Write a poem of twenty original lines that contains end
words that when extracted from the rest of the poem, stand as another poem. Here's an example:
He carries unbalanced parcels of sorrow
As his silent shoes move among masses like empty measures
No one hears the echoes, the throbbing cadence of memories
Now relegated to the faceless insignificance of amplified
light, blown out
A loud white storm, no one else knows what it sounds like
This is the point when reason and knowledge become cruel
The empty, un-reflected truth rains down like beatings,
The poison of logic is administered
To the servants he left his soul to
Intelligence, sentience, introspection, those
agents that render the mind helpless
When the hunched beast of emotion descends on men
in times most trying
When there is no one to talk to
Finally, he falls down on the cold ground, a slave to the process
The machinations of his own mind, in the onslaught of grief
There is always failure in one’s life
ReplyDeleteBut one must learn to overcome the challenges
They must live with who they are
And work with their burdens
What happened to them is just that
Their past is theirs to have
There is no point on dwelling on what could have been
Their problems are just collecting
The adversities will never be over
But they will be accept them in time
And they will become one
That is just one of the human needs
With it there is a new understanding one will go to
There are few challenges in life one can overcome
The best most can hope for is to be one with them
This is the understanding they must get to
In time all will get better
This life is just the ones
Only theirs to own
It is their job to live their own life
Late at night when we went on our first date, I know you remember
ReplyDeleteI would never give up on you at all
Remember those pictures hiding in your closet? We took those
We always went out on weekends to the movies and diners. I miss those good times
What ever happened to us? It is now I
“I’ll never leave you.” That’s what you swore
It’s now me, myself, and I
Love, respect, and honesty is all I needed
I just wonder if you ever think of me anymore, do you?
I heard you’re doing very well
When she leaves you don’t call me just think of me as dead, which you can consider
I had everything you couldn’t find in them
You just filled me up with lies
You left me because
I can find better, just trust me baby
My heart is closed I don’t know why you want to come back here
I’d rather be alone than with wrong company, it’s just I
You think I’m sad which I kind of am
I’m sad for you, who knows who you’re going to end up with
Well I’m going to sign out
I just wanted to say my last good-byes and good luck to you :)
i dont know how you feel
ReplyDeleteespecially when everythings turned on
i remember when we hanged out with those
poeple that didnt mean nothing who
the ones that left
that girl hanging it was you
they turned there back left you behind
everything they feel is guilt now
how did they
do some kind of thing how would they feel
if someone did something bad
to them and because
she was only 16 years old the
reason is now she prosper
to thank people like you
now she owns everything that you have
something that they
ReplyDeleteshould have done to the will
and to never
forget about having the guilt to get
Laying by The
ReplyDeleteFire is the Cat
Sleeping and purring she Is
A pillow for me, nice and Fluffy
I put my head on the cats body And
Slowly began stroking it’s
Head, listening to the soft breath
Coming closer to the cat’s mouth the smells
Of the cat food smelling like
The main course at a fancy
Party where the guests are waiting to feast
I could smell all of the
Gross smells like the Sour taste of the cat’s turkey
As if cooking had gone wrong if it were my own dinner
Focusing back on the cat and its kind
Nature I was feeling at home with my head on the body but
She was not as comfortable as I
She scurried away indicating that she did not Enjoy
My face in hers, Smelling
The morning breath as I was breathing on it
A boy got killed after
ReplyDeleteHis mom was shot and her life
Was taking away, now the boy is
A child who is out on the street, the
Father is nowhere to be found when he is the most
Thing that is wanted, the boy faces the scariest
Felling in his life, the thing
He went through without his mother, that
Life scares
The little boy because he got no people
To take care of him and take him in
Their houses, this
Boy is living in this world
Without anyone, it
Is touching to see a boy shakes
His with fear when his hand is in
Another man hand, their
Hands filled with love, the boy find his old house
He ran to the house and he hugged the house saying “forever hold”
very good. change "felling" to "feeling."
DeleteLook over there
ReplyDeleteAnd see who you are
Maybe you see some
Weird people
And didn’t know who
They were
Or when they were born
But just want to
Find something to do
To find something great
Maybe accomplish some things
And then come in
And look at your life
Because giving up and
Following others
Based on who
They are and the ones who allow
You to enjoy life
And catch you when you slip
And just fly away
She looks at the door, and goes in
ReplyDeleteShe’s trying to run away from her sorrow
Because no one was ever filled with more sorrow than she
And though she tries to get away from it all, she can’t
She seeks help
She seeks distance from the one she can’t help loving
But every time she turns around she sees him
But no one was colder than he
And she tried to find what about him it was
That livened her
That gave her life a purpose
She can’t help loving him though
Because no one made her life more meaningful than he
He was her one and only, she knew he was
But he did not love her
And he refused to give her a reason
His lack of love destroyed everything she worked for
He was her reason for being
And she couldn’t stop loving him so deeply
And since he’s left her, she can’t stop feeling irrevocably depressed
Tremendous. I really like this.
DeleteUnexpected actions result from unexpected things.
ReplyDeletePeople don’t ask to be heroes; it just happens that way sometimes.
Heroes don’t ask what they have to do.
Some say they are not
Normal humans but say this is always
The way that they were meant to go.
These warriors, heroes, soldiers have the
Instinct to act for someone in a way
Which represents only that.
Not only do we
Respect those who do not return, but those who return first.
We respect them in a way that is expected.
So many of these heroes would do anything to come home and
We don’t forget what they had to do to earn it.
They would not forget their comrades still there, they would never.
But eventually this praise ends.
They stop looking back and they start to look up.
They see that they have done their part as
Best or better than could we.
They did their job but, not in the way that they planned.
Many type of People
ReplyDeleteToo bad that they all Change
Everything that I had with each one of them is now Over
I sometimes wish I can go back in Time
They just think about I
They don’t care about anyone else which makes me want to Cry
They say that there is only me, myself, and I
I can say that I can Remember
I want to say The End but all I can say is The
I wish life was like a fairytales that everything would turn out okay, but these are different Times
Those times where it was just us and all we said was We
I miss those times that we Shared
All of those times are different Now
All I can say is that I want You
But now you are gone and you have changed, we Are
Separated and there isn’t no more us I Just
Want to say that it is A
Pity that you changed but I’ll try to keep the little bit of the Memory
All I can wish is That
Your happiness Is
Turns out the way you want it to turn out, that’s all I want but it is Slowly
and quietly Fading
don’t ever come back and just go Away
Excellent job. Very poignant.
DeleteYou glance up at something
ReplyDeleteIt is as
If the answer was simple
And as
You look at a
Young child with a smile
That appeared from
A person across the room, someone
That seemed to be very special
To that young child and someone to
The smile reached from one ear to another
It seemed like that thing can
Bring a smile to anyone and make
The day better if one’s
Day is a bad day
That simple thing is a
Thing that expresses happiness to a lot
Of people and can better
Their day and then
They will be happier than before
It’s always important to make good use of life
ReplyDeleteFor it only lasts as long as it can
if you do, more enjoyable it will be
If you believe that life has no worth
you may greve so
that you won’t experience much
and you will lay on your death bed thinking what if
or what could I have done to better it
The first thing to do is take life as it is
and not how it could have been lived
Spend every day thinking posatively
Find people you can relate with
which is how you find friends
Spend time with family
and always follow your dreams
If your dreams don’t come true quickly enough for you
keep doing the best you can
never give up when you have dreams to follow
even though it won’t work out always
Very uplifting poem; I like the way it celebrates our potential.
DeleteChange posative to positive.
Fluttering in the wind to its own beat let this beat make me open
ReplyDeleteLet it open me to the light it carries for my and your
Heart…keep this light as your own
Shine this light this pure joy throughout you so that everyone can see it with their own eyes
When this little bundle of hope and love lands on you accept its light to
Your mind and let this light give you better understanding so that we all can see
Not just see with our eyes but also with our hearts the
Cover or shield that blocked us will be gone forever and we will be exposed to reality
And this was all because a little light landed on us and we’ll probably think of
Ways to try and keep this joy with us but we must remember this
That the joy that we once held in our hands must be released back to the world
It must be let loose so that others can feel the happiness it brought to us and we
Have to be grateful for it, but remember once you let it free you can’t just bring it back with a call
For it to maintain its happiness, joy, love, and hope for others it must be free and able to return to its own home
A very lovely quote! It's hard to find splendid quotes like these on the internet. Is this your own quote?
DeleteBeautiful poem. It captures the eessence of what is important.
DeleteAs the sky turns dark and grey
ReplyDeleteThe clouds start to become emotional
With water inside the Clouds.
I’m standing outside and starting to get
Cold and wet full
Of water, I’m out with
My brother who feels the sadness
Of the weather then
We hear a clap of thunder when clouds began
To build up their “emotions” and start crying
My brother and I are standing out
In the rain, feeling the fresh
Water that feels like tears
Falling down from the sky, upon
Our faces when drops hit the
Cars around us as well as the ground.
Puddles are swarming all
Around our feet, wet and Muddy.
We both enjoy this weather and
Like it when the outside is damp
Cool. Very good demonstration of the form.
DeleteWhen born you only get one
ReplyDeleteShe’s loyal and trustworthy, my mother
My world, my best friend, my heart, only
She’s there whenever needed, no matter what happens
I sometimes don’t appreciate her and have hurt her feelings more than once
The older I get, the closer we become, I usually tell her everything but,
Sometimes we don’t see eye to eye on things that we should,
I admit I don’t always listen, we do argue and I’m not always where I should be
My generation usually takes things for granted, that really need to be cherished
In order to show her my appreciation, I can do a lot more
When I was younger I told her I loved her all the time, now I don’t do that so often
She means everything to me and if I lost her, I wouldn’t know what to do because,
Somebody once told me that I’ll never know what I had until it is gone and you,
Should show the womb that bore you, the most respect and never,
Turn your back on her, she taught me all that I know
It’s her job to be on my back and in my business because when,
I need her, she’s only a phone call away, I pray to God,
That he doesn’t take her away from me anytime soon and I will,
Do my best to be there for her and treat her how she deserves, and never take,
Her for granted anymore, she’s my rock, and I love her
Beautiful job. Make sure you show this to her!
DeleteThe question still remains: What
ReplyDeleteWhat would people think of men
If they were animals watching the human’s want
Their want is destroying everything that is here and in
Until everything that is left is this
Their own world that is small
So that they will live in that world
Not caring for anyone else but themselves. But the reason is?
No one can answer that question. What is the quote, to be or not to?
They just want to be
They don’t care how they achieve it, it’s all on what they heard
What they were told to be but,
That’s not life. I want to be someone to
But they never realize what life is about, never
They just want to take
Rather than give, they don’t take responsibility
They think the world revolves around them, but they have no idea that is only the beginning of,
Their troubles, but they don’t get it
Why should they when they just look at
Everyone else live life when they don’t live it at all.
I love you JON.
ReplyDeleteHe is who he IS.
In school, all I see Jon with is an A.
He is just so BEAUTIFUL.
He is a real MAN.
He has a beautiful EYE.
He has the perfect LOOK.
When I look at him I look UP.
I wish one day it’ll just be me and him, just us TWO.
I LOVE YOU.
I think you have a nice BUTT.
Chapman looks like CHRIS.
Now this guy doesn’t have the LOOK.
He is one person I don’t LIKE.
Every time I look at him I say OH MY.
He’s told me he likes the study of CHEMISTRY.
Just like my TEACHER.
Me and Jon DON’T.
Chapman, how does it feel that Chris looks like YOU?.
Everything I say is true, don’t you AGREE
There’s a man in my class named Felix
ReplyDeleteBeautiful he Is
I ripped my pants so I could So
My pants looked Beautiful
Looked at Felix did I
Him and I are in Love
I love to look at Him
1 plus 1 equals Too
He can lift very Much
He plays video games with the We
Pirates say Are
Money he is Getting
My sister got Married
I once hung out with Chris
Felix has good Looks
Candy is what he would Like
When some ones ugly I say oh My
I hate Chemistry
Haily wants to be a Teacher
Thief’s are bad Right?
Life will always be full If
ReplyDeletePeople can understand you
You just need to make them realize
You are a very bright person that
Will always treat them and you
Fair and be willing to have
Love enough,
For them and you
Many people are
Very nice and truly
Healthy and rich
All humans search for love,
ReplyDeleteIn every way they can
For nothing compares to heart break
It seems to be the loss of all
In the quest for this love, one may find boundaries.
Or see their dreamed future in the extreme distance
Many even question what love is
Others have fallen to the belief that it is nonexistent
Thousands of things can come between
Finding love, or maybe only one or two
But nothing stops the thriving in our hearts
Pulling us to the one that
Will fulfill the empty holes and let us thrive
Love can bring the world together
Bring smiles to those in
Need of much more joy
It is the great search for harmony
On the road of peace
Reaching the final destination of bliss and
Love.
Humans need friendship
ReplyDeleteIt gives meaning to what is
Though it is unnecessary
Life is worth living because of it
Many hardships, it has
However, if asked to rid myself of it I say no
Friendship brings meaning to a human’s survival
It brings immeasurable value
Many people say it is pointless, rather
Friendship is cherished and it
Brings us happiness and is
Something that connects us by one
Bond to the rest of
Humanity and to all of those
Who hold friendship dearer than things
Friendship is so powerful that
It causes people to even give
Their lives because they value
You for being a friend to
Them and giving meaning to their survival
Please ignore the excessive use of the word "and". The others words I know don't seem to fit in as well as "and" does.
DeleteI don't think that you used the word "and" too much. But i really like the poem even if you did. :D I think it describes our friendship perfectly:D
DeleteYou are not better than I.
ReplyDeleteI’m an example of everything you can’t
do, so there’s no time to sit and wait.
Let me know once you come to.
So I can look you in the eyes and say
“It’s whatever.”
I can’t wait to get on with life and
Be whoever I
Wanted to be, can’t
You see that that I didn’t intend to wait
To be able to
Show you that I can shed
More than just some
Of the lack of light
You’ve left on
Simply every
Part of me, not just a little
But every little thing.
The devil was an angel once, so you’ve
Left everything broken.
They didn’t think she could say never
ReplyDeleteNo matter what she thought
She began to forget the important things
More than she ever believed she could
She never surrendered to the end
No matter how high up
The sky seemed to be like
Her hands tried to reach this
She wasn’t tall enough yet
She wore a bright smile always
Although she wasn’t always happy
She only knew despite everything that
Things would change, unlike what they
Told her at first, so she turned
Discovering a new world, never coming out
She changed her direction without knowing how
She planned a path and made a way
Despite whatever they
Might say for she say things as they were, as they are
Living not for the past, but for now
A murder tale (celebrating the month of October with spooky tales.)
ReplyDeleteThe haunting feeling of him is what makes me feel all warm
When he’s here everything I see is in different colors
Knowing that he was a monster was unthought-of
I’ve known him for such a long time, I would have never of guessed the,
things he did were true. I heard he put them on the trees
But wait, what’s that sound? It’s the sound only terror would bring
I smell something familiar, probably too familiar. It smells sickly sweet
His scent sadly brings the sweetest of memories
He walks forth and touches me gently; What does he want to do with me? But I can’t look back
His face is frightening, which is unusual. The only thing he’s saying is ‘no’
I didn’t utter a single word; I was terrified of this blood covered monster. But I wonder,
why he would try and hurt me. I was confused and kept asking myself ‘why’
He confesses to me that he has killed people
My knees grew weak and I fall
He looked at me and without hesitation stuck his knife in
How did I ever come to love,
such a monster. I was such a fool to begin with
I release his grasp from my gentle hand. I look into his blue eyes while mine begin to fall.
Cool. It makes me want to carve a pumpkin.
DeleteThe universe is made up of so many different things
ReplyDeleteOur only common ground is the world we exist in
We each get to experience the different aspects of life
But the one thing we all share is the ability to change
The only thing we can rely on always
The only ability we all have
The one thing that occurs always
The one thing that ever will
We all know that it’s coming, the
Single question is when only
Touches every person, place and thing
Our instinct is to fight change and we
Convince ourselves we can
But the truth is, there are few things we can do
Understand what the change is about
Not matter how you feel about it
Whether it’s not for the best or whether it is
You can’t fight change
You can’t fight the strings that come with
All you can do, is make the most of them
We crave for attention to be a star but look into space there alone and yet I don’t understand why
ReplyDeleteHumans cry and cry to get what they want they use emotions to tell you what to Do
You try to stand alone and to have no one around you but get that there is no “I” in We
Humans argue and split when things fall apart we want what’s right but that’s how we start a Fight
We leave the past and make new memories fast the question is if you want to
How are we allow to step on ants but consider homicide bad we don’t care about anything but to Live
You lose the argument but will always use the word “But”
They left us to be alone and kill our communication with god and so did we
Why die when we can all Live
I care but its not fair I guess you can do whatever you want To
Just as fast as life started it all end in a flash 7 minutes to see life till you Die
We want peace but yet ask for war there will never be peace as time fly’s and that I don’t get Why
You sit here and think and you start to cry why don’t you stand up and begin to Try
Life of fame and money and full of people the know me ask for records but I don’t want To
Blindness is the new See
When can I move on, when can I leave the past and go on ..When
There’s
There is Nothing
Going In
There is nothing in Sight
INDEPENDENT STUDY ASSINGMENT
ReplyDeleteThe inhabitants of this land must enjoy light, because it was a bright world in which Dracon had found himself. They had been walking for twenty minutes, and a strange twenty minutes they had been.
The ground was one of the most perplexing things he had witnessed in this world. When he and Cynoss had exited the house, they had walked down steps made of wood, but ended on a strange surface. Dracon had knelt down to examine it- it was grey and bumpy, akin to stone but different somehow, as if someone had melted down grey rock and then allowed it to harden. The grey path moved out of the house, and connected with a much longer path of the same surface. The paths seemed to all surround small fields that were all identically trimmed and growing a uniform type of green grass. Every few meters another house stood, each of them connected to the pathway. In front of Dracon and Cynoss, however, was a very strange sight. The pathway seemed to be divided in half. Next to the pathway was another field with the same type of grass, and after that there was a grey strip. Beyond that grey strip was a very large black ground with white lines painted on it. On the other side of the black ground, there was another set of pathways and houses similar to the one that Dracon found themselves on.
That black pathway was the one they were walking on now, and they saw, to either side of them, very strange machines that, while all built with the same mechanisms, all looked extraordinarily different. Some large, some small, some long, some thin, and they seemed to come in every color of the rainbow.
Why do people hurt it?
ReplyDeleteWhy does it cry out and say it hurts?
It is me but why do they call me an it when
I am a human being and part of the people
I cry and cry but people don’t
Look at me and understand
That when you
Hurt me it fills me with hate and when
You stare at me I look at you and think that they
Are cruel people and everyone in this world that will look
At me will hate me and will curse at
Me because of you
Because of your talk and rumors and
Because you hate me you make everyone else see
A monster when they look at me a
Hateful monster
When they stare it hurts and
The don’t understand that you’re
Hurting all
That I have and by those stares, am telling me that I will always be alone
There wont always be love
ReplyDeletenor will there always be hate
most of the time happy
at least once in a persons life they are depressed
there are so many emotions
to many for people
they do what they can to live
do what they need to get through
no matter how hard
going through tough times
always hoping
not having doubts about everything
never having the will
to speak up and be
who i am and having things be okay
just want to be able to live
just being able to live without
any regrets nor having any fear
every human being
deserves to be happy