2021 and a fresh start to Friday Poetry with my Poetry Sisters! This year we are going to be doing monthly challenges and invite you to join in, if you would like.
Here’s our plan for next month: To post on Feb 26 (and to share on Twitter as #PoetryPals): roll a set of metaphor dice and write a poem inspired by your metaphor. If you don’t have them, try the online one: https://perchance.org/ve4axzbkx4"
For January, we collected words at the Merriam Webster's Time Traveler site, where you can take a look at a list of the words first used in print during your birth year (or select any year!). I was thinking generational, since I've recently lost my mother and lost my oldest child three years ago. I wondered what progression in language I would parse from comparing our three birth years.
Merriam Webster's Tale of Three Generations
First Generation
Grandma was born
at the moment of truth.
She was no gal Friday.
She was a flat out,
filter tipped,
interfaith
supernova.
She passed on
the genetic markers
of wishful thinking.
She mixed culture shock
with pablum
and a new deal,
tape recorded our boo boos
and pointed a zoom lens
at Silver Stars.
Second Generation
For instance,
it was happy hour
in the global village
when our virtual memory
reached the tipping point
and queen size
soul sisters
got zonked
on hard rock,
plain vanilla
amuse bouche
and open heart
munchies.
We were brown bagging
no load, nonself picholine
shrink wrapped in
soul music.
Next Generation
Welp.
The third generation
in this story
could be patient zero,
scripting language
and contact tracing
acid wash emoticons.
Their messenger bag
stuffed with off label
steampunk,
they take a deep dive
into a thirtysomething
minitower.
The FAQ explains
how to gank
paintball GIFs
in virtual reality.
We are all ADHD now.
- Andromeda Jazmon 2021
Welp, that was a hoot! Check out my Poetry Sister's poems:
And please save some time this weekend to enjoy all the poetry at the round-up at Bookseedstudio!
