Blowing Bubbles of Lemma Lexeme Maps
Spherical Popping A Sticky Lip Wrap
A tongue that is catching the drops that fall Splat!
GobbledeGone
In April this year, in celebration of National Poetry Month, Dictionary.com issued a poetic challenge called Tip of the Tongue. The poem was to be between 2 and 5 lines and finish with a completely made-up word. As it happened, this poem, among others, was selected to be displayed on the site, marking my first published poem. It therefore felt quite fitting for it to be the first here, too.
Regarding the nature of the poem itself:
The most important element I think is the 4 way meaning of lines 2 & 3.
In line 3 it speaks to both the scenario in which the drops that are falling are missed and splat on the ground and the scenario in which the drops are caught and splat on the tongue. Ultimately, it hinges on where the splat takes place.
A similar thing can be said of Line 2. The Sticky Lip Wrap could speak to a kind of blowing of bubble gum that pops and in the popping it is lost whilst at the same time could refer to wrapping it up; in other words catching it.
So fleshed out there are these 4 core scenarios.
The last line, line 4 refers to all of them via the word GobbledeGone.
