DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "Designated Driver" by Daniela Olszewska Originally read: December 30, 2012 More information about the Poet: Daniela Olszewska What makes this poem is the opening line for me.  I didn't catch this in my first reading or in my notes, but the shift from "you are" to "yr".  Yes, I know that "yr" is shorthand for "your" in this poem.  But it's more like a double take line on how to receive the sound and sight of words.  For example, if I only heard this poem, then I wouldn't know the difference, but since I'm reading the poem, I can see there's a difference visually. I also wrote down this: "yr = yer (in the head) yr = year (abb.) yr = your ('what it means')" At the time, I was trying to figure out other ways to look at the way "yr" is used because the style is so similar to the Black Mountain School and Robert Creeley (like the poem, " I Know a Man ...