Writing Prompt
POEM STARTER
My grandmother always told me…
Write a poem which begins with this line.
Writings
My grandmother always told me that life was a messy bundle of joy,
That heartache brought unimaginable warmth,
That the universe would keep moving regardless.
My grandmother never failed to show me how misery was still a story,
How betrayal was just the twisted part of mystery,
And loneliness was evidence of bond long gone.
They were all my grandmother ever knew.
They were all what I would ever...
My grandmother always told me
She loved me
But I never listened.
And now that she’s dead,
I can never be forgiven.
I wonder how she thought of me,
I wonder how she felt,
I wonder was she lonely,
Or content in her hell.
For she treated my mother like
A child of another,
Had her beaten apart by her own older brother,
Made her quit her job for a stranger’s wedding,
Attacked her character in every ...
This take on the prompt is actually just an edited version of my previous attempt. “Makeup” is about being told you’re pretty, but only believing it’s because of the, well, _makeup_. The ending is altered, to share that you don’t need your makeup for others to find you pretty. Also, new title, maybe? Which is a better fit, “Makeup” , “Gorgeous” , or [other]?
Anyways…
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My grandmo...
My Granny always told me stop running out the door to play in this chilly weather without your jacket on; I don’t want you getting sick
But as a kid nothing phased us so I would tell her “stop being silly” and giggle before she told me again it’s not silly little girl it’s chilly so please bundle up
My Granny always told me don’t jump as high as you can on the trampoline you’ll fall and hurt yo...
My grandmother always told me to not wander to the backyard. “The demons they lurk back there, back there where the Gods are not watching”
My grandmother always told me to not eat apples on Sunday’s, as it would upset the Gods. My grandmother warned me to not upset the Gods.
My grandmother always told me she could NEVER tell me where the gods were.
My grandmother always told me the gods were w...
My grandmother always told me
That the world was always a nasty place
No matter how you looked at it
Nasty things occurred
And
Nasty things occurred frequently
But,
It is up to you to change that
You can shape the perfect world
With just a little bit of care
And a lot of commitment,
You can change this world
Into what it was meant to be....
Grandma always told me, great stories from her past
Of how she had to struggle, to make the produce last
Of how she relied on her children, to take care of each other
Of how one of my aunties, was like a second mother
Of how she suffered prejudice, because of the browness of her skin
Of how she converted Grandpa, and got the blame again
Of how she suffered through it, with the help of neighbors an...
My grandma always told me
That my mother was ungrateful
her baby sister was irresponsible
Shirking her responsibilities of her zillion kids
My grandma always told me
My uncle could do no wrong
Doesn't matter that he touched his baby sister
We will sweep that under the rug
My grandma always told me
That my Aunt was always ready to argue
That the sky was green and that she
Was the most deserving of...
My grandmother always told me
to visit the city of love.
She reminisced about it all -
the dance, the smiles, the people she kissed -
and to me, clear it was - what she missed
no tower, no city, no particular place.
for eyes her up lit
on that indelible face
and me, at this young age,
i got enraptured by her tale
i had to take a taste
of her vigorous cocktail,
that bursts out of chests and
and li...
My grandmother always told me to keep clean
To not leave things out
to tidy up
and to stay presentable
If I ever learned one thing from her it was how to clean
How to do the dishes
how to look fresh
how to store things away
So thank you grandma I think
As I use her tricks
to hide the blood and body...