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Saturday, January 26, 2019

Weekend Mini Challenge: Sarcastic Percussion


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Welcome to the Weekend Mini Challenge with Kim from writinginnorthnorfolk.

I have been reading How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. It’s a humorous book by one of my favourite journalists, whose Saturday column in The Times Magazine is a weekly read for me. I’ve also been listening to the serialisation on BBC Radio 4, which has had me laughing out loud.

One phrase that jumped out at me this week is ‘sarcastic percussion’. As I rolled it around my tongue, wondering what sarcastic percussion might sound like and pondering all of its interpretations, my mind threw up a couple of other similar phrases, such as ‘vitriolic violins’ and ‘optimistic flutes’. All of which led me to this week’s prompt:

Choose an instrument, give it a characteristic adjective or a personality, and write a poem about it, in any form of your choice. It doesn’t have to be about the instrument or music. But it must include a phrase like ‘sarcastic percussion’. You can take it wherever you want – I can’t wait to see what you make of it!

Using the poetic cymbal of your finger, join in by clicking on Mister Linky and filling in your name and url – not forgetting to tick the small ‘data’ box. And please remember to read and comment on other toads’ poems – I’m hoping for an exotic orchestra of poetry!

8 comments:

  1. Oh my! this sounds like fun - great possibilities to run in all kinds of calamitous directions 😂

    thanks for hosting Kim - must put on the thinking cap + let the cats run wild ...

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  2. It's a cold January evening, I'm all alone in the house, with you, my fellow Toads, for company. I'm looking forward to your inspired, original poems.

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  3. Loved the challenge, Kim!💞 I chose drums 😊 can't wait to read everyone's responses. Happy Weekend!💞☕

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  4. I did both some woodwind and percussion... but the music was mostly silent.

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  5. Thank you for the fun prompt Kim. I have a pesky woodpecker....

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  6. Hello All!- Joining in today- Sunday. Will be by to read in a bit- it's lovely out!

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  7. This might be a fun write. I, as always, enjoyed the write but I couldn't make it read like I wanted.
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  8. I will be playing a bit late - will join in on Tuesday if I can come up with something. Have been busy... buying a house this weekend!

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