DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "Tang" by Bruce Cohen Originally read: June 26, 2013 More information about the Poet: Bruce Cohen Puns, puns everywhere.  The usage of the word "Tang" varies with each stanza; however, with each pun, there's always a reference to the speaker.  And to make sure the poem isn't about the puns, the speaker mentions himself in the beginning of the poem. "If I do not witness these leaves turning orange, who will? / I stir myself / I like to think."  So these lines set the mood of the poem based upon rumination.  Here the speaker is thinking of the multiple definitions of "Tang" (puns, puns everywhere).       of myself as a reincarnated Poet from the Tang Dynasty,       Dehydrated orange drink       Astronauts gulped orbiting the planet       That became a fun '60's staple. So here the speaker describes "tang" as Tang dynasty poets, and th...