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POEM STARTER
Write a free verse poem that includes the word: Time
A free verse poem is a form of poetry that does not have a set meter or rhyme scheme.
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(Not free-verse… the rhymes just felt right)
How many hours in a day
For they’re not ours to keep
One cannot own what isn’t truly there
Yet still for the loss we weep
Why slippery things
I failed to grasp thy tail
But for my struggles I’ve nothing to show
Only broken dreams and broken nails
I slipped on the tracks
I got sucked under the speeding train
Drip
drop
the
...
The train rumbles on, steel wheels,
Carving through the night,
each clickety-clack a beat,
In the symphony of motion.
Outside, the world blurs,
a smudge of ever-changing landscapes,
A world of secrets hidden in the folds.
The rhythm lulls me, a steady hand,
Rocking me to sleep. Yet my mind,
Races, chasing wisps of thoughts that flit and dodge.
I close my eyes, and dreamscape,
Unfolds, a kaleid...
I am but a hollow stone,
Frozen in time's unyielding march,
A monument to what never was,
Nor ever will be.
I am but an empty shell,
An urn, forsaken and abandoned,
Upon life's mantelpiece,
Within me lie the ashes
Of the girl I once embodied.
I stand, trapped and paralyzed,
A ghost among the living,
On this infinite carousel,
As the world spins around me,
Rotating in indifference,
Round...
What am I thinking about?
I’m thinking about Lana Del Rey.
I’ve been listening to her a lot lately.
I’m thinking about spring,
And how it’s crept up on me.
I’m thinking about summer and it’s inevitabiliy.
I’m thinking that life doesn’t feel real.
That time is abstract,
A concept,
Unable to affect me.
I wonder what I will think at the end of the school year.
Will I have another depressive episod...
(I tried to find a prompt that fits this poem i had to write for school, its good enough, praying my teacher likes it 😋)
He never thought he could forget
The day time went blank,
And was nowhere to be found.
He was waiting with his mother
She said that her meeting was important
So he must wait outside.
And she had said she would be back
Not too long from now
And he must wait for her and not le...
Do you ever stop for a moment
And recall events that feel recent
But then realize a lot of time has passed?
And then you look at that time period, that gap,
And realize how empty it is?
How meaningless?
How little you did or accomplished,
And how apathetic you feel about it?
I don’t know when it’s normal to start feeling this kind of stuff.
I guess when you’re raised faithless you can’t use reli...
What time is it?
I’m still not…
What was I thinking?
Don’t quite… know.
I’m still…
I’m…
I…
It’s not enough time to remember!
I need to remember
I want to forget
I don’t have enough time to be anything!
I want to be everything!
How many years do I have?
It doesn’t matter
I’m wasting a minute
I can’t slow down
Everything’s going to fast!
I don’t have enough time!
I don’t have enough time!
I run lit...
Sorry this is a little lacklustre as it fades out- I may add to it
Time is merely a measurement
And measurements
I do not care for
Time is merely a concept
I do not partake in
You see
These numbers
They truly mean nothing
Without relation of each other
Without the need for judgment
The judgment you give
I have great disdain for
Putting a number on my size
On my life
On my experience
I am ...
How much of this am I missing
Because I can’t pay attention
How much of her am I missing,
Losing
To time
Time wants to take things from me
Time likes to remind me of what I’ve yet to accomplish
That by sleeping in today, I’m losing a lot of tomorrow
And to think I thought I had no inspiration for a poem today
Reading that book just felt so good and exhilarating
And it took a whole time of twenty ...
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