideology–I’m full of those.
LaLa Land–I have a summer home there.
Quandary–I misspelled it once in Scrabble, left out the final “a”
Xanadu–just used this word in another Abecedarian piece I’m writing
Zydeco–the type of band that played at a friend’s wedding, washboard and all! 🙂
Interesting what came up for you, Lana. That’s a challenging form. 🙂
It is, Diana. I’ll bet psychologists could analyze these exercises, ha ha. Words are fun. I think it’s a good exercise 😀
Hadn’t heard of this form before, so thanks for educating me! Looks like you nailed it, Lana!
Thanks Debbie, it was a lot of fun, kinda gets the creativity flowing 😀
Very clever! You taught me something new today. Hope your weekend was a good one. Be blessed.
Thank you, Dee. It does seem to get the mind flowing a bit creatively. I hope your weekend was a good one also. Blessings 😀
What a fun and interesting concept. Well done Lana. 🙂
Thanks so much, Debby… it’s a fun way to brainstorm 😀
Yes, it was a fun read. 🙂