Resurrecting Poets in 2010

Lylanne Musselman

If

he returned to 2010,

would

Frank O'Hara write lunch poems

on

a laptop in Starbuck's

or

text his next "I do this, I do that"

poem

to Bill Berkson on a Blackberry?

Would

Gertrude Stein post mug shots

of

Alice B. on Facebook,

share

photos of Picasso from her parlor,

and

write thoughts of writing thoughts,

of

thoughts writing thoughts….

Would

Allen Ginsberg twitter

about

the interconnectedness

of

the universe and resuscitate

the

Beats in tweets?

Would

Walt Whitman drive a Smart Car,

sing

of wind turbines and America's

Obama,

join

Greenpeace, and pitch free range farms

across

the grassy plains?

Lylanne Musselman resides in Indianapolis. She teaches writing of all stripes at IUPUI, Ivy Tech Community College, and the University of Indianapolis' School of Adult Learning. Her poetry has appeared in a wide variety of online and print journals. Lylanne's chapbook, A Charm Bracelet for Cruising, was published in 2009 by Winged City Press.

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