April 17

PAD 2014 – Pop Culture On Loan

PAD 2014, Poetry

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Hello everyone;

I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1  prompt of "write an optimistic poem"

Not Dead Yet, Me


Is it really such a tragedy

that my sentences are raggedy

words tread together by similarity?

The conversation is still defiantly

expressions of me.


Is it really such a travesty 

that I wander aimlessly?

When I can travel through time so easily

…our life history

…a life lived outrageously.


Is it really such a disparity

that I have forgotten the melody

of your name? Still there’s some clarity….

I know the feelings of family

and passions intensity. 


Is it really such an indignity

that something once familiar is now a novelty.

Or that simple tasks escape me.

I still dance to life’s jamboree

and sing majestically.

Is it really such a finality

even as I become more absentee?

There is plenty of life in my legacy.

Don’t bother writing my eulogy,

when there’s still time to create a memory.

©2024 Delaina Miller

Day 17

Today’s prompt to write a Pop Culture poem. Did you know it was also National Library Week? Yeah two lovers poetry and libraries uhmm I wonder what today’s poem will be? <smiles>

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Pop Culture On Loan

This is not The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
or a Zombie Apocalypse.
Card catalogues, a thing of the past
you won’t need to crack The Da Vinci Code
to find Where the Girls Are
or understand what Feminism and Pop Culture
are about. You might try The Hunger Games
to understand all that, but don’t read it at Twilight
with the lights off, or Alone.
If music is more your thing
there is High Fidelity
though our LPs are now CDs and MP3s.
You’ll need a card to check out Steve Jobs,
but a membership to Fight Club
is not required. We won’t even mind
that you use a PC to play Candy Crush.
Remember in this Fast Food Nation
of Freakonomics
and Bossy Pants
there are always The Perks of Being a Wallflower
at your public library. The magic we want to see
in the stacks is Harry Potter the College Years.

To read other Pop Culture poems visit Poetic Asides

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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  • This poem was very fun to read! It reminds me of a game I use to play with my elementary students (3rd & 4th graders) during my mentor program. I asked them to give me an adjective, noun, preposition, color, etc. for a short, comical story. I plugged in their answers while reading the story out loud. We LOVED that game! Great poem and clever title, Delaina 🙂

    • Thanks Martice! I am glad you liked it and that it brought back such a fun memory for you. Have a splendid day!

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