All of Us || A poem by @JollofRice123 ----------------------------------------------------------- On a writing spree today haha ----------------------------------------------------------- THE CREATIVE PROCESS The writing process for this poem was the exact same one as what I did for my poem Pancakes* in the sense that I used the same prompt: the random noun generator! The one I've been using can be found here, in case you want to try this method for yourself: https://randomwordgenerator.com/noun.php Long story short, I generate 3 random words, and keep going until I find something I think I can work with. Then whatever those 3 words are, I MUST incorporate them into the poem. The 3 words I used this time were: tale, fishing and mode :O *You can read Pancakes here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/859646455/ ----------------------------------------------------------- WRITING THE POEM The main two things I kept in mind when writing this poem were: • I wanted to write something OTHER than a narrative poem (I know, shocking) • I didn't want it to rhyme the whole way through The message of the poem was almost entirely based on the fact that the word 'fishing' was generated, since this one word altered the direction the poem could go in: • An extended metaphor involving fishing • A narrative poem involving fishing • Fishing in terms of slang (either as part of a sentence or as an overall theme) This is more of an afterthought than something I thought of before/during the writing of the poem, but I found it interesting that one word alone can have such a big impact on the direction of the poem :O I like that the direction it eventually ended up going in was one that gave all three words equal standing, rather than one having more significance in the poem than the other two. ----------------------------------------------------------- A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS... I like that the rhyming section of the poem is the kind of like a volta for what could be inferred as a shift in mindset :3 ----------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS Poem: @JollofRice123 Thumbnail and background: designed on Canva Music: Mellow Thoughts (Fesliyan Studios) ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for reading! ｡◕‿◕｡ PS: the emoji for the music controls is just what came up when I searched 'perfect' on my emoji keypad XD It does seem a little out of place, but it is what it is~
