I
Don’t sing.
My cat of
many years, Olaf,
Is always glad
To sing, to meow and yowl and
act like he is big
The W3 prompt for the week is to write a poem based on the piece of artwork show above, and, if possible, make it a Golden Shovel poem.
In a “Golden Shovel” poem, the last words in each line are, in order, words from a line of another poem. I chose an e.e. cummings poem. And struggled. Or should I say, i struggled
be-
causeif
ever
there was a poet
whos(tyl)e
set him
a- – – -part
it
was
eecummings
I wrote about an entirely fictional cat. I’m not really happy with it –the poem, that is. About as happy as I would be if I had a cat that yowled all the time. But I wanted to participate. [sigh]
The poetry form is called a Cadence. The rules are that it be written in 7 lines, that the lines follow this syllabic pattern 1-2-3-4-4-8-5, and that the end words be strong (no articles or prepositions). Well, two out of three ain’t bad, right?
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Cute.
Thanks!
You’re welcome Sally
it’s lovely, Sally. 🤍✨
Thank you.
I think you have done a great job 😁😁
You’re very kind. Thank you.
Sally 🙂
I love what you did with that second piece in particular! Awesome!
❤
David
It’s funny — I angsted and labored over the cat thing and still don’t really like it. I spent less than 10 minutes on the ee cummings poem, and like it much more. Thanks for your comment and encouragement.
Hi, Sally❣️
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by the brilliant Angela Wilson, is now live:
Enjoy 😀
Much love,
David
Ooo, I forgot about the Golden Shovel bit. Bravo on writing so complicated a form, Sally. I’m going to study your smashing poem and give it a try 🙏
Your poem is yowling good fun 🐈⬛
I thought that Golden Shovel was going to put me under. Oooph. I would suggest studying better Golden Shovels than mine.
Thanks for your kind words.
💗
I enjoyed your poem 💛
I realize that I should have noted what the poem was that I golden-shoveled. It’s called “I Sing of Olaf” by e.e. cummings. It’s one of my favorite poems by him, but be warned, it’s heavy. Like a shovel.
That sounds complicated.
You have no idea. I think that will be my one and only Golden Shovel poem.
Yes, act like he is big.
A Cadence poem as a Golden Shovel and ekphrastic too? I’d say that’s more than 2 out of 3~~ I’m impressed and think this fictional cat named Olaf is a winner!
Woah, this is such a complicated form ❤️ Simply brilliant 😄
Thank you. It was such a challenge!