Poetry in list form

[Underground Panther]

I sometimes attend a poetry group held in Baltimore called Zeldas Inferno.
We do poetry creative writing exercises.
Anyway one assignment was to make a "list poem". Which is
a selection of words or short phrases about a topic that could be linked together as if it was a poem,but it is a list of words if looked at seperately..

Here was what I wrote..
TOPICS:

List Poems..

String
words
List
Poem
Absurd.



Roman Empire
Emperor
State
Kingdom
Control
Colliseum
Torture
Entertaining
Vainglory
Ambition
Lusting
Domination
Power
Addiction
Goblet
Full
Innocent blood
Invoked
Anger
Assassin
Dagger
Plunge
Red
River
Runs
in
Silence
Among
Marble
tile
Ruins
Rome
Suicide.



The Nature of Government

Patriot Act
Poision Pen
Presidential Lies
Threatening Note
Corruption Within
Party line
Note Rote
Closed Doors
Making Deals
Placing  Bets
Lobbyist Bribes
Tyrant's Whim
Getting Away
With Murder
Again.

Cain

Mark
Detected
Forehead
Again
Eyes
Look
I
Dread
Unspoken Word
Unreadable Symbol
Heartbreak
Misunderstood
Rejected
Holy
Mystery
Ensign
Design
God
Insane.
I
Ran

[Rana]

Not bad
I like "Cain".  "The Nature of Government" is good (if cynical) but its no longer a list of words,  add a few more words to each line & it would be a poem.  Nevertheless is good also

Poetry has a special power, especially if done right,  when it can be joined with music it is extremely powerful  eg "Jerusalem"

Rana

[Nero]

I've never heard of a list poem before. Rather like this post, Panther.
Very creative.

Nero anticipating more of Panther's list poems