Listen!
Anagram Poem and Unofficial Challenge
Listen!
Be silent!
And enlist the help of angels
to tinsel
the inlets with stars.
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The poem above contains five bolded words that contain only the same six letters. Combining new words from rearranging the letters of another word is making an anagram.
Vocal has had an anagrammatic poetry Challenge in the past. An anagrammatic poem is one where each line of the poem starts with the letter, in sequence, of a specific word or phrase.
(Side Note: The absolute BEST example of this type of writing is one that shows up on social media every now and then. Not a poem, but here's a link)
The Challenge
This is an unofficial challenge for Vocal writer/creators:
- Write a poem that includes at least one anagrammed word on each line.
- You can pick your own word.
- It can be any subject.
- Post it in the poetry Community.
- The poem should be cohesive and convey something (Not just a bunch of words)
If you are stumped, here's a tool that could be helpful. As I was researching to see if my anagram poetry already had a name (I didn't find it), I came across this: an anagram generator. It's free to use, and might give you some ideas. (Kinda wish I'd had it when I wrote mine, but I still got there.)
If you decide to participate please do the following:
1) add your poem to this piece as a comment.
2) add a link to this piece somewhere in your own post
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Comments always welcome. I can't wait to see what you write!
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Judey Kalchik
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Comments (39)
Thanks for the great challenge idea Judey! Here’s my submission ☺️ https://todaysurvey.life/poets/her-own-devices-dj1hi0s4u%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
I love your anigramical piece!! Very clever!! I'll have to chew on if I feel I have the chops for this piece but I love the idea you have here!!
Great idea Judey!
Back to share my poem ❤️🌟🤍 https://todaysurvey.life/poets/he-who-lures-rules%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
What a great idea! 🌟🤍
It's fascinating to see how you incorporated the concept of anagrams into the poem, highlighting the creative possibilities of rearranging letters to form new words, thank you for sharing this unique and thought-provoking poem, love your works, subscribed.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Love it Congratulations on Top story !
This was a fun challenge :) https://todaysurvey.life/poets/what-is-a-little-robbery-between-friends%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
love it.
i tried!! i'll try again. https://todaysurvey.life/poets/woman-xg18u04xl%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Yay - so glad this got Top Story, Judey! Hope it produces more awesome poems. :) Congrats!
This is such a gorgeous poem!! Feels ethereal
Here is a little something from me: https://todaysurvey.life/poets/rascal-kf3dh0yop%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E My apologies for the lack of the link to your piece in there, I forgot to do it at first and now my quick edit doesn't work for some reason. I will look into it and hope to be able to add the link soon.
Please accept this humble offering and my thanks for a provocative prompt: https://todaysurvey.life/poets/spear-parts%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Thanks for such a fun challenge! Here’s mine! https://todaysurvey.life/poets/undertow-m9h90w8q%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
So here you go. double whammy - two words anagrammed in each line - https://todaysurvey.life/poets/in-the-quiet-heat-of-anestri%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Oh Judey-ludey-loo. I have done one. But wondered if there was room for multiple entries - can't see it anywhere above. If there isn't I might hold off and play around more. But so far...I'm kinda pleased with the one I've done. Anyway, lemme know, please? Also. thank you for your help ridding my comments section of those weirdo AI bot spammers.
Checking it out.
I'm on it!
Your poem is gorgeous! The lines 'tinsel / the inlets with stars' are so beautiful and imagistic! This is such a fun idea! Thank you for sharing this challenge!
Looked like fun! I have two anagrams in one story. I hope that is okay. I have to go back and add your link now. https://todaysurvey.life/poets/two-anagrams-in-one-short-poem%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here's my attempt... the Anagram link was extremely helpful... thanks! https://todaysurvey.life/poets/skater-boy%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Oh! This is so cool. Well done.
What an exciting challenge! I’m so glad you gave us an example and helpful sites… I’ll need all the help I can get 😵💫🙃.