Because we all want to write more poems.
On Seeing a Photo of a Grown Man Wearing a Kilt and a Darth Vader Helmet Riding a Unicycle Down the Street
Maybe we were wrong to praise the little ones when they wore princess costumes and super hero outfits,
"Oh, you must be a real princess," we said, hoping to see their eyes light up with pride.
They grew up believing that if they only had the right costume,
They would be liked. They would be loved.
Later, it was not spiderman or cinderella, but Michael Jordan, Madonna,
Snoop Dog, and the adorable queen of the manic pixie dream girls,
Zooey Deschanel. All those bangs and oversized black rimmed glasses and summer dresses.
Being yourself will never become a movement because it's not done as a group.
The media can't find an archetype of individuality and if they try,
We flock to the stores to buy their costume.
I learned back in the days of jeans with a star sewn on their pocket
Back in the days of Peter Frampton and Farrah Fawcett
The costume doesn't make you cool
You have to start with something.
Probably money.
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Neil McKay
April 17, 2013
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I've been trying for years to
I've been trying for years to write a good "princess costume" poem. I don't think this is it but I'm putting it out there.
Benjamin Gorman
July 10, 2013
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I had no idea this was a phenom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rzkCkFIus
Michael Mayhew
April 17, 2013
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the Princess Costume poetry genre...
...is, indeed, a very tough nut to crack. e.e.cummings on his best day shied away from that one.
That said, the line "Being yourself will never become a movement because it's not done as a group" is one that will stick with me.
Clayton Medeiros
April 20, 2013
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More work oh you who cannot stop editing.
There are too many ideas in this. I would drop the last two lines of the first stanza.
"Probably money does not work. The last line might be "yourself."