‘About Me’ A Kenning Poem – Day 20 of National Poetry Writing Month #NaPoWriMo
On to Day 20 of National Poetry Writing Month and I am once again following the prompt over on the NaPoWriMo site. They have challenged us to write a kenning poem which is a riddle-like metaphor used in the Norse sagas. They are basically a way of describing something without using it’s actual name. They have asked us to think of a single thing or person – so I decided to use myself as the subject – and then write a poem that consists of kenning-like descriptions. For example, you might call a cat a mouse-stalker, quiet-walker, bird-warner, purr-former, etc.
About Me
Tear-drier
Home-cooker
Film-crier
Dirty-looker
Tea-drinker
Photo-taker
Long-thinker
Home-maker
Blog-writer
iPhone-user
Rights-fighter
Silent-muser
Proud-mother
Advice-giver
Family-lover
Life-liver
Victoria Welton 20th April 2016
That’s brilliant Vicky! And without knowing you personally, I feel I still know you quite well through your blog and social media and those descriptions are spot-on! Love it and feel inspired to give it a go myself now. 🙂 Thanks for hosting #prose4t
Aww, thanks so much Carol – I am so glad you like it. I really look forward to seeing yours 🙂 xx
Wonderful idea to write a poem about yourself and the multiple roles of your life
Thank you Sarah x
Love love LOVE this
It’s going on my fridge!
That is a complete honour – thank you so much Luisa 🙂 x
Brilliant! Really packs a punch x
Thank you 🙂 x
LOVE this! It’s so simple, but very powerful x
Thank you Sara – so pleased you like it 🙂 x
This is interesting! It does evoke powerful images. The power of words! Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you – so glad you did 🙂 x
Truly brilliant. It has everything! Great images, perfect rhythm and clever rhyme. A great start to my day! Best wishes! TJ
What a wonderful compliment – thank you so much 🙂
Great poem Vicky. I love the rhythm of it. 🙂
Thank you so much Morgan – and for sharing too 🙂 x
I like the flow of this, I can hear a beat on every line.
Thank you very much Michelle 🙂 x