Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Allusion Poems
Creative writing Bonus Challenge: Use one of the following as an allusion in a very short poem. Nurse Ratchet, "The horror, the horror," "star-crossed lovers" or any other elements from the works we've read this year. You get extra credit if you put it on the blog and read it aloud in class...
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It's weakness that we all try to hide
ReplyDeleteIn fear they will cause our fall
Our inner walls are built
Like Ratched's glass window
Unprepared to come toppling down
In the faraway land of Suburbia
ReplyDeleteOr was it right next door?
Two “star-crossed lovers” met
Believing love more than folklore.
Slinking visits in the night,
Whispering kisses via phones,
Each looked to name the something
That settled in their bones.
And then.
Their visits became easy, monotonous, dull
She felt indifferent,
He, a lull.
They quit with the phones
and the visits at night
And the damage was done
Could this love be done right?
“The horror, the horror”
ReplyDeleteAfter years of working,
Years of laughing,
Years of making the world better,
He lays bleeding.
They walk by.
Twelve kids laughing
ReplyDeleteOne teacher waiting
In the room without windows
This weekend twelve are staying
Detention seems undeserving
The teacher seems to have won
Who knew so much trouble
Could come from a little fun
From the fog he comes walking
As she leads them on their way
The new kid will make sure
She doesn’t teach another day
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ReplyDeleteWhere is the fun in this fix?
Tuesdays are formal
Key cards hardly normal.
Just like Nurse Ratched's machine
Caught in this monotonous routine.