Monday, February 24, 2014

Weekly Prompt 2/24


Ode 
(prompt from Poets & Writers)

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is famous for his wonderful odes to unexpected subjects. "Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market” and “Ode to an Artichoke” celebrate items we might not typically expect to hear lauded. This week, write an ode to a household object. Try to come up with as many epithets and images for the item as you can.

Check out the link below for Neruda's "Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market":

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/179412

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