Based on the poem “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Category: Poetry Crisis Line Illustrated
If All Poems Were Limericks (illustrated): The Night Before Christmas
Icing the Body Electric
Charles Reznikoff calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Inigo Montoya calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Giorgos Seferis calls the Poetry Crisis Line (illustrated)
Read the original here.
Cattle adapted from cave paintings in Lascaux, France. Warriors adapted from Greek pottery.
If All Poems Were Limericks: “Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too” by James W. Hall
Crow calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Crow’s dialogue based on “Examination at the Womb Door” in Crow by Ted Hughes. [and yeah, in the original he’s the one answering the questions, but that would result in a caller who just says “Death. Death. Death.” most of the time.]
How to Breed Mythical Creatures
Anonymous calls the Poetry Crisis Line (illustrated)
