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Thursday, September 20, 2007

A New Literary Challenge

Quoting Jeff at Conditional Axe:
So I'm grading, and I read the following sentence. I swear on the grave of Henry Thoreau that I am not even embellishing this in the slightest.

Witch children fallow the elder's footsteps.

That's like a Led Zeppelin lyric.
It is indeed awesome, Jeff, and ripe with literary potential. I think I could write a short story based on the premise inherent in that sentence.

So, I think I will.

I encourage all of my literary-minded readers to make something out of this fantastic line -- short story, poem, screenplay, vulgar haiku -- and have it up on their blogs by Friday, 28 September, 2007. I will link to all participants, and those whom impress me will receive a patented Palette Gloom Cookie.

EDIT: The word is fallow, not follow.

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10 comments:

  1. sean witzkeSeptember 20, 2007 at 9:17 PM

    um, at least 44 pages of FD is based entirely on the first verse of Radihead's "Lucky", and thats just one - Jaris Cocker, Lily Allen,Public Enemy, Spiritualized, Sleater-Kinney, and the Wu-Tang clan all have lyrical quotes an references in there. So i wanna know...
    do i still get the cookie?

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  2. sean witzkeSeptember 20, 2007 at 9:22 PM

    i'm so out of practice typing - my spelling is shit. sorry bout that.

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  3. JeffSeptember 21, 2007 at 1:00 AM

    I really hope we see some quality arise from these ashes. So that I can take it back to the offending student and shout "THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE!"

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  4. UnknownSeptember 21, 2007 at 1:07 AM

    Ah..inspiration.

    I can do this.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 21, 2007 at 7:42 PM

    Er, I just realized that says "fAllow" instead of fOllow, which could add a completely different slant on things. I'll write mine to start with on "follow" and I can submit another if necessary.

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  6. Erin PaletteSeptember 21, 2007 at 8:00 PM

    What? Fallow is part of what makes it awesome!

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  7. UnknownSeptember 21, 2007 at 11:46 PM

    Alright, alright. I've written the "Follow" version and posted it already. Read and suffer.

    I'll write the "fallow" version later.

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  8. UnknownSeptember 22, 2007 at 2:16 AM

    There, you have a fallow and a follow now, and I will not sit back and quietly let my fingers fall off. ;-p

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  9. JeffSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:13 AM

    I'm trying hard to find a way to do this without being literal. Just to be difficult.

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  10. JDOctober 1, 2007 at 3:47 PM

    Witch children fallow elder's footsteps,
    Hoots wander at the mid night,
    all way ally way and in come feet
    Mom, can I have a cookie to eat?

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