A Plagiaristic Ode To My Alarm Clock
Using The Titles Of Books By By Bed - For The Vocal Ode To Ordinary Challenge
I hadn't done a Plagiaristic Poem for a while, and I usually use the sonnet, villanelle, or acrostic forms, but I thought I would try another Ode for the Vocal Ode To Ordinary challenge. This time it was my new alarm clock, using the titles of books next to my bed.
The alarm clock wakes me up with a "sunrise light effect" from 5.15 followed by some incredibly gentle birdsong which feels more like part of a dream rather than alarm, but it is a really nice way to be woken.
The Prompt
Write an ode to an ordinary object.
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I will base it on this Pindaric Ode as I cannot really find a great definition of the form, though I believe I have tried it before. Essentially an Ode is meant to be a poem of praise.
The music is "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! because that is what the alarm clock is for.
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Miracles Of Life, You Wake Me
Achtung Schweinehund, Get Yourself Out Of Bed
Kingdom Come, Alarm Clock Light Turns Red
Gig, But It's Bird Song Not Music I Hear
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Is That A Fish In Your Ear? No Way
Clothes, Music, Boys To Start My Day
The Scarlet Gospels, Words In Scarlet Light
The Dreamthief's Daughter, Delight
Anger Is An Energy, Now Wake
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Comments (7)
I think we have the same alarm clock. ;-) I love the gentle way it wakes me up. Nicely done, Mike!
Is that a fish in my ear? No way! That was so funny! Loved your ode!
That is a very extraordinary alarm clock! I love your method of construction with this, and the pile-up of books furnishing the hemistiches. It almost feels like the ode itself is the alarm clock, calling you to consciousness with a heap of books just waiting to be read!
Lovely poem. The only thing over which I flinched was the beginning of Wham's video where they wear shirts bearing a powerfully meaningful biblical passage once again coopted by the radical right who still believe in the subjugation of women & the right of men/society to deny them autonomy over their own bodies & health care decisions. Even so, I've always loved the song. And I do believe your alarm clock is worthy of an ode, though I'm not sure it classifies as "ordinary", lol.
βΊοΈ I love the sound your alarm clock Mike! And I chuckled when you referred to Wham! π
I love this , Love your style of poetry put your own personal twist to it. How can you not get up with your song choice π₯°ππ
ππ½ππ½ππ½ bravo