Recipe for Writing a New Your School Poem

Over at Jacket2, Thom Donovan has a recipe for writing a New York School poem a lá Frank OHara:

1. at least one addressee (to which you may or may not wish to dedicate your poem)
2. use of specific place names and dates (time, day, month, year)—especially the names of places in and around New York City
3. prolific use of proper names
4. at least one reminiscence, aside, digression, or anecdote
5. one or more quotations, especially from things people have said in conversation or through the media
6. a moment where you call into question at least one thing you have said or proposed throughout your poem so far
7. something that sounds amazing even if it doesn’t make any sense to you
8. pop cultural references
9. consumer goods/services
10. mention of natural phenomena (in which natural phenomena do not appear ‘natural’)
11. slang/colloquialism/vernacular/the word "fuck"
12. at least one celebrity

Want to be a quirky poet beloved by high school juniors and seniors all across America? Read the rest of Thom's recipe right here.