by SL Ruth
a sonnet for ee cummings
on winged nikes a latex message flies swift
rebounding on limited edition airjordans
boldly dancing past sportswannabes miffed
while thousands of ayes succomb to comeon
calvin's not calvinistic neverthelessshout
rolexed rhetoric politically correct
guess? a redtriangled gap cashed out
hallmarked on beamers or cherokees text
hype through sex transformed into gold
as nottobeoneupped yuppies race for control
and cindy or claudia or carol's sold souls
prettily echo the trendy extols
he with the most wins the first prize
to hell with competitors and all the unwise
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2 comments:
I don't know much about poetry or literature, but I know what I like and what I have seen in the world around me. This poem describes "sophisticated" society perfectly. I also do not know much about mr ee cummings, but if he did not believe in punctuation, merely in sharing thoughts, nor in the confines of simply using multiple words, but rather cramming his thoughts into monoutterances, I think you hit the nail on the head.
In other words, I liked it.
I like Andrews comment better than the poem. JUST KIDDING! Sorry it was just so honest and funny. Ok, now for my thoughts.
With this avante garde style, to me, every word in itself evokes so much imagery and connotations. Once you compile all of the messages together, that is when you start to get some depth to the poem. "rolexed rhetoric" was great."trendy extols" too. Great terms for your shouted consumerism. Your first and last line sum it up: on winged nikes a latex message flies, to hell with competitors and all the unwise. But everything else in between creates such confusion and chaos- almost like all the advertising and brainwashing you might see hear and feel in the middle of times square. Excellent fare my dear.
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