It goes without saying that when Ally asks me to help her brainstorm for poetry ideas for her creative writing class, I am compelled to complete the assignments myself (not for her)...and I complete a poem for the first time in a long time. I do not write them for her. She is talented enough to hold her own. I just get in the way. However, last night, we sat down and wrote together. We collaborated and wrote individually. The following are three poems that emerged from an assignment originally asked for thoughts or perspective from an animal. The one she wrote by herself will be turned in as her assignment. The others are just for our personal writing satisfaction (and hopefully for your reading pleasure).
"The Goldfish I Won at the School Carnival--A Haiku"
swishy-swish, swish, glub
glub glub glub glub glub glub-glub
oh, no! belly up
"Purpose"
Bobbing in my bubble, endlessly
swirling in circles
discombobulates my brain,
but I turn and twirl and twist my tail
for you.
Somehow my food flake frenzy
and spinning stills your sorrow.
When you start to speak
to me,
the sound of your soul flowing through the air
dispels my despondency,
saves me from swimming in circles.
And I think,
even if memory fails after five seconds,
that the intricate wash of my current
and your ritualistic chatter
keep you alive, which keeps me afloat
another day
to help us
forget a seemingly
meaningless, monotonous existence.
Photo Credits (where I borrowed them):
https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Chuckles_(Finding_Nemo)
https://yourteenmag.com/teenager-school/teens-high-school/teenage-attention-span
Well done my friend.
ReplyDeleteI'd say that was an evening well spent. I especially liked the last one.
ReplyDeletelove them
ReplyDeleteI’m with Rillene, the last one touched a few feels.
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