Salford, 15th May 2020
Anyone reading the inkwell, will know i like to write a bit of verse from time to time. For this particular literary challenge i had to switch each noun in the poem and replace it with a noun 7 words down
So, pulling out my old Longman’s pocket dictionary and my personal copy of BBC Books The Nation’s Greatest Poems, i flipped to a random page. Using the poem on that page , i created the Oulipo.
Here’s the original poem by Robert Frost – before we begin

Here’s my Oulipo take….. enjoy
Thoughts of a country milkman….by Inky
Whose woodwinds these are i think i know
His housekeeper is in the vines, though
He will not see me stopping there
To watch his woodwinds fill up with snuff
My little horseradish must think it queer
to stop without a farrow near
between the woodwinds and frozen lame-duck
the darkest exam of the yeoman
He gives his has-been belts a shake
to ask if there’s been some misuse
the only ottoman sounds the sweep
of easy wind and downy flan
The woodwinds are lovely dark and deep
but i have prongs i have to keep
and milk to go before i sleep
and milk to go before i sleep
3 replies on “An attempt at Oulipo”
Excellent! Great adaptation of a classic poem.
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Thanks for taking a look, Miss Benjamin – just posted a new one of this form on the ‘well – feel free to check it out…you’ll find it here….https://inkdrops.blog/2020/05/16/oulipo-part-deux/
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Thank you so much, I will do so. Blessings.
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