Day 22 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2023

Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Find an Emily Dickinson poem – preferably one you’ve never previously read – and take out all the dashes and line breaks. Make it just one big block of prose. Now, rebreak the lines. Add words where you want. Take out some words. Make your own poem out of it!” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “take the phrase ‘What (blank),’ replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: ‘What Are You Doing Here,’ 'What a Great Time,’ ‘Whatever You Say,' and/or ‘What Kind of Poem Are You Going to Write?’” The Dickinson poem I'm altering is "Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)." Again, both prompts, slapstick. What Greens? Wild lettuce, wild spinach! If there are no croutons Our wild salad could use Fritos or Funyuns! Where are the forks? All in the dishwasher? Done with silverware, Full disclosure! Let’s use our hands, Damn the blue cheese! A loaf of bread, a jug Of wine, and fingers — jeez! —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] The Dickinson poem Alan is working with is Come slowly - Eden! (205). About his poem today, Alan says “Dickinson's ‘Come slowly — Eden!’ mistakenly refers to the worker bee as a male. This poem addresses that error.” What Did Dickinson Know? Misgendering the worker bee in verses kept in privacy, or sublimating private hour thoughts of nectars from full flower? —Draft by Thomas Alan Holmes    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Here's a little caricature of how I imagine Emily Dickinson might look if she could read our alterations of her poems. This is based rather loosely on the only authenticated photograph of her. Wikipedia has a list of all Emily Dickinson's poems, almost 1800 of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Emily_Dickinson_poems Have fun checking them out! Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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