On-Line Game
(A Blitz Poem)
Play a board game
Play on-line
Line games draw you
Line games rock
Rock on electronics
Rock the world
World of Chaos
World unlocked
Unlocked images
Unlocked loss
Loss of effort
Loss of time
Time with family
Time outside
Outside interests
Outside fun
Fun that's active
Fun that's free
Free to share
Fr ee for all
All that said
All that gone
Gone inside you
Gone for good
Good for nothing
Good for things
Things internal
Things that clash
Clash in battles
Clash of clans
Clans with archers
Clans with dragons
Dragons fly
Dragons burn
Burn defenses
Burn the walls
Walls are broken
Walls around
Around bases
Around camps
Camps with armies
Camps with troops
Troops with wizards
Troops destroy
Destroy resources
Destroy for gain
Gain some trophies
Gain winning play
Play less violent
Play board games
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Author Notes
I thought that the on-line game, Clash of Clans appropriate for a Blitz poem. I recently got hooked on this game, and now I'm obsessed. It is a Fantasy game with goblins, wizards, golems, dragons, witches, barbarians, wall breakers and such.
This is a Blitz poem.
Blitz Poem was created by Robert Keim and is a 50-line poem of short phrases and images. "Blitz" is a German word for "lightning" that infers meaning of fast. This poem has short fast lines. Often associated with a long, fast, deep penetrating attack that the Germans used during WWII called a Blitzkrieg. So, this is a fast paced, deep penetrating poem.
Here are the rules:
Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like "build a boat")
Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like "build a house") Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be "house for sale" and Line 4 might be "house for rent")
Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you've made it through 48 lines Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48
Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47
The title of the poem should be three words long.
There should be no punctuation. Rhyming optional.
There are a lot of rules, but it's a pretty simple and fun poem to write once you get the hang of it. Basically you write two lines, and then take the last word of the second line to start the next two, except for lines 49 and 50.
This picture is from Yahoo Images.
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