Saturday, June 4, 2016

Tupelo 4/30: Taylor Swift and Her Win-a-Bagel Winnebago

Dear Reader,


Today's poem is made possible by Joe Costal, who chose to give me this amazing title when he donated to Tupelo Press.

At first, I was like good grief, how the hell am I going to write a poem that is remotely connected to that insane title?! Actually, my internal monologue usually includes more expletives. 

A quick Google searched revealed the "Win A Bagel/Winnebago" blonde joke with which I was unfamiliar, and I also found a very creepy Buzzfeed quiz titled "Can You Guess The Celebrity Faces Hiding in These Breads." Yes, the bagel is Taylor Swift. 

Thanks, Joe Costal, thanks. 

If Taylor Swift is a bagel, what kind of bread would I be? Could I be a rigatoni instead? Or just a good hard roll? Suddenly, I was thinking about the Rutgers' grease trucks,
and then I could trace a clear line from the girl I was to the woman I've become. Isn't that what Taylor is trying to do and asking of her fans? I'll let you decide, dear reader.

Thanks, Joe Costal. 

Here's an excerpt from "Taylor Swift and Her Win-a-Bagel Winnebago" (read the full poem here).

"...Oh Taylor,

swift us to paradise where a girl can eat her carb’s

content. Like once in that Rutgers campus parking lot,
Erykah Badu’s “Bag Lady” blaring from the small
horn mounted atop the red and gold diner car, as if

it was Girl’s Day Out at the grease truck compound."

If you would like to title one of my poems, select five words for a poem, give me a potential theme/topic, offer a formal challenge, or receive a chapbook at the end of this project, please see my first posting for incentive amounts and make your way to the Tupelo Press donation page. Be sure to select my name from the scroll down tab titled "Is this donation in honor of a 30/30 poet?" 

For those of you who have already selected your incentives, I will be delivering those poems shortly.

Yours in poetry,

Emari

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