Things You Can Learn How To Be (by doing a search on the Internet)
An insightful new poem by writer Aiko Harman, who Open discovered at the recent London Poetry Festival.
How to be a vampire
How to be happy
How to be anorexic
How to be a good kisser
How to be a ninja
How to be annoying
How to be good at Halo 3
How to be sexy
How to be a model
How to be a cannibal
How to be a cat breeder
How to be just friends with your ex
How to be suicidal
How to be a pharmacist
How to be a police officer
How to be a terrorist for Halloween
How to be a terminator
How to be president
How to be present
How to be popular
How to be very very popular
How to be a good girlfriend
How to be a player
How to be a spy
How to be a member of the KKK
How to be a member of mensa
How to be US citizen
How to be a gangster
How to be fun around girls
How to be an assassin
How to be a good Christian
How to be Japanese
How to be an extra in a movie
How to be thin
How to be the life of the party
How to be scene
How to be taller
How to be a hacker
How to be black
How to be badass
How to be like James Bond
How to be cool in high school
How to be wanted
How to be different
Aiko Harman
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Aww cool! Thanks for commenting!
I just used Google -- when you start typing 'how to be...' into the google search, it tries to auto-complete what you are searching for (or predict what you want) -- and these are what actually started coming up! They're all things people have actually apparently been searching for. 'How to be a vampire' was number one! (Try it yourself! It's nuts!)
I was shocked and intrigued at all the wild things people have searched for.. some hilarious, some scary, some just sad. Overall an interesting look into other people's psyche, I thought.
(Also, list poems are better aloud I think.)
always,
aiko
by aiko on 12 Oct 2009 00:54 GMT
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Not entirely sure if we're meant to be reviewing the poem itself, as you say "Feature", but there's nothing else here that I can see in the "Feature", but the poem!
"List" poems can go either way: trite or profound, depending on what is listed, and how the items are juxtaposed. This definitely leans towards the profound, with a pinch of humour thrown in. I found myself wondering which websites the poet had visited, to "learn how to be" whatever...
by Jenny on 09 Oct 2009 10:27 GMT
