And now our (completely optional) prompt! Today’s prompt comes to us from a list that Daisy Fried put together: Write a poem in the form of a personal ad! Or, if you like, try any kind of want ad. Personal ads, though, do have a kind of poetry to them. The personal ads of the London Review of Books are particularly famous, and have even spawned a book. When I was younger, one of my favorite guilty pleasures was getting a copy of the local alternative newspaper and reading through the personal ads for (a) witty ones and (b) really horrible ones.(Oh, and by the way, the personal ad doesn’t actually have to be about you, of course. Feel free to invent every last thing about it). Happy writing!
WANTED
a smart, kind woman with really good
values, i don’t care much about the
body, but must appreciate a good fuc-
schia garden, sweet cuddling and long phone tal-
king, without getting too serious.
please read line 1,3 and 5.
( real ad from craiglist modified.AH! )
a.aime
aaimepharmacy 