univocalism- fastball special. Dallas

fastball

 

Dallas was as hard

as balls;  Matt and

Marc had always had

bass and that was all.

small awards, jays.

Small sparks and

that was all. Dallas

was as hard as balls.

  

 Source

Drellich, Evan. “Keuchel Benefits As Bats Awaken.” Houston Chronicle 11 Apr. 2014: C1, C7.

 

Note:

Today’s poem, whatever it was, was going to be short. It’s been that kind of a week. I actually started a much longer one, but it was a heartwarming story, with all the words being dark, and it felt kind of disrespectful. Still, I kind of like how it turned out.

 

 

Here is the prompt I was responding to:

 

A univocalic text is one written with a single vowel. It is consequently a lipogram in all the other vowels. If he had been univocally minded, Hamlet might have exclaimed, “Be? Never be? Perplexed quest: seek the secret!” All words used must be sourced from your newspaper