Posted 28.04.11 in Writing

‘Untitled’ by Ameerah Arjanee

Gray wall, fat cat yawns.
A blank way splays all days.
Flash a black flame, pack a mad rat
Tat Tat Tat

Ameerah Arjanee wrote the poem ‘Untitled’ in response to Ross Sutherland’s Univocal Challenge.

Ross Sutherland says: Great small poem. The poet uses the constraint to great effect here. A cat as a “black flame” is particularly evocative.

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3 Responses to “‘Untitled’ by Ameerah Arjanee”

1. bethy says:

   June 4, 2011 at 4:20 pm

   Ace little experiment It has a kooky, dark nursery-rhyme feel about it, especially with the rat tat-tat-tat at the end.

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2. Hopi says:

   April 10, 2012 at 10:58 am

   It’s a nice little poem but, the ‘e’ in ‘flame’ means it doesn’t count as a Univocal poem.

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   • Young Poets Network says:

     April 11, 2012 at 9:43 am

     Well spotted Hopi! It is a silent “e” though, so the poem sounds like a univocal poem, room to be indulgent I think.

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