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Rules:
“An Oulipian epithalamium, or marriage song, is one composed exclusively with the letters of the names of bride and groom (bride and bride, groom and groom, etc). Visit the engagement or wedding announcements section of your newspaper and select a couple. Write a poem using only words that can be made with the letters in their name.”
Now there is a real problem with this: my local newspaper, Il Messaggero, does not have an engagement or wedding announcement section. Apparently (at least, according to my sources) this is not a thing to be found in Italian newspapers.
What can be found instead is a section about funerals and funeral anniversaries so thus was my Oulipian epithalamium changed to some warped eulogy. Ah well.
I have selected a lady called Olimpia Venturi-Urbani (for her first name)
Romaine Olimpia,
Late pelorian bloom,
Remain alive.
Marine marvel
Tourmaline velarium
Lie, moan, or riot.
Anile liana,
Pulvinar mine
Rule in vain.
Opaline turmoil,
Latent olibanum
Loiter over in limbo.
“An Oulipian epithalamium, or marriage song, is one composed exclusively with the letters of the names of bride and groom (bride and bride, groom and groom, etc). Visit the engagement or wedding announcements section of your newspaper and select a couple. Write a poem using only words that can be made with the letters in their name.”
Now there is a real problem with this: my local newspaper, Il Messaggero, does not have an engagement or wedding announcement section. Apparently (at least, according to my sources) this is not a thing to be found in Italian newspapers.
What can be found instead is a section about funerals and funeral anniversaries so thus was my Oulipian epithalamium changed to some warped eulogy. Ah well.
I have selected a lady called Olimpia Venturi-Urbani (for her first name)
Romaine Olimpia,
Late pelorian bloom,
Remain alive.
Marine marvel
Tourmaline velarium
Lie, moan, or riot.
Anile liana,
Pulvinar mine
Rule in vain.
Opaline turmoil,
Latent olibanum
Loiter over in limbo.