The LIPOGRAM assignment for today required me to omit from my poem any words that use letters in my chosen newspaper’s title. It turns out that The Wall Street Journal includes all of the vowels except “I,” and many popular vowels that combine with I: H, N, S, T as well as J and W. This means that the only vowel in my chosen words is I, but I can’t use: “in,” “it,” “is,” “hi,” “his” . . . not to mention countless other combinations. Toughest restriction I’ve ever worked with!
My Bid
Mid
big fig gig
I
bid Xi dig
pig
I began by searching an article in the April 2 issue of the
WSJ about China admitting French pork into its markets, but was only able to
use the first name of the Chinese President and the source of the pork product,
with a few others words that, frankly, came from a short list I compiled of possibilities
that fit the restriction.
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