Emoji Poetry – prompt contributed by Jennifer Faylor
Look at these emoji versions of poems and write a poem by translating one of them back into verse. You can deviate from translating at any point if a poem takes off in a different direction, or write about the concept of or your experience with emojis instead. For additional inspiration check out one of Stephanie Berger and Carina Finn’s emoji poems here.
This is so interesting!!
Thank you for allowing us to deviate; I’d be lost, otherwise, but I love this challenge.
Oh my!!! 😯
Isn’t Tiger, Tiger, burning bright still under copyright? Or have I missed this prompt’s intent? I’ve missed the intent, haven’t I? I’m gonna write something about tigers. 🙂
It’s not been under copyright for a long time 🙂
I can’t see any of the emoji poems. :-(. I am working on an iPad, is that the problem?
There is a hyperlink in the beginning of the prompt, here is where it leads: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/08/18/emoji-poetry/
So…where are the emoji?
Click on the hyperlink “here” and it will show them!
Never mind, I found the link. 🙂
Here we go!
Success
By Sandy Lender
The seven of them dubbed Success a “ragged tiger”
and harnessed it for decades
through multiple iterations of the band
Using any and all forms of media
to push a quality product is smart promotion
Musicians and marketers ahead of their time
Still reaping the rewards of groovin’ bass lines
beneath movies made-in-paradise
with lyrics that make you cry when you listen right
“Ten thousand screaming fans can’t be wrong”
And watch out when those fans grow up
to become journalists
and teachers
and social media influencers
with a built-in distrust for hoity toity music critics
This was by far the most challenging for me thus far.