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POEM STARTER
Write a poem about something a young child wants very badly but cannot have.
Consider your language use for the chosen age of the child and choose a specific style of poetry that would be suitable for this prompt.
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I might look young, but i think i’m old enough.
i’ll talk like a grown lady,
to fight for what i want.
listen to me mom…
for the past 6 years of my life i’ve played barbies and dolls.
There are certain memories about you with me.
All i remeber is you yelling and saying,
“kid, what is this mess!,
clean! clean! clean!”
or maybe it’s the,
“when are you gonna listen!
you are just like your fathe...
Just give me a moment
to catch your eye and grin.
‘Cause connection is the first component
in love, isn’t it?
You say a few words
and a blush spreads along my skin.
You bring all the nerves
and the butterflies rush again.
I laugh at your bad jokes,
because every syllable draws me in.
And every part of me hopes
that _we_ could be a win-win.
I may have fallen,
oh-so-far.
So take caution,
you make...
Dear Santa,
My big brother
He’s all grown up
Off to school he goes
Leaving me home
If only I could come
I could learn too
He could teach me
All there is to know
But I can’t
He says
There are no
Small kids there
It is all
Tall kids
We spent the summer days
Together
And now he
Has to go
Leaving me all alone
And the tickle monster
Is never
Ever
Ever
Around anymore
All I want
Is to hear his...
clasping her hands
the child prayed
not for peace or love
but for something only a child would seem to want
desperately, hungrily
before the world caves in and the child wants something less
imagining the crisp water and the splash of its waves
she begged,
dear god
hallow be thy name
please give me a pool
it would be so cool...
I wish I were an adult,
Why, why, why?
Well, well, well, I say.
This is because all adults
Are not discriminated for speaking out or
Protesting, they can do whatever they want.
Why, can I not grow up?
But for us, we want to mature quickly to understand,
But also to be adored for our silly mistakes.
It is a shame how I feel old and young at the same time;
I speak maturely, but my mind is we...
I want her back
I want her smile back
I want her laugh back
I want her voice back
I want her jokes back
I want her hugs back
But I can’t have her back
I can’t have her gaze back
I can’t have her eyes back
I can’t have her kiss back
I can’t have her food back
I can’t have her scent back
I really really really really really want Mom back...
Here is a child
What they ask is simple
Yet time and again they are refused
How intense their isolation
Alienated in the extreme
This child with a family
Yet none at all
This child with peers
Intent to disown
This child with an eye
Toward an awful permanent fix
Would be free of these ails
With one humane change
Acceptance...
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