Writing Prompt
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POEM STARTER
'Magic is what happens when the sun rises.'
Write a poem with this opening line. Consider the many possibilities of what this poem could explore.
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What is a harmonious mind
To sit in stillness a place to find
Or the magic of the rising sun
Watching the stars disappear one by one
With the wind gently caressing your face
Feeling safe and secure in this inviting space
To see the warming glow of the sun rise
A spectacular surprise
The glow has you in a loving embrace
The troubles in your mind gone without a trace
If only this harmony could la...
The bright glow of a light
The warmth of the morning
That’s when it all begins
That’s when I have a chance
A new chance
A chance to try
And try again
And end up feeling lost
That’s what I do with my days
I spend them
Wondering
Hoping
Maybe even dreaming
And then when the bright sun
Disappears behind the mountains
And I shut my eyes
That’s when I realize I’m worth nothing
You tr...
Magic is what happens when the sun rises.
This sunrise, I see mounting across the river,
hovers over a mansion that is only 200 years old.
A mansion where a family lived is now
vacant for thousands of other families to
inhabit vicariously. Flat stones at a bank
of the Hudson cool my bottom.
Flecks of a grey sky seem ready to peel
from clouds, thick as boulders; a hulling
light stretches candl...
Magic is what happens when the sun rises.
I had to walk alone to see it.
If you were here, I would wonder what you were seeing when you looked up at the sky.
I would force my eyes to see the same thing.
Alone with the sun,
Alone with the sky tinted lightly by timid hands,
I begin to wonder.
Will I always need to look through your eyes to know?
Will I always let my sunrises come to me through th...
magic is what happens when the sun rises
the world’s nature works together
beings live in harmony
and i will never experience it.
i’ll never experience magic
because nature is written in numbers
because i’m destined to find complex algorithms in the wind.
i count the blades of grass that surround me
so they can’t conquer me
i search for stability in an animal’s cry
obsessing
nature offers no fu...
Laughter drowned
Cocktails downed
20 I now be
Magic happens
When sun rises
No longer a girly teen
Into a new decade
Why be scared
Everything I wanted is right here
Not across country
Down a road
Embroidered friendship on soul clothes
20 I now be
How I marvel
Starting like this is hard to rival
I have you here
Time is to cherish
I was born and am- against all that perished
...
Magic is what happens
When the sun rises.
It’s a burst of fun colours
Filled with surprises.
Like fireworks exploding
In the back of my mind,
I see all these patterns,
Which are one of a kind.
I let the sky take me,
Just sinking into light.
I’m not scared of what happens,
I’ll leave that for the night.
Then finally when
Those lights disappear,
I hold my body tight
And try not to have fear.
I...
Magic is what happens when the sun rises,
Dawn breathing golden dust onto rooftops.
In the morning, the bottles stay up on the shelf,
Locked away in a cupboard
Where they belong.
Magic is what happens when the sun blazes,
Bathing trees in a honey yellow glow.
At midday, a bottle or two's in the trash,
The rest in the cupboard
Where they belong.
Magic is what happens when the sun sinks,
The moo...
magic is what happens
when the sun rises.
how the black night
becomes blue day.
sorcery is what happens
when the clouds rain.
how white and puffy
becomes grey and heavy.
wizardry is what happens
when the winds blow.
how the hot and humid
becomes cold and dry.
witchery is what happens
when the sky snows.
how the green grass
becomes the white hills.
but the most enchanting divinity
is wh...
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