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POEM STARTER
Write a poem about a shift from one season to the next.
You should have a literal side to this poem - eg winter turning to spring - but you could also tie in a metaphorical meaning of changing seasons.
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The first snowflakes are so delicate,
They do little more than signal Winter
Is coming.
I can’t tell you why they cheer me,
Waken me from bleak summers.
The break of dawn is cliché
When the trees are thicker
With green than even the
Overgrown lawns.
The heat goes beyond unbearable,
Twisted with the humid air;
It sticks to skin and saps
All the fibers of muscle
To a weighty glob of mush
By the ti...
The snowflakes danced their final waltz,
A silent ballad in the fading light.
The girl stood by the frosted pane,
Her heart as cold as winter's bite.
She longed for spring's sweet resurrection,
For sunbeams to thaw her icy core.
"Perhaps," she whispered to the wind,
"The sun will mend what's torn.’’
But spring arrived with timid steps,
Its golden touch upon the earth.
The crocus bloomed, the rob...
One day, I hear the birdsong again.
I see the daffodils bouncing for joy as my train rumbles by.
As I remember how hope feels,
I notice a sun ray protruding from the clouds,
creating a million mile spotlight.
As if the universe is asking me a million dollar question;
“_How could you forget about _**_us_**_?_”
——— I wrote this 2 years ago today. Every year, I underestimate the stren...
We start in Winter,
With her dark locks,
And smiling face that’s warm and soothing,
Even when it’s snowing,
Even when it’s too hard to go on,
Then she leaves.
Then she melts as quickly as she came.
And it’s sudden,
You don’t notice until it’s right in your face.
Then Spring comes along,
With the flowers in her hair,
And the laughter that sound like freedom,
Even when it’s raining,
Even when the ...
Empty, bare, void of light
Fruitful, blooming, cheery and bright
Chilling, brisk, bitter and cold
Sunny, warm, basking in gold
Baron, lifeless, eerily still
Bountiful energy eager to thrill
Melancholy malaise; freezing in time
Awakened and renewed; taking what’s mine
Ill and crippled by icy despair
Joyous as life become blissfully aware
Winter darkness looms over my mind
Spring rejoices, ...
If I were to compare thee to the summers day,
Thou would not be the the lovely warmth of the sun, or the trees of fair green.
Thee would be the hot scorching flames,
Under the tempting golden sun.
Thee would be the maddening heat,
Driving men to commit deeds only passion commends.
And at which hour the dizzying temptation subsided, thee morph into winter.
Cold and unfeeling,
Pale and unyiel...
Outside it got cooler, the energy was smoother, and we were all lunar, getting wet sooner
It felt good to be less sunny and cooler
Losing weight, due to gravity change.
Climate change and a science experiment, covering my sun to see my star
How did I get into this climate experiment? so late, instead of sooner
I sit in the sun and it melts my burning heart what a contradiction since my mi...
I’m tired
Oh so tired
Of wanting to be chosen
Of wishing I was the
First choice
Instead of the second
Or third
Maybe even
Fourth choice
I’m exhausted
Of hoping I’m enough
Funny enough
Pretty enough
Interesting enough
Worthy enough
Because for you
I’m not
And I don’t think
I ever will be
So why
Do I keep sitting on the shelf
Watching myself be passed over
Day after day
Gathering dust
I’ve done this...
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