Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Grabbing James Franco



       



Once he was grabbed by Tobey's Spider-Man
        in streams of milky spew.
Then he was grabbed by Allen Ginsberg's Howl
        when he was thirty-two.

One-Hundred Twenty Seven Hours grabbed
        awards out the wazoo.
If I could grab the polymathic James,
        I'd call that quite a coup.

The Planet of the Apes then grabbed him hard
        and cut him down to size.
A grab of me by James Franco like that
        would give me quite a Rise.

The Broken Tower grabbed his eyes of how
        the poet Hart Crane dies.
But now it's film professor James that grabs
        his students by the eyes.






orig. (first two quatrains) for NaPoWriMo 2011
2011/08/30: updated and placed in the imaginary garden with real toads
2011/10/01: updated and placed in the dVerse Poetics ~ Pop Art





10 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 31, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Your form and rhyme scheme add a great deal of oomph to these lines.

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  2. henry clemmonsOctober 1, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Luved the presentation and form. Very enjoyable. And info Ididn't know about the actor. Excellent read.

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  3. Brian MillerOctober 1, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    nice...this has a great beat too in and some nice references mixed with some fun word play as well...very nicely done...

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  4. UnknownOctober 1, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    He seriously is absolutely everywhere, isn't he? It's as if he never sleeps. Fun piece :)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    nice rhyming

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  6. ClaudiaOctober 2, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    nice use of the form philip and didn't even know the actor...(i know that's embarrassing...) so thankful you introduced him..

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  7. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryOctober 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    neat.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    This guys pretty grabby... guess the culture needs to go for it.

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  9. Cathy FeasterOctober 2, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    I do like the rhyme scheme...and the "subject" of your poem too ;)

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  10. seasideauthorOctober 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Creative people never sleep. Great piece.

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