Oulipost #13: Epithalamium

Oulipost #13: Epithalamium

Tom Walmsley, Amanda Earl, Charles Earl

a heart wore a nod

a where can now

and health we need

on entry the at has a nose,

the land swore

more necessary than more control

the same we heard

and teamed to demand

more than sewers

SOURCES

Roche, Kelly. “BOOMING COMMUNITY Cumberland second only to downtown when it comes to new construction in the capital.” The Ottawa Sun E-Dition.  13 April 2014. A5.

Yuen. Jenny. QMI Agency. ‘We need your co-operation’ Ibid.

Proussalidi, Daniel. National Bureau. “Jim Flaherty: Towering tributes.” Ibid.A6.

QMI News. “Anti-gay speaker gets across border.” Ibid. A10

QMI News. “Montreal, Quebec City mayors seek special status within province.” Ibid. A10.

PROMPT: EPITHALAMIUM

An Oulipian epithalamium, or marriage song, is one composed exclusively with the letters of the names of bride and groom (bride and bride, groom and groom, etc). Visit the engagement or wedding announcements section of your newspaper and select a couple. Write a poem using only words that can be made with the letters in their name. You may choose to use first names only if you prefer anonymity or full names if you’re desperate for more letters.

ELABORATION

The Sunday Ottawa Sun e-dition doesn’t have a Classifieds section, nor a Weddings/Engagement section, so I chose to use my own name plus the names of the loves of my life. Quelle Scandale. I think I’m channeling e.e.cummings in this poem. Thanks to Doug Luman once more for his fabulous Oulipian tools.

The poem I wish I'd written for his occasion is this one .