Oulipost is posting a daily national poetry month challenge too (along with napowrimo), and today's is this:
A lipogram is a text that excludes one or more letters of
the alphabet. The ingenuity demanded by the restriction varies
in proportion to the frequency of the letter or letters excluded.
For this initial exercise, you will compose a poem using only
words that can be formed from letters that are NOT found in the title
of your newspaper. For example, if you are working with
the Washington Post, you must avoid using words that contain
the letters A, G, H, I, N, O, P, S, T and W.
(Here are some links to others doing it:
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/oulipost-2-lipogram/ )
Well, my newspaper is The Herald-Times, which meant I was left with the letters
bcfgjknopquvwxyz. Here's where I went:
Congo Bongo
No no no.
No fog. Woozy. Boy o boy o boy o.
O poo. Foggy. Boggy.
No copy?
Jog, jog, jog. Wow.
Boozy? No!
No go.
***
Yo, foxy! Yo, booby!
No! [conk]
Now vow:
No fog. No bog.
Job. Jog. Job. Jog.
Go go go.
[conk]
Job. Jog. Job. Jog.
You cocky now?
Go.
Go.
Go.
