Wu-Tang Clan (a pantoum) / Project Poem-A-Day: Day 18
Wu-Tang Clan
(a pantoum, written in dactylic quadrameter)
Ghostface and Rae seemed to laugh at their friends sometimes;
fight scenes from movies made great introduction joints.
Doubtlessly, GZA was lyrical champion;
all of the Clan aimed to build their own universe
Fight scenes from movies made great introduction joints;
U-God used voices, but RZA used music too.
All of the Clan aimed to build their own universe:
Five percent, Shaolin kung fu, numerology.
U-God used voices, but RZA used music to
build up the world over which Masta Killa watched.
Five percent, Shaolin kung fu, numerology,
Socrates, all of them influenced Deck’s own life
Our world: the world over which Masta Killa watched,
doubtlessly, GZA was lyrical champion.
Ol Dirty Bastard did influence Deck’s own life,
Ghostface and Rae seemed to laugh at their friends sometimes.
In other news, I’m still two days behind in Project Poem-A-Day. And even though I wasn’t planning to, I may end up posting two make-up poems since it is the weekend and I drank too much coffee. Plus, I am having some fun forcing myself to explore forms and meter.
So what did you do this weekend?
I explored forms and meter.