Writing Poems Using Only the Letters in Australia 🇦🇺
Impossible Poetry #3
After struggling and having a mind block on some of the poetry challenges I set for myself, I am back with some more experiments following my Impossible Poetry Challenge. This time I am only using the letters that are present in Australia. This challenge is stating to make me think of a previous poetry challenge Vocal staff put out where you had to write a poem but the words could only be word letters or less. They’ve just published another poetry challenge that has to rhyme. I will do that one at some point, I think.
Rules
- No AI. AI would be pretty pointless as at the moment, AI dosen’t have the grasp of certain word prompts And would try to send me generic sonnets with letters I am not able to use.
- If I can’t get anywhere with one poetry form within 15 minutes, I need to go onto the next poetry form. I decided to make this one a bit more kinder for myself. Somebody told me if I set myself more time, I could have been able to write a sonnet using only palindrones like I saw some on the internet. I think I will still attempt it again at some point.
- Allowed letters: A I L R S T U
- Disallowed letters: B C D E F G H J K M N O P Q V U X Y Z
I tried something I didn’t really do much on the last challenge, I went on a site called Word Maker which gives me a list of words I can make using the letters in Australia. There were way more than I thought, but also some words that I did not know. So I am feeling a lot more confident in tackling some more poetry forms.
These are fairy short. I did a lot of swimming at the weekend, which was a lot of fun but also tiring. I was so tired with the sonnet, I ended up falling asleep.
Haiku
Sir Salariat
Rust is art as it is lust
Alters tiaras
Acrostic
Alit a rat’s tail
Rust’s aria
I as a ritual
As Asia lust trails us…
Free Verse
Australia as a star
at Laura’s altar
A ritual art
A salariat art
A rat’s slur is art
It is a start.
Sonnet
Lustra is a rat’s salariat air
Saul’s aura stirs salt as a Sural stair
Alas, as a rat, salt stirs a rat’s lair
Tsar Saul‘s star, Laura lasts as la la air
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Ritual is a liar rat tail’s art
Saul‘s slur stirs salt as a Sural salt star
Alas, as a rat, rust stirs a rat’s art
Tsar Saul’s lust lasts as a tarsal altar
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Austral talaria is a rat’s air
Saul‘s atlas stirs salt as a Sural stair
Alas, as a rat, lust stirs a rat’s lair
Tsar Saul’s rust lasts as la la la la air
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Alas; ultra slur as Tsar Saul’s rust lasts
Alas; ultra salt as Tsar Saul’s lust lasts
About the Creator
Chloe Gilholy
Former healthcare worker and lab worker from Oxfordshire. Author of ten books including Drinking Poetry and Game of Mass Destruction. Travelled to over 20 countries.
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