#The Blitz Poetry Form – Thanksgiving Blessings
Rejoice for Thanksgiving
Joys of thanksgiving
Joys of giving
Giving thanks
Giving pleasure
Pleasure enjoyed
Pleasure shared
Shared freely
Shared in rejoicing
Rejoicing loudly
Rejoicing with emotion
Emotion and prayer
Emotion and thanks
Thanks to god
Thanks to the land
Land with rich soil
Land and water
Water given freely
Water promoting growth
Growth helped with the sun
Growth and labour
Labour tilling weeds
Labour harvesting
Harvesting the grain
Harvesting then rest
Rest and prayer
Rest and contribution
Contribution to the poor
Contribution to our God
God of love
God of patience
Patience to all
Patience and joy
Joy to live
Joy to the earth
Earth and light
Earth and heaven
Heaven and the stars
Heaven and the moon
Moon shining bright
Moon preparing
Preparing for a new day
Preparing for a new season
Season to plant
Season to harvest
Harvest for another year
Harvest and survival
Survival and blessings
Survival and opportunity
Opportunity
Blessings
The Blitz Poem, a poetry form created by Robert Keim.
This form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow.
Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliche. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line 1. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.
The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase, the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on, continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition.
Continue for 48 total lines with this pattern, And then the last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, then the last word of line 47.
The title must be only three words, with some sort of preposition or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line, in that order.
There should be no punctuation. When reading a BLITZ, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe.