Stockport WOL Prompt 9/9/13
In honour of Seamus Heaney, who died recently.
- Take Heaney's poem, Digging. Find it here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177017
- Write it out, leaving a blank space under each line.
- Interpret each line as you understand it, using your own words.
- Take what you have written and re-write it without looking at the original poem.
- Check that you have not used any of Heaney's words or phrasing: you should have an entirely different poem.
- BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO PLAGIARISE! There is no copyright on ideas but there is on words.
- Try not to have the same form; the poem is a starting point, not a template.
- Reference the original poem in the title e.g. After Seamus Heaney's ;Digging;/Digging For Victory/ Hot Diggety Dog. I once used Owen'sAnthem For Doomed Youth in this way, made it about Afghanistan, and called it Afghan Anthem. The poem was nothing like the original; it was simply the inspiration for it.
- Have fun!
Nigel Astell
Mon 21st Oct 2013 15:19
We needed a Judge to score from one to ten but - - -
Linda you were not there!