Father lightning shoots down a sharp jolt and a
Dry tree welcomes his jab, leaping into fire
That creeps gingerly among dry leaves so
Slowly she’s unnoticed until a burst of overwhelming
Flame takes charge, leading fire’s advance. It
Revs up, gobbling all tinder handy. Fire controls
The earth, the air, all becomes nourishment for the
Fire, announcing her dominance to power the weather.
source: A Fire So Overwhelming It Controls the Weather
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I’m
continuing to use Terrance Hayes’s Golden Shovel poem format, as proposed by
the Sunday New York Times "At Home" section, for 30 Poems in 30 Days
during National Poetry Month.
Take a newspaper headline
that attracts you.
Use each word in the line
as the end word for each line in your poem.
Keep the end words in
order.
Describe the story that
the headline is for.
The poem does not have to
be about the same subject as the headline that creates the end words.
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