I hope you read today's blog poem, "Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew" by Pattiann Rogers before trying this prompt (if not, go read it--it is an amazing poem).
Rogers states in her poem that Lillie Langtry, the British actress and producer, liked to roll naked in the morning dew. I like to think, and this is all conjecture, that Rogers read this bit of trivia somewhere and wanted to put it into a poem. Being a poet who writes about nature in both a scientific and an appreciative manner, the poem she wrote goes far beyond Langtry's ritual. (Again, I am imagining a possibility.)
Choose one of the trivia bits below and write a poem that includes the trivia but goes beyond it, as Rogers does. More information about all of these can be found online and in books.
Adam and Eve become embarrassed by the nudity in The Garden of Eden
George William Crump is the first known American college student to streak when he ran
naked through Lexington, VA; he later became a Congressman
About 18,000 naked people are photographed in Mexico City, setting a world record
Florida, Texas, and California are the states with the most nudist colonies
Collins Beach on Suavie Island, OR is a nude beach on a river (the Columbia River); most
nude beaches are on saltwater
Lady Godiva rode a horse while naked to protest high taxes
Robert Opel streaked at the 1974 Academy Awards
A parent in Florida complained that an art teacher showed a photo of Michelangelo's David,
claiming the statue is pornographic
John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny-dipping in the Potomac
Nude yoga is becoming trendy
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli is one of the most famous paintings in the world
Marilyn Monroe was the first Playboy centerfold
Burt Reynolds was a Cosmopolitan magazine centerfold
Nyotaimori is the word for the Japanese practice of eating sushi and sashimi off of a naked
woman's body
Ernest Hemingway liked to type his fiction naked and standing
July 8, 2023 is International Skinny Dip Day
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, both nude, are on a record album cover
Nirvana's Nevermind album also features nudity--a naked infant in a pool
Agatha Christie sometimes wrote while taking a bath
The Broadway play Oh! Calcutta!, first staged in 1969, has a completely nude cast
Benjamin Franklin enjoyed sitting around naked; he called this activity an air bath
