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POEM STARTER
Write a poem reflecting the themes of a famous book.
Your poem can be about anything in the book - try not to mention the title and see if your readers can guess which book you've chosen.
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Buried deep under well-loved green hardback swirled in serifs of gold leaf still bright Neither dead nor forgotten not lost but waiting to take root first a primal crack a tenacious root pale and hungry but willing to split rock finds its purchase then the unfurling tremulous trembling green spearheading through sun-warmed earth there is green just beneath the surface
before the crack of the majestic oak limb before grief and mourning becomes grass and morning before the lush scent of roses wild with thorns after a rain before any ivy-encrusted stone walls gardens and secret keys before the shovel caresses the sun-warmed dirt before the first steps and transformations before the blooming of the first line on the first dog-eared page there is a seed
They can hear my thoughts My troubling, troubling, thoughts My terrifyingly independent troubling troubling thoughts
They hurt me for my thoughts My troubling, troubling thoughts They torture me until I give in For my troubling, troubling thoughts
They change my troubling thoughts To not so troubling thoughts Maybe they weren’t that bad For changing my troubling, troubling thoughts
We so rarely see in the mirror That which we yearn for the most. We go on these journeys To cure our disabilities.
And in our odyssey for wholeness, The road challenges us To discover That these strengths Were never missing, But have always shaped who we are.
And in turn, we help the friends Who we find along the way To look inside themselves Where their deepest desires too lay.
Wizards And Dwarfs With Elves And more
The Hobbit Lives happily While the King Lives mercilessly
Talking trees Carry the lost While bald eagles Save the lot
The ring was stolen Or lost Now swollen
By greed And fervor While Sméagol With ring fever
Strider And his Princess Happily No resistance
In the end The ring returns All’s mended No more yearn Tessa🦋
His journey to seek the secrets of life A flock of sheep sold and a fortune teller told A thousand pounds in the markets of Egypt Dreams reflected in glass and crystal clear
At the base of the pyramid of dreams Desires of going upwards with untold fortune Fallen from wealth and now upon a camels back An Englishman, an Arab girl, a journey with no way back
The wise man he finds, his true self is learned Secrets unfolded and soul of the world discovered Treasure sought after from a potions man His destiny was in the church of his homeland
The folly Of theory Without mind, To reason.
From the small To the tall Sailed. Assigned. All seas, on
Absurd lands. Outlandish Full of pride Puny one
Once was friend Now is foe Can confide But does shun
Once an idol, Now a doll. Highlights sin A short fix.
Excrement head to foot. Showered in Politics
Pores laid bare. A mole here, A mole there. Transgression.
To bear sin, Progression. And changes Reflection,
Of times gone. Carry on - Gallop free Stallion
The folly Of theory Without mind, A treason.
Fireman Fire is no longer your enemy A laughable fable Firemen didn’t fight fire
Fireman You start the fire You burn the pages You stop all dangerous thinking
Fireman A perfect 451 degrees Leather melts Gilded edges crinkle
Fireman You hide one away You think outside the box You find others
Fireman Your wife wears the seashells in her ears She doesn’t believe you Where can you go from here
Fireman Get away They know you are not like the rest You must get away from here
Freeman You are chased by the police A wanted man Yet strangely, you are free
Free man, you are not a true “fireman.”
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