Poetry / Lies My High School Poetry Teacher Told Me
1.
williams
poetry no
pronouns
2.
That stabbing means rape
and the knife means
you know
it’s poetic penal code for common objects
The other sex abhors the knife as much as circumcision.
Cut the poem vaguely like a shoplifting trip
to 7-Eleven. Take whatever you want,
but buy the creme-filled donots because
what’s not a torus is a phallic symbol.
3.
Mugging Kills Parent
Single Mom’s Son Left Behind
Knife Found Near Victim
pasted headlines have
no high queue of words strung with
intent to harm you.
4.
(Note: two iambic stanzas, both AB
AB pentameter. You write about
them pretty themes with pretty words. And me,
ugly as freeverse from a roustabout.)
5.
Teacher said don’t write
about life, love or death at 14.
What do you know?
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A very unusual style; cleverly reflecting the school-style notes contained within. I like the language and cynical humour that you’ve used here, e.g. the comparison between ripping apart a poem to ripping off a supermarket. I don’t know enough terminology to relate completely, but i can emphasise with the concept of distate for dissection of verse.
No suggestions to offer, as this piece makes its own rules.
I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting it.
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I like this…quite amusing. Fun to read and shows why rules in writing should not be described as “rules”. I never liked that either.
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