04/07/25 - Day 7 of 30
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NaPoWriMo Prompt
Finally, here’s our prompt for the day – as always, optional. A few days ago, we looked at Frank O’Hara’s poem in which he explained why he was not a painter. Jane Yeh’s “Why I Am Not a Sculpture” has a similar sense of playfulness, as she both compares herself to a sculpture and uses a series of rather silly and elaborate similes, along with references to dubious historical “facts.” Today, we challenge you to write a similar kind of self-portrait poem, in which you explain why you are not a particular piece of art (a symphony, a figurine, a ballet, a sonnet), use at least one outlandish comparison, and a strange (and maybe not actually real) fact.
My Poem
I Am Not The Girl With a Pearl Earring
Scanning has proved
The girl with the earring
Was built by Vermeer
As a cyborg that sings.
Note how the give-away
Seam of the skullcap
Is cleverly hidden by
The blue and gold head wrap.
One clever twist
And the dome is away
Uncovering circuits
In a logic array.
Like a Wurlitzer on steroids
Her memory stores
The music and lyrics
Of a galaxy’s scores.
On stage at The Pearl
She’s poised for the start.
Scanning the crowd.
Playing the part.
If only I’d been given
The necessary chip,
I too would sing.
I’d love to be hip!
But I couldn’t abide
The withering glares,
The anti-trans-human
Supercilious stares.
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