FAME IS A B**** (Poem)
Hey y’all!
For Day 22 of National Poetry Writing Month, the prompt is to find an Emily Dickinson poem – preferably one you’ve never previously read – and take out all the dashes and line breaks. Make it just one big block of prose. Now, rebreak the lines. Add words where you want. Take out some words. Make your own poem out of it!
I chose her poem, “Fame is a bee.” Here’s my rendition:
FAME IS A B****
By Farah Lawal Harris, © 2023
Fame is a B-I-T-C-H;
has a song
that’s played out
when it’s still new.
It stings
when it’s all through.
But ah—
the possibilities, too!
It has the ability to
give a mere human
wings!
Or at the very least,
trending.