Day 12 Misappropriation
- me
- Apr 12
- 1 min read
Here’s the Na/GloPoWriMo prompt, although it was WAY too ambitious for my day.
All I tried to accomplish was reference to a myth and some rhyme. Another poem start.
“Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem inspired by Wallace Stevens’ poem, “Peter Quince at the Clavier.” It’s a complex poem that not only heavily features the idea of music, but is structured like a symphony. Its four sections, like symphonic movements, play with and expand on an overall theme, using the story of Susannah and the Elders as a backdrop.
Try writing a poem that makes reference to one or more myths, legends, or other well-known stories, that features wordplay (including rhyme), mixes formal and informal language, and contains multiple sections that play with a theme. Try also to incorporate at least one abstract concept – for example, desire or sorrow or pride or whimsy.”
Misappropriation
Judgement arrived in the form of a flood,
eavestrough plugged with pinecones and mud.
A window-well filled with leaves
led to big renovation pet peeves.
The next July another flood,
our attempt to prevent a total dud.
We bailed with buckets (off our meds?)
the firehose sky poured on our heads.
Other people may make mistakes,
we feel someone upstairs wants us to quake.
