Harpies don’t speak Hindi, either There are no words for thank you and goodbye in her language; no words for harpies in Hindi or what to say when they land with a thud on the rooftops and interrupt our lunch hour and fourth period. Here is what we don’t know about them, when we use the U.N. for translation: whether or not they understand “please” or “no;” what to say about their horns, their squawking, their affinity with ravens and vultures, places that are dark and warm and inviting.
James Black inspired me to use google translator to finish this poem!
Love it! Props to Poets & Writers for the helpful writing prompt.
what’s the prompt?
to use google translator to “remake” your poem
Here’s a link to P&W’s prompts, which you can also have delivered to you via email: http://www.pw.org/writing-prompts-exercises
It’s the poetry prompt for November 21. Basically, use Google translator to translate a poem (yours or someone else’s) into another language, then translate it back. At least a few of the lines will be worded differently. Use one of the revised lines to start a new poem.