At dVerse Laura is hosting Poetics and looking at the use of a thesaurus and has invited us to write a poem using words from a set of lists she has prepared.
My choice of words from the list – bellow, drone, clamour, jingle, honeyed, dribble, blabber, cackle.
dVerse Poets – Poetics – The Poet’s Store House
“Now I know what a statesman is; he’s a dead politician. We need more statesmen.” Bob Edwards
All I heard Was Buzzing Drone A crowd would gather to hear him bellow, though mostly all I heard was buzzing drone above the clamour of the over excited crowd, who were all aquiver at his feeble gob-shite. Though mostly all I heard was buzzing drone, they were agog at his jingle ridden offering, who were all aquiver at his feeble gob-shite, all honeyed to capture the mindless swarm. They were agog at his jingle ridden offering, a trojan horse, bereft, all blabber and cackle, all honeyed to capture the mindless swarm who were eager to swallow his sugary dribble. A trojan horse, bereft, all blabber and cackle above the clamour of the over excited crowd, who were eager to swallow his sugary dribble, a crowd would gather to hear him bellow. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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A pantoum’s repetition was the right choice for the blabber and cackle.
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Haha! Don’t we know it! Superb….And it really, really fits the first over the pond and the other right here at home. Wonderfful and most suitable.
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We sure do know it, my goodness, what a mess, thank you so much for sharing that Ain.
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Haha … the repetitions in your poem sounded exactly like a ‘stateman’s’ speech …
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I love Edwards’ acerbic quote too, what a miserable lot. Thank you so much Ivor.
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This is is not a pantoum.
This is a 💥pan-BOOM💥
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Yes!!
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David! 🙂 many thanks indeed for the boom!
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Beautiful
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Many thanks 🙂
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I loved the repetitions used here,this looks like a new form to me..should try it out! 🙂
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I find that the Pantoum is quite a meditative form to construct – there are some several variations of it too.
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well done with the word usage and the pantoum for a pontificating politician- these lines really stick!
“all honeyed to capture the mindless swarm”
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Many thanks for that Laura.
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It’s the crowd “all aquiver at his feeble gob-shite” that horrifies me. On its own, feeble gob-shite is harmless.
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Lol, yes, and much of it about, but from the mouth of the governing people , terrifying.
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I don’t know which would be more terrifying: their knowingly lying or their actually believing what they’re putting out.
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I think they have sufficient a split personality to believe in both!!!
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Good point!
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Thanks Liz
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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I agree with Ivor — your poem echoes the emptiness of a politicians speech….
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Thank you for that, awful in reality though, sigh.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you so much Chuck 🙂
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Nice pantoum, Paul! I’m not sure whether you are talking about your leader, or ours…
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I think it’s generic, it’s endemic (pandemic, lol) they’re the same the world over aren’t they, sadly 🙂 thank you for that Ingrid.
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perfect form for the repetitive drone of the populist liar… (there are too many who gather crowds, to be amused not realizing that they really are abised)
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Yes, too true Bjorn, sadly.
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The image that comes to mind is Ferdinan the Bull bellowing and scratching his feet! Perhaps we need a few matadors! Well done, Paul. It is the same here in the States!
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O indeed Dwight, many more matadors are needed 😉
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Ha ha… I am afraid you are right!
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A most splendid Pantoum, Paul 😀 I especially like; “all honeyed to capture the mindless swarm who were eager to swallow his sugary dribble.” 💝💝
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Thank you so much Sanaa – appreciated your response very much.
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Well….you had me with the Bob Edwards quotation!
Hope you’ll consider joining us today at dVerse LIVE…it’s Thursday’s OLN so just go to the site at 3 PM or between 3 and 4 PM Eastern time (Boston time) and there’s easy directions and just a link to click on. Some folks come and read aloud…others just come to listen. Would love to have you join us. I’m hosting…so consider this a personal invitation!
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Sadly not able to make this one, I am looking forward to getting along to one soon though, but living in the bottom corner of Western Australia presents some challenges time wise 🙂
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I loved that Edwards quote – too real 😉
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Well done. But sadly, you have captured the spirit of too many of those who think they rule the world, and of those who follow them.
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Yes, there are too many over-privileged and self-satisfied people in government or leadership roles.
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sadly too true, the Pantoum is ideal for the refrains of hopeless dribble that mindless ppl absorb all too readily 😦
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There’s a lot of dribble about sadly.
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far too much, I try to avoid it and then get shocked at how much others absorb and regurgitate!
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Yes, in the 70’s it was particular news sources, particular commentators, but now it’s social media and everyone’s at it.
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yes the world seems consumed by fear and panic … I can’t engage in that, life is far too short without wasting it!
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So agree Kate, energy is better spent on growing.
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growing, living, moving forward! Stay well young man 🙂
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Lol, young, ha 🙂
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in our minds we are all young 😉
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Yes indeed 🙂
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Many thanks Michael 🙂
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Many thanks for sharing the link 🙂
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Fantastic pantoum
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Thank you so much
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