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
WHAT IS THIS. WHO INVITED THEM. MRS ELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I often wonder where our dreams come from
ReplyDeleteIs it a happy, bright land or someplace that is dark
I don’t see them in cabinets or corners
And I know no one could hide them, not even monsters
I want to see them and find one of my own, I beckon them to come
I have decided to go on a quest and seek my dream out
But what will happen, will I finally go to
A wondrous place to pick
Dreams from trees like apples, or will it be overcrowded with people
And become the place that scares me like
The dark closet that haunts me
I wish I knew the truth of the place my dreams go to
The unknowing part of this quest is a torture
And I hope there are others to travel with
And people with whom I can share my thoughts
I know no one would blame for wanting this so
Maybe I should ask for company but what if there is evil
And it threatens to poison my dreams, that
Could never happen because I would never lead evil there
There is no chance that evil will enter the place of my dreams, it is
Impossible and I will not let it happen, there is no
Way they can sneak in and if they did I would do everything to help my dreams escape.
How do I look?
ReplyDeleteDo you think I can fit in?
Do you think others will finally accept me for me instead of the…
The girl who can’t even stand to see herself in the mirror
The girl who would rather cover her features for what?
What will the approval of others really do?
I hope that it’ll help open my eyes and give me what I want to see
A girl, who is beautiful, society’s version of beautiful… but is?
Is society’s version the correct one, should I really believe it?
Will I ever be perfect enough? Could I really?
Will I ever fit their standards of being a skinny and flawless? Should I use these products that say they will give me a brand new you?
If I was popular I could be happy or….
Maybe I could be happy the way I am, but I can’t. That’s just the way it is…
And no one can really change it
That’s how it’s always been and it’s seen as what is correct and just
So I should just accept it and take my title as a…
A mere reflection
A mere reflection of another sad girl, someone who wishes they could be of
Of the same caliber as a model or pretty person who is really someone
I wish I could be like them and people would know my name instead of asking who?
I want to know what being accepted really is
I wish to smile at my reflection and not feel so broken inside so empty
I can’t believe that Sometimes
ReplyDeleteI find myself alone and I
Need help but I Cant
Find anyone to Tell
What If
Sometime I Cry alone and I
Wonder who I am
Or if I am Awake
To hear Or
To find out If
My Life is a waste or I
Actually mean something to the world and I Am
Just thinking about the day by Dreaming
If I have found the one I
Wanted to Find
The most important to me if It
Makes any sense because I know it’s Hard
To understand and To
Know if I can Figure
Out What It
Is to figure Out
We look for
ReplyDeleteSomething, but we can’t find it
But it was
Always there but it also was not
I read into
Many things that were whispered into my
Ear
That I didn’t believe, but my heart believed you
You whispered
Into my ear about how you loved me but
I never read into
It and my
Heart
Believed it
But I didn’t want to because it all was
Not
Real but my
Heart still believed you and my lips
Said it to you
I love you, you kissed
Me, but
It was all it took to changed my
Heart, mind, and soul
The clock would soon strike half past two
ReplyDeleteWe were still trying to find our way around the dirt roads
They often diverged
And we did not know which direction to go in
I must say that I enjoyed the company and it was a
Very different environment surrounded by all the wood
This area was so secluded, yet so full of adventure and
How could this get any better, thought I
It seemed as though we took
The wrong roads purposely just to prolong our time together and all the
paths we passed by did not appear to be the right one
But none the less
we continued to walk and we traveled
through the faded trails, by
the small stream beside us and
in that moment, I felt that it was all that
I wanted. Nothing or no one has
ever compared to it or made
me feel this alive, it all
seemed too surreal and I never wanted the
night to end. He had instilled in me an empowering difference.
I love tennis but I also love drama,
ReplyDeleteIt is difficult to decide which one to spend the most time at.
Both are activities sponsored by the school,
But what isn’t?
I think drama and tennis are really fun.
Sometimes I think that when
I am at drama I am missing something
At tennis. Then at tennis I feel as though I am missing what happens
At drama. I like the people
At both activities and I get
Why people get mad when I go to one in
Place of the other. But either way when I go to one and miss the other one I get in trouble.
I want to go to one and then spend time at the other.
But both activities are at the same times.
I also miss both activities some
Of the time for other things that people
Need me to do. Don’t
Judge me, I get
Where your coming from. I know you have been in
The same boat as me. But this time, You are not the one getting in trouble.
*You're*
DeleteSorry!
Just wait everything takes Time
ReplyDeleteJust don’t listen to the clocks Ticks,
Exhale and Inhale
Invite peace into your life, A
Slow deep Breath,
Just Make
Life the best you can, it’s worth It
Make it like your Last
Not everything can last, For
Things expire, It
Will take time, it Won’t
Be all of the sudden, Always
Make your day as if your Last,
You only have a limited amount of Time
Everything Goes
Just make sure you can do things Quickly,
But make sure that you take your time and Appreciate
Things such as; Life,
Go now Before
You know that you will regret things, You
Want everything to be your best, Just Know
That things can take time, It
Can make Life
Easier but it Will
Take time, just Be
You, before your life is Gone
The past is something that we all look back to no matter what The
ReplyDeletePast held. Whether it was a good past or a bad Past,
It all must be remembered. It Is
Something we have to live with and we can’t hold A
Grudge over it. The past should be remembered as a Great
Place, however it is always remembered as a horrible Place.
In the past there could be things that you wish you did but didn’t, And
There are things that you did that you wish you hadn’t. I
Have had both things happen to me in my past, but I Don’t
Regret what I did or didn’t do because at that moment in time it’s what I Wanted.
I also learned from my past regrets. I don’t wish To
Erase any of it. If I were to Erase
It I wouldn’t be who I am today. It
Taught me valuable things I will never forget. A mistake many people make is that they hold on to the past too much Or
They let it bring them down To
The point where everything becomes a Regret,
Because they are too stuck in the past that It
Doesn’t let them live from it, But
What they don’t understand is that you have to learn to accept it. I
Have been in the place where my past was holding me back from things I wanted to do, and that is exactly what you Don’t
Want to happen. You Want
To set free from that anchor that pulls you down deeper and deeper To
The point where you aren’t living life anymore. Be
More of an accepting person to where it lets you pull away from that anchor. You want to change your life so you’re not Its
Regretful Prisoner
Another day Either.
Your work is so contemplative. I like the way you always address problems that affect all of us as human beings. This is artfully done.
DeletePeople should sometimes
ReplyDeleteWorry about being too careful with all
The challenges that
They are approached with in a typical moment, because one
Cannot search for soul where he does not look twice. Each person needs
A side-bar instance to
Understand his weaknesses and improve
The manner in which he is going about his
Days, thereby creating a new string of opportunities;
And so each blink of the eye is
An opportunity to give rebirth to a
Fresh moment—an instance that is brisk
In its arrival and that can walk
On its own in
A room filled with other moments just like a
Celebration—a brilliant
Celebration of thoughts and sunlight,
With the ability to
Broaden horizons and erase
All signs of hesitations.
Excellent job. Brilliant thoughts. I love your work.
DeleteHer head was full of memories
ReplyDeleteBut she was no longer free to live them, her purpose was to serve
Not a person, but her mind, disguised as
herself. Her true self being weighed down and sinking as though she were stuck in cement
she was fixed in a depression that
was buried into her. That’s holds
were too great to break loose. The kind of hold that drags us
further and further down
and slowly we
give in, there’s no use
when those unbearable thoughts sink their teeth into you, it feels like there’s no way to get rid of them
nothing you can do to
help you remember
all of the
good
but there is a way to get through it and
it is possible to learn
how to bring back your happiness, pry yourself away from
the darkness that can fill your head. The
trick is, to remember that there is no way to have the good without the bad
Awesome job. I truly love this. I say it is beautiful, totally not meaning to sound cliché or flippant about it. Great job.
DeleteI will find the man of my dreams because I
ReplyDeleteWill marry Trey Songz and Have
A million babies with him. His Feelings
For me will grow so big and mine will too.
When I turn eighteen I
Will find him and I Am
Going to talk to him and I will Still
Act like myself because you don’t change the human
You are All
For a man. Trey Songz and I
Will be madly in love. He is all I Want
And whenever I see him my heart Is
Going to smile and I know he is mine To
Love and cherish and to Be
His wife and make him feel loved,
We will do anything for
Each other because that’s what lovers do. And myself,
Will be happier than I’ve ever been before and
Will take care of him for
Forever and always. My
Job is to love him unconditionally and not just because his talent.
Gettin' deep and stuff.
DeleteOut of All
ReplyDeleteThe days and even The
Most boring of Nights
There has not been one Spent
By myself, no friends, Alone
I think I Have
Just about Finally
Gotten to the point where I Started
To sit at home and wanted To
Call some of my friends to Take
Take me out to A
Luxurious restaurant, but to get there we must go through a Toll
That we pass every day On
The highway on My
Way to work where I find true Happiness
Going to work truly boosts my Confidence
When I say this, I do Not
Want it To
Sound as though I have the greatest job, I simply Mention
This because my job makes My
Day enjoyable and does not affect my Attitude
What is the inspiration for this? I find it interesting.
DeleteThere are times when I’m overwhelmed with confusion.
ReplyDeleteI feel impotent because I cannot change the way that this is.
I can’t even function correctly and the feeling affects me horribly.
Making a decision takes up too much time; I always run out of time.
Confusion makes it impossible, just laying out the pros and cons is time consuming.
Once my decision is made there’s no turning back and if I make the wrong one, confusion will be the cause.
Confusion always affects decisions in the making.
Usually confusion will disappear until after the made up decisions.
By then it becomes too late though; it is what it is.
You become stuck with the burden of the “what if’s” forever and always.
You become stuck with the burden of “if only” too.
The worst part of all is that there’s only you to blame and that’s always difficult.
Even in the beginning Adan blamed Eve for his sin and nothing has changed since.
Humans like credit for the positives.
They prefer to let go of any credit when it’s about the negatives.
We’re only human and it’s ok to take credit for both.
We see imperfection in every single bit of this world’s embrace.
Confusion exists because we overthink about life’s full potential.
We cannot help but worry about the consequences.
Confusion also exists because we cease to know exactly what we’re looking for.
It’s inevitable to decide if decisions will make us truly happy until we’ve already made them.
Incredible. You have a gift.
DeleteI can feel the Wind
ReplyDeleteThe cool breeze goes Through
My hair long in The
Field behind the Tall
Water towers and Trees
I can go back to that day In
My mind, it was Spring
Such a nice Time
To be where the flowers Are
They are very nice and so
They stand alone just Pretty
Nothing better than The
New blossoms growing so little
In the sky were the baby Birds
For the first time they would Fly
It was so nice, In
Spirit I was The
Bird in the Sky
It was my dream So
Amazing to be Free
This flows nicely. It's interesting that you addressed the theme of freedom in such a rigidly structured assignment.
DeleteRyan P. Tunison
ReplyDeleteIn and of his heart all is devoted to Her
As he struggles to mend that romance
With fulfilled promises, he will
Always love Her, and in that encompass
All Her heart’s desires, never to consider the
Burden it shall lay on his soul in all entirety
To which stress takes its toll upon health, of
Which he cannot control, now as always his
Emotions weaken that ballad to its fragile
State, all aspects of romance purged from his heart,
Now with no hope to rekindle that which so easily
Was lost, left to remain in the past, now a body bruised
With the ever persisting want of Her, now out of reach yet
Still close to touch, never claiming a love so strong
Did he succeed, and in every hour spent waiting with
The feeling of disconnect writ across Her fair visage, words
Could never be spoken, but now printed upon paper he
Attempts to save that which lust led to love, will
Brings strength to his need, never to again make
Those mistakes that ever shall shatter amends.
Your word choices in certain places really add to the effect of the poem. Visage, encompass, ...etc
DeleteA smile creeps onto the face
ReplyDeleteThe face of friends, or the face of enemies,
And makes you uneasy or
Undignified, but for lack of a better response, you
Smile back, but was that right? How will
You ever know? For they might want you to die,
Or they might want you on their side. But,
If that were the case, what do they know,
That you do not? How will you know that
They are truthful? For it was they
Who were once your enemies, and they are
Plotting, waiting, baiting you more and more
So you can succumb to them, for all you know. So be afraid
If you must. However, always be sure of
Your abilities and the morals you
Possess, because they are far stronger than
Any rage they can garner against you.
Their meaningless anger and resentment are
Merely obstacles that you can easily dispose of
And then you’ll know that you are truly superior to them.
I like how the beginning of the piece starts clouded with ambiguity, and then proceeds to become more and more clarified. It suits the awakening arrived at in the piece.
DeleteAs the memories of him collide,
ReplyDeleteCrash through her mind like a thousand invisible
Words from his lips,
She begins to remember him. Like
A story from a fairytale, a
Deep twisted fantasy hidden behind the shadow
Of a thousand lies. On
Days like this she hated him, but the
Words written across the wall
Said it all. he
Had a way with words. He spoke
To her only to
Get what he wanted from her.
It was like
Nothing else mattered, she
was
just another obstacle in his course, but the
way she felt was only
Possible when she was around him. He was the only one
Who could save her; she was only stable when he was around.
At first, there is a wonderful beginning
ReplyDeleteThe story flies freely
And it can go through and through
Being whatever it pleases, even passing through bridges
And nothing can control it
No matter where it goes
But that all starts passing
And soon the adventures become memories
That are forgotten and become
Something less than a
Lost dream in the form of a blur
It isn't ending
Just acting differently
And seeming distinctive than
It had been before
Nothing is forever perfect
No more serenity
It comes soon
And it goes
Just as quickly away
WOW. Stunning work.
DeleteHe preempted his words with a classy burp. “Ye uh…ye lads should watch fer where yer walkin’, there.”
ReplyDeleteChuckles spread through the group as the leader made his way to the front. “Maybe you should learn to hold keep hold of a drink, boy. And who’re you to call us lads, you can’t be more than twenty four yourself, you bloody lightweight?”
The man wavered from side to side, trying to think of a comeback while simultaneously trying not to be blown over by the wind. “Just because I can’t always handle me drink doesn’t mean I’m any less of uh lightweight than ye chumps, yeah?” The man glanced towards the bay, his eyes locked on a ship docked not too far away. “Say…do ye know whose ship that is, boys?”
This little guy needs a cheeseburger. He's way too thin.
DeleteThat thing that you only get one chance at is life
ReplyDeleteYou might think it’s rough, but truth is it probably is
The thing is you only get a
life, not the best thing, but that one life has to be great
therefore don’t let one thing
hold you back, you know that
one thing you don't want to do you
should do it, once it is gone you don't
get to try to take
it again, so go for
it because life isn’t something you get for granted
if everyone else has to work for it so do you
don't worry you won't be the only
one working on how to live
when you find out you will hit that once
upon a time life so
that you will know how to live
but to achieve this on has to work to
the best of their abilities so that the
life they want can be lived to the fullest