Are you wondering about the poetry I am writing during National Poetry Month?

Here’s my latest:

What Did You Learn at School Today

“Quote or paraphrase
The classics
And the women
Will fall at your feet,”
I was told
So I approached
The redhead
On the cheerleader squad
And told her
“Even as a cow
You’re lovely.”
Her fist
Told me either
She wasn’t fond
Of Ovid
Or perhaps
I could have
Paraphrased it differently.

Here’s an image of a potential costume I am considering for future St. Louis RenFaires.

While the St. Louis Renaissance Faire is set in 16th Century France, and the image is of a 16th Century German, my research shows the dress was similar. The individual in question would only be allowed in Avignon, France – exiled from the rest of the country during the 16th century. A good 200 km from Lyon, the official setting for the Faire. But perhaps if he was on an official errand for the King and had some identification papers, he’d be able to journey to Lyon.

What do people think of the costume? Does it insert too much ‘reality’ into the historical recreation aspect of the Faire? I wouldn’t be doing it as ‘protest’ but instead as a way of imagining what I would look like living in that era.

I enjoy being a jester, which I have done for several years now. If only because I can pretend to be Triboulet/Rigoletto. But I think this would be fun, too. And I have the beard.

This year for National Poetry Month, I am once again going to attempt to write 30 poems in 30 days. However, I’m not likely to post all of them.

There will be a poem posted every day of April at Generations of Poety – The eZine for Genealogists. None of these poems will have been written by me, but they will all have been selected by me, as I am the editor of this new poetry e-zine.