Reading Day
I’ve started a lot of things.
Fatigue stopped them.
I forget my buzzing energy,
Sixteen-seven strong,
Was slain.
One by iron loss
Two by volume loss
Three by mystery
Four by injury.
#PoemADay #poem
Today’s Poem A Day prompt was:
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) Day,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: “Opposite Day,” “Green Day,” “Earth Day,” “The Last Ever Day,” and/or “The Day Before Yesterday.” Even “Holiday” would work honestly.” Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had trouble with his eyes. Rather appropriate I chose the feature image for this post as a book of poems by Longfellow.
The medical model says disability comes from a person’s “particular mental or physical limitations,” while the social model holds that disability comes from the ways in which a person’s set of abilities does not mesh with what their society deems “normal.” To use Longfellow’s eyes as an example, the medical model would hold that there was something wrong with them that could (in theory) be fixed, while the social model would hold that he was disabled only because he lived in a culture that relied upon writing for communication. If he had lived in a society where poetry was shared orally, his vision might have been less of an inconvenience to him.” Kate Potter, Cambridge Day
