This week let’s write a poem with the words Arctic, destroy and experiment in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites and the dice gave us a doozy this week. My first thought is that something went horribly wrong at Santa’s workshop but don’t let that influence you.
Post your poems in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
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Response to Monday poetry prompt
Arctic, Destroy, Experiment
Silly Word Prompt Poem
By Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris
The first word of the day is arctic,
to think, to ponder, to write
is cathartic.
Then the second word jumps
up from the page,
it’s letters destroy the first
in a haze.
The last word describes this poem
to a tee,
definitely an experiment
from you on to me.
Oh wait! I see I must now pause
he’s inserted a picture
of old Santa clause.
Santa please know it’s
with warm hands and toes
I lay here and wait
completely reposed.
He’ll come here tonight
from his great Arctic home
man’s experiment failed
he’s bringing my tomes!
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Posted by GypsieWolf2014 | September 20, 2021, 9:08 AMWhat a fun poem. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 20, 2021, 7:24 PMThank you Bartholomew! 😊
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Posted by GypsieWolf2014 | September 20, 2021, 7:27 PMFun poem, it gave me a smile, thank you for creating.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 4:25 AMHa ha! 🙂
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 20, 2021, 2:21 PM(cheeky grin) 😁
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Posted by GypsieWolf2014 | September 20, 2021, 7:28 PMHi there
Here is my apocalypse short poem. Here is a first attempt at something longer
Temperate zone
Destroyed by extreme hit
Mass carbon capture
Experiments fail
The 1 percenters depart
for luxury Artic bunkers
While the rest
Of us burn
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Posted by Catherine Penafiel | September 22, 2021, 11:05 PMLove it! And I fear it’s prescient.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 22, 2021, 11:07 PMHard hitting, string words!
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Posted by GypsieWolf2014 | September 23, 2021, 5:59 AMStrong too!
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Posted by GypsieWolf2014 | September 25, 2021, 1:43 AM😀 That too. Thanks Gypsie
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 25, 2021, 7:47 AMI loved you.
You thought it would be a fun experiment.
I loved you.
You didn’t even try.
Nothing could warm your artic heart.
You almost destroyed mine.
I don’t love you anymore.
Take what cold comfort you can find
in the company of cads like yourself.
You have lost at the game of love.
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 25, 2021, 1:05 AMNice to read a love poem from you JeanMarie. He seems to be a heartless person.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 4:27 AMThanks Cassa. Yeah, whoever he is, I’m glad I don’t know him.😉
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 25, 2021, 7:46 AM😉👍
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 9:14 AMExcellent! And you combined the most recent two prompts. Impressive!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 25, 2021, 1:24 PMI’m so glad you noticed that Bart. 🙂 I was lazy and went for the combo instead of TWO poems.
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 25, 2021, 2:02 PMI sometimes find it easier to write when I combine two prompts.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 25, 2021, 2:09 PMToddler builds an arctic farm
arctic fox, arctic hare, arctic has woolly bear
How about experiment with penguin, orca or albatross
Oh no baby
they can’t travel that far to your farm
Let me take them back south to their Mommy
Baby cry, baby shout
Baby’s tantrum is thundering loud
Arctic farm destroyed by baby’s palms
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 4:41 AMOn wow. I read this literally, a story about a child playing. And I wonder it is also a metaphor about climate change.
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 25, 2021, 7:54 AMIt’s a child playing and throwing tantrum, that’s all 😀. I didn’t intend or manage a metaphor. You gave me a thought though, thank you!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 9:17 AMI agree with JM, this is about climate change and the immaturity of the human species.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 25, 2021, 1:29 PMWe do have temper tantrums, and yes we do mess up the climates and destroying the poles.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 25, 2021, 6:09 PMA simple thing, really it is
an ice maker for arctic like freeze
it was destroyed, likely from
an experiment in guessing
Just replace it, he did
I have ice, I do
It’s the complicated life
From simple pleasures
I think I’ll still believe
In Santa Claus
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 26, 2021, 8:47 PMLove “an experiment in guessing” Not sure I understand it, but I love it. Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 26, 2021, 8:55 PM😊 sometimes when maintenance works on things it seems they are guessing. It’s recently resulted in replacement over repair.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 26, 2021, 10:13 PM