Terrible Toil
A tautogram about my writing process
Thoughts
Tenacious, titillating
Tempting, tantalizing, trapping
Theme, tempo, twists, turmoil
Teeming, tumbling, transforming
Tentative, tedious
Terrible typing
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I thought I'd jump on the trend and see if I could put together a tautogram with a Diamante form. As with any poetic form, there are several opinions on how this one should be structured. I loosely followed one that goes something like this:
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Noun: subject
Adjective adjective: descriptive of subject
Verb verb verb: participles ("ed" or "ing" endings)
Noun noun noun noun: (related to subject)
Verb verb verb: I chose to relate these to the 4 nouns above
Adjective adjective (These could relate to the subject, but I think they align better with the last line.)
Word word (I chose an adjective and a noun)
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As for the poem itself, it describes the chaos of my writing process, particularly with poetry. My mind is constantly tumbling words.
I hope you enjoy the peek at my psychosis! Thanks for reading!
About the Creator
Dana Crandell
Dad, Stepdad, Grandpa, Husband, lover of Nature and dogs.
Poet, Writer, Editor, Photographer, Artist and Tech/Internet nerd.
My first published poetry collection: Life, Love & Ludicrosity
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Comments (12)
Totally terrific Tautogram! Love this, Dana 💕🙂
I kinda relate to this way more than I thought would be possible, haha! I loved the extra information about the structure and format like a BTS and also that the piece itself is a BTS. My process is similar...I usually have a billion ideas or mini ideas floating around in my head or my WIP folder until I know what to do with them lol. Loved it!
I love the idea of thoughts as being a bit chaotic and works perfectly in this form! I especially with tautogram which has had my head spinning at times lol. Well done ❤️
Nicely stated.
Totally felt the chaos, and related! Such an interesting form- you did it justice!
Love this! Great word choices and I can definitely related to the last line! 😅
Terrific!!!💖💖💕
Terrible typing😅... I can relate. This was great, I love the style you used, and the honesty told through the letter T.
Awesome
Well, that was super cool!! 😁 I loved the tautogram itself and learned something new too! I really need to do some reading on different poetry forms haha
I think you succeeded with the form. Just remember that rules are made to be twisted terribly twice 'til Tuesday!
Very good! That last line made me laugh!