A list poem that starts this way
Because another form comes into play
Can be seen as difficult, for sure
Do read on, as I will explore
Every nuance of this list I write
Forming here in black and white
Going forward, we must begin
Here listing so many things akin
I’ll start, I will, I promise, soon
Just give me a minute to attune
Keen, I am to make this perfect
Like a real word architect
Maybe I need to start the list here?
No, not just yet, I fear
Only I, the holder of the pen
Provoking the inspiration when
Questions arise from further in
Ready to get deeper under the skin
Shall we start? I think we’re ready
To see the first line, strong and steady
Underneath, the list will form
Variations of this long brainstorm
Where’s the list? I hear you ask
Xenial towards this unusual task
You’re wondering if I can succeed
Zoned out, I forgot to proceed
And so it goes around again….
Written for the prompt, Write a List Poem using the Abecedarian form found here.
1994ever 
Bravo! This is quite the cleaver take on this prompt!! So glad you are having fun with the scavenger hunt!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙏
I often don’t have time to complete certain prompt challenges but these ones looked like fun so I decided to make a note of them as inspiration. They are fun. And even though I submitted poems to GloPoWriMo every day they weren’t on prompt so I’m revisiting all those too. I might be finished by the time the next one comes around!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Shaun I do a scavenger hunt twice a year – in April for NPM and then again in September or October. This year it’s in October… I hope you’ll check it out!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Cool. I’ll keep a look out 👍
LikeLiked by 1 person
Your list that never began made me smile, Shaun. My life revolves around lists that I write in a diary, notebooks on bits of paper, and computer files. I cross off each item as it’s completed and transfer incomplete things to another list! I even have a list of possible phrases and lines for poems! I especially enjoyed these lines from your poem:
‘Only I, the holder of the pen
Provoking the inspiration when
Questions arise from further in
Ready to get deeper under the skin’.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Kim 🙏
I don’t have many lists these days but, likewise, do have one of thoughts, phrases and lines for possible later poetic use.
LikeLike
Wow, very clever writing.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙏
LikeLike
very clever too how you added rhymes to your abecedarius. Very nice use of xenial from a listophobic!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Laura 🙏
I must admit, I don’t know what xenial means now (though I can understand from the context) and I’m also wondering how I came to use it. Was it just luck or planned?!
LikeLike
haha you made me smile as I read your list of thoughts. The rhyming scheme worked well.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙏
LikeLike