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POEM STARTER
Write a poem from the point of view of a student daydreaming during an exam.
Choose a specific style of poetry that would be suitable for this prompt.
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I just wasn’t sharp
Couldn’t focus so I caused trouble
And the teacher glared
Soon I became aware
While most kids took a test I doodled
And the teacher glared
These exams realized on memory
I had none so I withdrew instead
And the teacher glared
Along about fourth grade I matured
Boys and men wanted to touch me
And the teacher glared
And I could pick the bad boys
It’s easier to ditch class
...
Scratch, scratch, scratch,
Mark, Mark, Mark,
Erase, erase, erase.
If only life were that simple.
If only we were all,
Just pages blank and white.
And every time we were marked or scratched by life,
We could just,
Erase, erase, erase.
But I am not blank white paper,
And you are not a pencil.
You, my love, RN ink pen,
That cannot be erased.
Bleeding your ink,
All over my body,
All ove...
A.
C.
A.
B.
D.
A.
A.
A.
Rows of circles,
Each the same.
C.
Tiny little letters
That tell no stories.
D.
E.
It’s raining.
There’s a gentle pattering,
Then it speeds up,
Then slows down,
Then up,
Then down.
A.
Perhaps there’s a princess,
Out there in the rain.
Maybe she’s cold,
Maybe she’s wet,
Maybe she’s knocking,
Hoping for sanctuary,
And not seeing
That this is a prison.
A prison…
Maybe th...
The real test is in life:
Does mythology create reality?
Burdens of truth always
seem to fly higher than the rest.
A love, a death; these two
emotions are really the same.
Are they not?
Madness seems a better choice,
if choice is truly given.
So many years spent asleep,
but it wasn't deep enough.
But to crave the dark,
the quiet shards,
the havoc of release;
Does that make one insane?
...
endless patterns, four choices, 15 different ways to fuck up.
the seat is cold
I hear the constant tapping of
Lead pencils from my peers. Papers turning like crashing waves;
the clock ticking, my heart
begins to Match the rhythm;
slow and steady, the palms of my hands creating small pools of sweat.
slippery skin unable to grasp what is asked of me. I begin to slip deep into my mind,
The ro...
Money makes the world go round
Or so my father told me
If you can’t find prestigious work
You’ll live in poverty
I understand his message
Much of living has a cost
But monetary motivation
On my puerile mind is lost
I dream longingly of travel
Reaching galaxies unknown
Swimming seas and climbing mountains
The entire earth my home
I dream of art unfettered
Creativity uncontrolled
I dream of m...
Bring me the world remote;
Yes—
That one with all
The buttons
Bring me the world remote!
Slim
Shiny silver
And s l e e k
Bring me the world remote!
Power
Pause/play
And and OK
Bring me the world remote!
Down
Up!
Right
Left
And select
Bring me the world remote
Fast forward
Rewind
And it’s
All
M i n e
With the click of a button
My dog is barking on MUTE
In a moments notice I’ll...
Focus doesn’t come much as of late,
So I’ve taken to gazing out the windows,
Finding joy when I see the trees
I see myself running along the branches,
Hopping from place to place,
Weightless and ever balanced,
Lying in a bed of leaves
And I start to hear the birds chirping,
Start to smell it in the air.
I imagine falling,
And never being scared.
So I snuck away today at recess,
And crawled behi...
The moment you walked in the room,
My feelings came out of the blue.
You caught my attention
And I couldn’t stop looking at you.
I had my chin in the palm of my hands,
I looked at you and you looked back.
You don’t know how hard it is to ignore
Your eyes that somehow stops the clock.
The time slows down as our eyes met
I quickly look away and ignored that hot mess.
The eye contacts from time to ...
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