Poetry Challenge #321-Kuh-CHING!
Money Money Mon-Ney!
Money Makes the World Go Around
“I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay. . . Ain’t it sad.”
Happy National Talk Money Day! (November 11th). A day designated to “teach people to stop being afraid of talking about money.” Despite the adage: The first one who mentions money loses.
$$$ Money Money MO-NEY $$$
Wallace Stevens said,
“Money is a kind of poetry.”
Many poets have written about money. Here’s a poem about money by Edgar Allan Poe:
“Epigram for Wall Street
I’ll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,
Better than banking, trade or leases —
Take a bank note and fold it up,
And then you will find your money in creases!
This wonderful plan, without danger or loss,
Keeps your cash in your hands, where nothing can trouble it;
And every time that you fold it across,
’Tis as plain as the light of the day that you double it!”
Here’s one by Ted Kooser, the former U.S. poet laureate (2004-2006):
Selecting a Reader
First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully up on my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
up on its shelf. She will say to herself,
'For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned.' And she will.
And, finally, this one by Shel Silverstein:
Poetry Challenge #321
Kuh-Ching!
Now, it’s your turn. Write a poem about money—why you like it or don’t, what you would do with it, how to make it, keep it, spend it. It’s up to you! And, it won’t cost you a cent!
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, Write It!
And back by popular demand: A Money Song Playlist! Click and Sing!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2700+ days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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