"Rocky Raccoon"
Question for a poem--does everyone know the song "Rocky Raccoon"? I have a poem that starts:
"Rocky Raccoon"
Imagine that this is summer,
a throbbing afternoon.
A mustachioed park-bench strummer
is crooning "Rocky Raccoon."
Allusions are dangerous because you can limit your audience, but major Beatles' songs are basic cultural knowledge, right?
I later allude to the climactic word in the song ("revival"), so the poem assumes some familiarity with the lyrics.
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Aaron Poochigian
Last edited by Aaron Poochigian; 03-07-2021 at 08:39 AM.
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