Oulipost #27:Create a 14-line sonnet sourced from lines from your newspaper that is divided according to the first five digits of the irrational number pi – that is, into stanzas of 3, 1, 4, 1 and 5 lines. As with the preceding sonnet assignment (see April 14) you may interpret “sonnet” as formally or as loosely as you wish.

A Novel Mashup

Pens clicking. Chairs shifting. A neighbor twirling hair.
A princess who loves dangerous things
Sharks flying through the air

Frog music festering in a seamy, steamy city

An overheated melting pot of acrobats and dancers
Catering to the dark tastes of men
Gulp down a spicy, savory aphrodisiac cure
Tiny bones showing through translucent skin

Human identity shed, reveal a full-blooded mystery

The storied life of vampire boys
Cross-dressing teen-stars and warrior queens
A wild god can’t and won’t divide
The beautiful ruins revolt,
Flaunting shabby harmonic convergence

The end.

Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 27, 2014