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

Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words that mean the opposite. For example, you might turn ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ to ‘I won’t contrast you with a winter’s night.’ Your first draft of this kind of ‘opposite’ poem will likely need a little polishing, but this is a fun way to respond to a poem you like.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: “[W]rite a connection poem. The connection poem could be technical, like a phone connection or an internet connection. But it could also refer to a romantic connection or one of a kindred spirit.” The poem I'm "opposite-ing" today is [you fit into me] by Margaret Atwood. Maybe take a look at it — such a wicked little poem! — before you read my opposite poem. I did the "opposite-ing" with everything except the first line. Oh, also, as usual, I'm doing the connection thing as well. Unhappy Couple — after [you fit into me]     by Margaret Atwood They connect together like a spoon and a mouth a grapefruit spoon a closed mouth —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] In case you haven't seen a grapefruit spoon, it's got a sharp, serrated front edge . . . probably not something you'd want to put in your mouth. Click on the image above if you want to see the serrations better. It's quite a horrorshow! Alan worked with both prompts as well. Here's what he wrote me about today's poem: "I am not sure how well this one responds to the two prompts, Vince, but it’s been nothing but disasters on the news for the past few days, mostly brought on by ourselves." We Fund Fools The Poll Players. Several at the Golden Trough. We fund fools. We Close schools. We Ban books. We Crave crooks. We Block blue. We Court Q. We Long lie. We Don’t die. —Draft by Thomas Alan Holmes    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Brilliant satire today, Alan. I really like what you did with Brooks's original epigraph "pool players." Bravo! Everyone, in case you don't know the poem Alan's "opposite-ing" here, "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, here's a link to it. Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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