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Poem of the Month: May 2005

SF SF stood for Sigmund Freud, or serious folly, for science fiction in San Francisco, or fear in the south of France. The system failed. The siblings fought. So far, such fury, as if a funereal sequence of sharps and flats set free a flamboyant signature, sinful, fanatic, the fire sermon of a secular fundamentalist, a singular fellow's Symphonie Fantastique. Students forget the state's favorite son's face. Sorry, friends, for the screws of fate. Stage fright seduces the faithful for the subway fare as slobs fake sobs, suckers flee, salesmen fade. Sad the fops. Sudden the flip side of fame. So find the segue. Finish the speculative frame. - David Lehman Journal prompts: SF stands for silly fun with poetry. Take two letters -- maybe your initials? -- and make two lists of juicy words. Then combine the words into phrases, or leave them solo but nudged against each other. Simply fantastic! Write about a time when language was fun -- when you played with words and sound.

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