SHOW OF GOD

Blitz poem for The contest challenge

words flow
words show
show action
show character
character is important
character is interesting
Interesting stories read
interesting stories told
told to readers
told for generations
generations write history
generations tell history
history is told
history can teach
teach the right
teach the truth
truth will overcome
truth will win
win with God
win with scripture
scripture teaches
scripture is knowledge
knowledge is treasure
knowledge is strength
strength when together
strength in numbers
numbers to count
numbers to organize
organize our space
organize our lives
lives are precious
lives God’s treasures
treasures are found
treasures are around
around the corner
around the world
world gone crazy
world with hope
hope for future
hope for change
change of mind
change of heart
heart of love
heart of joy
joy in everything
joy in God
God my lord
God my father
father
lord


ABOUT BLITZ POETRY ▶︎

From the Author:

This form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow.

Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliché. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line 1. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.

The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase, the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on, continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition.

Continue for 48 total lines with this pattern, And then the last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, then the last word of line 47.

The title must be only three words, with some sort of preposition or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line, in that order.

There should be no punctuation. When reading a BLITZ, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe.

PROMPT ▶︎

Open Prompt: Write a poem over 30 lines, Structured or Free Verse, on the topic of your choosing.
Written for "The Whatever Contest." "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now" 

Word: 141/Line Count: 48

878 characters, 141 words. Readability level: 9-10th grade student.