Prompt: Totally like whatever, you know?
I like this typographic video that I discovered on Taylor Mali's website that visualizes a reading of one of his poems.
Taylor Mali's poem, "Totally like whatever, you know?," from What Learning Leaves
is funny and it's true and it works.The poem begins:
In case you hadn�t noticed,
it has somehow become uncool
to sound like you know what you�re talking about?
Or believe strongly in what you�re saying?
Invisible question marks and parenthetical (you know?)�s
have been attaching themselves to the ends of our sentences?
Even when those sentences aren�t, like, questions? You know?
It's about language. It is a poem about slang. It's about lazy language.
For this month's prompt, select a word or phrase that would be considered slang as your title and starting place. Your poem can be about the slang itself, but it could be about language or go off some other direction.
Need some inspiration? Try the OnlineSlangDictionary.com
Submission deadline: November 30, 2014