We’d feed each other I luv u 
that is, of course,	       ’til 
you began to feed me        lies 

grabbing the wrench from his toolbox      indiscretion 

This is a Syllabic Golden Shove-it, i.e., an experimental haibun in which the prose section is a golden shovel based on the syllables of a single word.

Poet’s Note

This nonce form came about from a prompt to write a poem whose title includes a word I dislike. I chose the word “utilize,” which I find is often misused, or could easily be replaced by the word “use” instead. I dislike the word so much that I couldn’t use that form of the word in my title, and modified it. From there, this nonce form provided me a way to use the word in the poem without having to include it expressly.

If you would like to try writing your own Syllabic Golden Shove-it haibun, select a juicy multisyllabic word or phrase (maybe even one you find distasteful), such that you can write a Golden Shovel-type poem, wherein you use the successive syllables of your chosen word or phrase as end words (or syllables) of each line of your prose/verse section of your haibun. Bonus points if you can make that word or phrase part or all of your title.

Bio: Carla Schwartz