Two Person Poem : Hang Up

Lauren Winfrey and I chose this poem "How to Hang-Up the Telephone" by Delia Ephron to record for our blog because it was a fun and upbeat poem. We did some research on "two-person poems", and they can get very complex.  This is one of the simpler versions.  People always associate reciting poetry as a solo act so we wanted to show to the blog world that there are alternatives to that. Also, everyone has been in the situation when they are trying to get off the phone and you and the other person go back and forth with good-byes and confusion, so we thought this was an interesting approach to displaying that interaction.  We definitely had fun making the movie and I have read other poems by Delia Ephron because she seems unique.  If you would like to follow along the poem is listed below.

How to hang up the telephone by Delia Ephron

‘Good-bye.’
‘Bye.’
‘Are you still there?’
‘Are you?’
‘Yeah. Why didn’t you hang up?’
‘Why didn’t you?’
‘I was waiting for you.’
‘I was waiting for you. You go first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘OK, I know. I‘ll count to three and we’ll both hang up at the same time. Ready? One, two, three. ‘Bye.’
‘’Bye.’…
‘Are you still there?’
‘Yeah.’
‘Why didn’t you?’
‘What do you mean, me?’
‘OK, do it again. This time for real. One, two, two and a half, two and three quarters, three. ‘Bye.’
‘’Bye.’
‘Hello.’
‘Hello.’
‘Are you still there?’
‘Yeah.’