The Black Pen

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Okay, we’re going to be brief today. I do not consider myself a poet, but I wrote you all a poem. This is a blatant ripoff of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow.”

I am not sorry. Williams’ poem is just horrible. I will not elaborate, because a quick Google search and a three second glance at the poem will prove me right. Just as Williams did his best to shape his poem like a wheelbarrow, so too will my poem be pretentiously shaped. Here we go.

The Black Pen

So
Much
Depends
Upon
A
Little
Black
Pen
Filled
With
Black
Ink
Beside
The
White
Paper

Ta-da! I can make shaped poetry, too, Williams! (And mine makes more sense… just sayin’… I feel like infinitely more people depend on pens than wheelbarrows, but maybe that’s just me.)

I do have real posts coming, but inspiration struck like a lightning bolt and I just had to share.

Go forth, and mock more shaped poems.

That is all.