04/02/25 - Day 2 of 30
NaPoWriMo.net Article
NaPoWriMo Prompt
And now for our daily prompt – optional, as always. Anne Carson is a Canadian poet and essayist known for her contemporary translations of Sappho and other ancient Greek writers. For example, consider this version of Sappho’s Fragment 58, to which Carson has added a modern song-title, enhancing the strange, time-defying quality of the translation. And just as many songs do, the poem directly addresses a person or group – in this case, the Muses. Taking Carson’s translation as an example, we challenge you to write a poem that directly addresses someone, and that includes a made-up word, an odd/unusual simile, a statement of “fact,” and something that seems out of place in time (like a Sonny & Cher song in a poem about a Greek myth).
My Poem
Empowered
I don’t expect you
To understand, to know
My kind of suffering.
I don’t believe you care.
You’re sitting there like
A taco-bloated Budhha
Pretending to see me,
Crystal ball chicanery.
We’ve shared space for years.
But we don’t relate.
So, I ordered a Real-Man AI,
You know, the kind with an Off switch.
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