POEM STARTER

You are attending your first funeral. Write a poem about the experience and how it makes you feel.

Choose a specific style of poetry that would be suitable for this prompt.

Rainfall

Poetry

Cold like stone,

Warm like fire,

Heartbroken,

Love spoken,

Memories forgotten

Retold and remembered

Bitterness

Jaw clenched

Angry, confused

Why?

Pain, hurt

Eyes redden

Fists clenched

Cloud cover

And the rain falls

Washing away the pain.

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