Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 22 February 2020
Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 22 February 2020!
For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Tautogram. The topic is up to you!
You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is a Tautogram?
Luckily, Writer’s Digest has an explanation…
Tautogram Poems
The tautogram is best explained by its Greek root words of “tauto” meaning “the same” and “gramma” meaning “letter.” Basically, all words in the poem begin with the same letter.
So pick a letter–any letter–and get poeming!
Note: A variant form of this poem could employ a unique starting letter for each stanza.
Example of a Tautogram
Thoroughly Terse Tautogram
Twelve turkeys trekked through Turkey
to tell tales that tackled topsy-
turvy televangelists traipsing through
turnkey topics turned to tropics,
though ten teased topical tenets.Copyright © Robert Lee Brewer
Good luck with your ‘Lucky Dip Tautogram’ – I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Don’t forget to tag ‘Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’, ‘Saturday Mix’, and hashtag #LuckyDip.
As always, make sure you link your fabulous creation to the helpful Mister Linky.
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Not as easy as it looks 🙂
Agreed!
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Might have to try this 🙂
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Hi,
Thank you for running this interesting challenge. Here’s my response :-
https://kittysverses.wordpress.com/2020/02/23/trust-2/
Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
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It would have been easier if I didn’t need 99 words…
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I found the tautogram much harder than expected. Finding 99 words that flow is a true accomplishment
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Hello Sarah, Jay here 🙂 I didn’t know that such a form existed, it’s very interesting.
I’ve submitted my work, I hope you’d enjoy it. When I wrote the poem (Childhood Carnivals) I didn’t even know that such type of poetry is also specified in a form. Thanks for hosting !
Glad you enjoyed it!
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