Abcedarian - Shakespeare's Monkeys

Laurie Blumfrom Cloud 9 Associate, 2074 posts	on June 2 2007 When using this form, can I make the line breaks where ever I need them? Or are there restrictions/guidelines?
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on June 2 2007 Wherever you like, the alphabet is the only requirement.
Julie herselffrom Here and There 302 posts	on June 5 2007 a boisterous child dreams effortlessly, fairies granting hallowed imagination jeweled kings lording minions notorious ornery pirates quarrelling reverie seems to unveil veracity with xenogenesis yearnful zeal Hard to keep this poem from unravelling with limited words to choose from at the end of the alphabet!
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on June 5 2007 That is so cool! You could try xenogenetically instead, maybe... the end of the alphabet is always interesting.
Amanda Bakerfrom Kentucky 287 posts	on June 5 2007 I may have to give this one a go. If a poem doesn't come of it, I am sure it will be a good exercise to get some juices flowing. Or at least expand my vocabulary of words beginning with X, Y and Z. ----- ...but what do I know?
Deadpoetsmilk	on June 25 2007 Alpha bet Omega, one nothing in the End Abracadabra, bo-tree cranium, damn everything for games have intellect. Juror! Kill Lao-tzu, master, not Orpheus. Please quit raping Sister Teresa. Uninvolved violets wither. Xyloid years zig- zag; yodel x-rated words. Vision undersells the shining rosette. Question perception. Odes never mosh. Let's kick Jesus. I have games for everything. Damn, cranium. Bow. Abracadabra. Ryan B. Wilbur I don't think I like this form! But I took a stab at it anyways, of course it's done in the style of Merz or Dada. Whatever that is.
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on June 25 2007 So you're raping a nun and kicking shit out of the Son of God... and I'm laughing, so I don't know which of us is the sicker. This makes a horrible kind of sense -- I'm not sure how Dadaist it really is but it's certainly broken a few preconceptions!
Deadpoetsmilk	on Jul. 15 2007 can an abcect...be 26 lines where each line goes thusly? A B C D Ect? I'd also think it neat if someone took upon the challange of writing one in this style but each line's alliterated...and if you want a superhard challange, do it in some sort of meter. Have fun. I'm not going to do it, I already tried and found it frustrating.
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Jul. 15 2007 I've seen abcedarians done like you suggest, kind of like an acrostic using each letter of the alphabet. I'm not sure if anyone's ever been insane enough to alliterate in meter though... alliteration is not a forte of mine but I might just see what I can do. I could do with some more frustration in my life, I don't tear enough hair out these days.
Deadpoetsmilk	on Jul. 15 2007 Good luck Leanne, you know the end of the alphabet sucks...well is more difficult. I think I got to letter F and was like damn it to mars.
Rene Jonesfrom somewhere in the orbit of my own sphere 558 posts	on Nov. 13 2007 I have written several that use the entire alphabet with 26 lines broken into stanzas but never with a certain meter. I found them quite enlightening and fun. ----- Rene' I am orbiting, I don't know where, but I am orbiting something!