Alexis Doanhue’s blog post about page poetry inspired my to write my own piece using the same literary technique. I distinctly remember as a child my eyes glazing over the page “reading” about this technique from my older brother’s college literature textbook from St. Johns University but, for years I couldn’t remember exactly what it was called; granted I was only 8 years old at the time but the thought genuinely haunted me for years on end. So after seeing Alexis’ post: https://readerandtext.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2013/10/01/page-poetry/ I couldn’t wait to try this technique properly. The idea of creating a new piece of art with a completely different meaning is honestly what I believe what the true essence of art in all facets is, whether it be writing, drawing, filming or otherwise. As an artist it is one’s responsibility draw inspiration to from life itself and then to leave their art to the ether of life for others to draw upon. Here is my piece of page poetry I hope you all enjoy it.
Do More (take from “The Teacher” by Luis Cernada)
class rhetoric
short chubby with glasses
Schubert
breviary in hand, hands resting in his coat pockets
cap pushed with thick gray hair
read his verses
voice aglow with heartfelt enthusiam
hard for him to understand the mockery
in a pedantic way, naturally
he encouraged me to write
critiquing them, until a graceful hold on the material
“Go to the chapel and pray
give your courage”
one gold morning
without hearing from anyone else
saw a poor little funeral turning the corner
it was my heart that told me so