Oct 12, 2015 Original Poetry, Writing 201

I have NEVER done “Found Poetry,” nor have I ever attempted chiasmus as a device, although I knew of it, and had encountered it.  It seems that these days I’m doing things that  I’ve never attempted.  In any case, today’s (Day 6) assignment, in brief, was:

Create a “found poem”

Make it about “faces”

Use “chiasmus.”

I’ve typed up the text of my found poem, which I assembled from tea-bag covers, junk mail, an art catalogue, and a plastic bread-bag.  Not having a working camera currently, I took an awkward picture with my MacBook Pro’s PhotoBooth.  So, the picture below looks, let’s face it, bad and blurry.  However, I shall remedy that when I can get a clearer image with a working camera.  In any case, here’s the image, and then, my typed-up text below it, for those who cannot discern the words.

(Oh, and I was thrilled to FIND my chiasmus in the process of looking for words!  The first line occurs on line 10 (after the heading, which is “Not When Pigs Fly”):  The Power of each woman’s face.  The second part of the chiasmus occurs as the punchline, the end:  “Face each woman’s POWER.”)

Here’s the poem, in its entirety:

Not When Pigs Fly

©October 12th, 2015

By Vijaya Sundaram

We are women —

Friends of the earth,

Hope,

The People,

wise,

The Majority.

We shall converge on LITTLE DREAMS,

GIVE Clarity.

No Blisters.

Guaranteed.

VISIONS OF THE UNCANNY —

THE POWER OF each woman’s face

EXHIBITS passion,

SUPPORTS MEMORY.

SURVIVING THE ELEMENTS,

ULTRA CONCENTRATED,

OUR MUSIC ROLLS ON.

WE ARE PEACE.

WE ARE the Earth.

face each woman’s POWER!

Tags: #Face, #Hope, #Peace, #Writing 201, chiasmus, Dreamer of Dreams, Found Poetry, poetry challenge!, The Earth, The power of women