New Moon in Virgo=New Word Poem, List #5
Starting Saturday, August 27, 2022—Poem due Saturday, September 10, 2022
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New Moon in Virgo: Lunar Poetry Slam Activation
I love starting the new moon cycles with poetry. Poetry is so soothing to my soul and it’s a practice that really helps me creatively put my thoughts and feelings into words in a way that I really enjoy. I hope that these word poem prompts are interesting and enjoyable for you all too!
I was introduced to the concept of a “word poem” prompt by my beautiful sister many years ago. We used to create word lists together, using different techniques, and then read our poems aloud to each other. It created a unique bond between us. Eventually, over the years, we formed many groups with other women, creating word lists and sharing our poetry together.
There is something really special about writing, reading, and listening to poetry written by yourself and your friends—it forms a strong intimate connection and I am so grateful for the experience.
I want to share this lovely practice/experience with you all, too! That’s why I started writing word lists for this newsletter. Not only does it give me a prompt to work from, but it also creates an intimacy through poetry with you that I don’t believe could be formed otherwise.
I truly hope you enjoy it and decide to participate! I know it’s scary to write poetry sometimes and even scarier to share your poetry! But, I invite you to try. The benefits outweigh the minor discomforts, in my opinion. And…there are no rules that you have to share, but I would love to know if you have been inspired to write, nonetheless.
Leave a comment or send me a reply and let me know that this little poetry practice inspires you—that would make my day!
My sister and I have written word lists from Scrabble games, grocery shopping lists, and the last letter of the word as the first letter of the next word, as well as using the back-and-forth improvisational technique. This last list-generating technique is the one that AstroDaddy and I used to create this lunar cycle’s word list.
I truly hope that you consider participating! If we get enough people interested, I would love to meet on Discord to read our poems aloud to each other in an old-fashioned poetry slam!
Instructions
How to play: Below you will find this week’s word list—from it, you are to write a poem using the exact words listed in the order they are in. For example, the opening to my poem might be: The stenography was why it made sense….and so on until all 15 words have been used. There is no limit to the length of your poem or to how many words are in between the words in the list. There are no other rules, just use all 15 words as they are (do not change their tense or add suffixes to them) and in the order presented. Next Full Moon, I will share the poem that I write here on Substack, and if you’d like you can share your poem with me!
If you share on social media, use the hashtag #astromommywordpoem so we can all share our poems in one place! I share my poems on Instagram and Twitter @astromommy_universe and @astromommy_luv, respectively (and MeWe and Truth Social, too. You can find links to all my socials here: https://linktr.ee/AstroMommy)
Thanks for participating!
Word List #5—New Moon in Virgo
Due on the Full Moon in Pisces, Saturday, September 10, 2022
1. Stenography
2. Why
3. Still-life
4. Gosh
5. Pirate
6. Fan
7. Fire
8. Will
9. Defiant
10. Exasperated
11. Corn
12. Elaborate
13. Pants
14. October
15. Breezy
16. butter
Thank you so much for participating!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
Previous word lists can be found on this master post.
Previous Word Poems by AstroMommy:
You Are A Mirror (Word Poem #1—1st poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
My Eggs Are Perfect (Word Poem #1—2nd poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
The Biggest Hill (Word Poem #2—New Moon in Gemini/Full in Sag)
You, Up? (Word Poem #3-New Moon in Cancer/Full in Capricorn)
How Do The Stars Speak? (Word Poem #4-New Moon in Leo/Full in Aquarius)